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*This review contains some spoilers, but nothing that wasn't obvious already, really.*
You know what? I hate Superman. There, I said it. I hate Superman, and watching Justice League reminded me exactly why I hate him. Despite being named after a team of super heroes, Justice League goes out of its way to display just how useless the rest of the team is compared to Superman alone. His super strength is stronger than Wonder Woman's, his super speed is faster than Flash's; plus he can fly, lift buildings, has heat vision, ice breath, and is basically indestructible. In one scene, he nonchalantly throws Batman to the side as if he's garbage. I hate that Superman can just do anything. I hate that he makes infinitely better super heroes look like nothing by comparison. I simply, flat-out can not stand Superman.
With that out of the way, let's get to the rest of Justice League.
Since its inception with Man of Steel in 2013, the DC Extended Universe has been a shallow attempt at recreating what Marvel has done with its Cinematic Universe. While the MCU wisely took its time in bringing its different super heroes together, the DCEU seemed to be in a desperate game of catch-up, rushing the crossover aspects together with its beyond-muddled second entry, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice. The DCEU has become so needy in its desires to replicate what Marvel has accomplished, that it seems to consistently forget to make coherent movies and strong characters to justify its extended universe.
But then, earlier in 2017, we had a glimmer of hope in the form of Wonder Woman. There was a movie that told a simple super hero origin story, but had a main character who was likable and fleshed out, not to mention it actually seemed to understand human emotion. Surely Wonder Woman signified a turn for the better for the DCEU? Surely these movies would learn from past mistakes and take notes from what made Wonder Woman work?
Nope. Here comes Justice League to undo all of that goodwill Wonder Woman established.
In all fairness, Justice League isn't as much of a disaster as Batman V. Superman, nor is it as boring as Man of Steel. But it's still a clunky, over-bloated movie that lacks focus and, even more disappointing, lacks any heart. It wants so desperately to be on the same boat as the MCU with its shared universe, but also makes the shared universe concept feel pointless with how insignificant everyone else feels compared to Superman. If one team member can take out all the others without breaking a sweat, why should we care that there's a team at all?
Basically, the story here is that a being from another world named Steppenwolf (Ciaran Hinds) invades Earth looking for the three lost "Mother Boxes" which, when combined, can destroy a planet or something. And so with Superman dead after the events of Batman V. Superman, Batman tries to form the Justice League to defeat this otherworldly threat…before completely giving up on the idea and deciding to use a Mother Box to resurrect ol' Supes because everyone is useless compared to him.
"Steppenwolf makes me miss the villains of Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World. Yes, he's THAT bad of a character."
In all honesty, Steppenwolf is very likely the most boring, uninteresting villain in super hero movie history. I'm not exaggerating. Ciaran Hinds' acting abilities are entirely lost on a character who is written without the tiniest shred of depth or motivation. So much as calling him a placeholder villain is giving him too much credit. I don't even think he has a line of dialogue that isn't about destruction or obtaining a Mother Box (which may as well just be called Macguffins). He's an absolute non-entity. Perhaps worst of all, he's a CG character who is entirely unconvincing. Every time he fights with the heroes, it looks like the Justice League is grappling with a PS3 monster.
Speaking of bad visual effects, Justice League is full of them. This is a movie aiming to be a big blockbuster, but one which appears the studios behind it didn't have enough faith to put the extra funding into it.
The CG used to hide actor Henry Cavill's mustache has already obtained internet infamy, and with good reason. It's downright distracting. Apparently, Cavill has an obligation to another role that requires a mustache, so he couldn't shave it. So the filmmakers just decided to CG the area in between his nose and upper lip, and it looks as weird as it sounds. Might I suggest a better option would have been to give Superman a mustache? Sure, Superman isn't known for having facial hair, but with how often comic books – the origins of these characters – retell, retcon and flat-out ignore certain continuities, is adding a mustache to Superman really so out of the question? I mean, come on, you're resurrecting the dude with a magic box, but a mustache? That's just too far. Hell, if Superman had a Tom Sellick 'stache going on I might actually like him (slightly) more. At the very least, it would be less distracting to see Henry Cavill's actual mustache than to have a CG band-aid over it.
"Can somebody please get this bad CG off me?!"
The unholy trinity of bad visual effects in Justice League is capped off with Cyborg (Ray Fisher), a member of the Justice League whose mostly robotic body clashes obnoxiously with the human side of his face. It just looks really bad. I mentioned PS3 graphics earlier, but now I'm starting to feel like that was maybe a bit insulting to the PS3. I would much rather look at a ten-year old PS3 game than Steppenwolf's ugly mug or Cyborg's…visual awkwardness.
To be fair, not everything is outright horrible in Justice League. On the bright side of things, Gal Gadot returns as Wonder Woman, and is as charming as ever. Aquaman is portrayed by Jason Momoa, and actually seems to be into the character. Some of the action scenes are also decently successful in creating excitement, and unlike the oppressive "edginess and grit" of Man of Steel or Batman V. Superman, Justice League at least tries to lighten the mood at times. Sure, not all of the humor works – with the antics of the Flash (Ezra Miller) growing more exhausting as the film goes on – but I'll take the attempt at fun over the forced brooding of Batman V. Superman any day.
Despite those few highlights, it's hard to recommend Justice League. Even Ben Affleck's take on Batman – one of the few positive qualities of Batman V. Superman – seems lackluster this time around, as though Affleck no longer cares following Batman V. Superman's reception. The characters are one-dimensional, the plot is beyond thin, the pacing is cluttered and all over the place, it's riddled with bad dialogue, and for a movie that needed to rely heavily on special effects, the effects in question are just really bad.
All that, and I haven't even mentioned the seemingly pointless elements of the movie. A good example of this is the opening of the movie itself, which is presented as a video of Superman recorded by a couple of kids, asking the caped hero some questions after another rescue. The scene ends just as ol' Supes is about to answer the question of "what is his favorite thing about Earth." This scene doesn't play into the main story, nor does it seem to have any thematic purpose. I honestly don't know why it's there.
At the very least, Justice League is the kind of bad movie I can get a kick out of talking about, which is more than I can say for Man of Steel or Batman V. Superman. But it's also a blatant showcase of these DCEU movies not learning from past mistakes. And considering this is the follow-up to the delightful Wonder Woman, the results sting twice as much.
Maybe DC should just reboot this cinematic universe, but keep Wonder Woman canon and use it as the new starting point. Also, leave Superman out of it. Yeah, that'd be nice.
Author themancalledscottPosted on November 24, 2017 July 30, 2018 Categories MoviesTags Batman, DC, DCEU, Justice League, Movies, Superman, Wonder Woman1 Comment on Justice League Review


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Taiwan opposition hacked as China's cyberspies step up attacks
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Chinese hackers have attacked Taiwanese targets including local news organisations and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party in a bid to get information about policies and speeches ahead of presidential and legislative elections next month.
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[TAIPEI] Chinese hackers have attacked Taiwanese targets including local news organisations and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party in a bid to get information about policies and speeches ahead of presidential and legislative elections next month.
An attack on the unnamed media outlets came in the form of phishing e-mails with the subject line "DPP's Contact Information Update," according to research by security company FireEye Inc, which identified a Chinese state-backed group called APT16 as carrying out attacks.
Hackers also infiltrated e-mails of party staff, changing security protocols and writing messages spoofing the account holders in what may have been an attempt to deliver malicious code, according to one of the victims.
Taiwan goes to the polls on Jan 16 and opinion surveys show the DPP is likely to win a legislative majority, with its leader Tsai Ing-wen securing the presidency after eight years of nationalist Kuomintang rule. China, which considers Taiwan to be one of its provinces, is wary of the DPP's views on Taiwan independence and advocacy of more caution in its relationship with the mainland.
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Indonesia calls on palm oil industry, obscured by secrecy, to remain opaque
23-May-2019 Intellasia | Mongabay | 6:00 AM
Environmental activists in Indonesia have denounced a recent call by the government to keep data about oil palm plantations out of the public's reach.
Citing reasons ranging from corporate secrecy to anti-competitive practices to national security, the government issued a letter May 6 to the country's powerful palm oil lobby advising its member companies not to share their plantation data with other parties, including external consultants, NGOs, and multilateral and foreign agencies.
The move away from transparency and toward greater opacity for an industry already widely criticised for a litany of problems from deforestation to land grabbing to labour rights abuses marks a setback in the pursuit for sustainability, said Asep Komarudin, a forest campaigner with Greenpeace Indonesia
"While the more progressive parts of the industry are starting to try and clean up the palm oil sector, the government is actively blocking transparency efforts, destroying the chance for the palm oil industry to clean up its reputation and undermining any work by Indonesia to meet its climate targets," he said
Asep said the letter, which is a recommendation, might be misperceived by palm oil growers as a legal mandate to withhold their data, causing confusion for companies seeking to be certified under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). One of the requirements for sustainability certification is to publish plantation maps on the RSPO website, but plantation boundaries are among the data that the government doesn't want disclosed.
"On the international level, some of these companies have already adhered to their own standards, but the letter warns these companies not to meet those standards," Asep said, adding that the lobby "interpreted the letter as a regulation, even though it's only an appeal."
"That's going to create a problem because palm oil growers will withhold all information," he said. "This will further damage our palm oil image, which is already under scrutiny."
Kiki Taufik, Greenpeace Indonesia's forest campaign head, said the government's call threatened to stymie transparency initiatives by companies such as Wilmar International, the world's largest palm oil trader, which announced last December that it was committed to mapping and monitor hundreds of its suppliers to ensure they were not destroying rainforests.
"The Indonesian government seems determined to prevent brands knowing whether the companies that produce their palm oil are destroying forests," he said. "This just strengthens the hand of those who claim the palm oil industry cannot be reformed. It would also do untold damage to the Indonesian economy, as many consumer brands would find themselves with no choice but to stop buying palm oil altogether."
Kiki said this wasn't the first time the government had blocked a private-sector initiative to boost transparency in the palm oil sector. In 2016, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP), a pact between six of the world's biggest palm oil refiners to purge their supply chains of environmental destruction and human rights abuses, was disbanded following pressure from parts of the government.
National security pretext
The issuance of the letter, from the office of the coordinating minister for the economy, is the latest apparent response by Indonesia to the European Commission's approval in March of a measure to phase out palm oil-based biofuel by 2030. The measure, known as a delegated act, stems from concerns that production of palm oil causes deforestation and thus contributes to global carbon emissions.
Indonesia and Malaysia, which together produce more than 80 percent of the world's palm oil, have accused the EU of discriminating against the commodity in favour of vegetable oils produced by European farmers, and have threatened retaliatory measures.
Musdhalifah Machmud, the Indonesian official who signed the May 6 letter, reiterated that point in justifying the recommendation to withhold plantation data. "We [Indonesia] have to be firm as a response to the delegated act," she said as quoted by CNN Indonesia. "We have to be more careful in protecting our natural resources."
Specifically, she said data on land parcelled off under agricultural permits, known locally as HGU, needed to be kept confidential to "protect palm oil data and information that's strategic for the security of the national economy."
She said that while general information on land use could be accessed by the public, detailed information about concession owners was off-limits, arguing that other countries did the same.
"The HGU documents, for instance in the US there's no one opening their data," Musdhalifah said. "Why should we in Indonesia open up all of our data?"
Ahmad Hanafi from the Freedom of Information Network Indonesia (FoINI), a coalition of civil society organisations advocating for transparency in governance, said withholding the HGU documents would only make the EU more distrustful of Indonesia's palm oil. He said transparency was something the European bloc was demanding from the country's palm oil.
"Opening up the HGU documents can increase accountability and public participation," he told Mongabay. "On the other hand, closing off the HGU documents is the same as hiding problems raised by the European Commission about Indonesia's palm oil."
The EU, Indonesia's biggest export market for palm oil, after China, has also stressed that the adoption of the delegated act is aimed at encouraging palm oil producers like Indonesia and Malaysia to improve the sustainability of their palm oil and ensure its production doesn't exacerbate climate change.
"This delegated European Commission regulation is neither the beginning, nor the end of a policy process," said Vincent Guerend, the EU ambassador to Indonesia. "It is just one more step on a long and collective journey towards sustainable development and carbon neutrality."
History of opacity
Proponents of transparency have for years tried to obtain access to the HGU documents, deemed a crucial step toward effective public oversight of the palm oil industry. Plantation firms routinely clear and cultivate on land outside their allowed areas, destroying forests and community lands with little oversight from local officials.
There have been at least six formal attempts by civil society organisations to get the HGU documents released by various government agencies. The most widely reported one is a bid by by Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI), an INGO, to obtain the HGU records from their custodian, the land ministry. In 2015, FWI filed a request for the release of the documents for Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo.
The ministry didn't respond to the request, and FWI subsequently filed a report with the Central Information Commission, the government clearinghouse for freedom-of-information requests.
The land ministry, however, argued that the HGU documents should be listed as classified documents under a 2008 law on public information. The clause it cited specifically guarantees the public access to information unless the release of the information poses a risk to national security, public order or people's livelihoods; violates intellectual property rights; exposes businesses to unhealthy competition; endangers the country's natural resources; or put relations with other countries at risk.
The Central Information Commission rejected this line of argument, ruling that the land ministry should make the HGU documents publicly available.
The ministry then filed a series of appeals, all the way up to the Supreme Court, which in March 2017 ruled in favour of FWI and ordered the release of the data. These would have included the identities of concession holders, location and size of concessions, and aerial maps of the concessions complete with coordinates. FWI planned to use them to identify which companies managed with concessions, and thus who was responsible for deforestation in certain areas.
Despite the verdict, however, the ministry still hasn't released the HGU documents.
The land ministry wasn't always so averse to the push for greater transparency. Under the previous minister, Ferry Mursyidan Baldan, who served from 2014 to 2016, the ministry was open to the idea of making the concession data publicly accessible.
In a letter written in April 2016 as a response to an inquiry by the RSPO, Ferry said he had no problem with companies publishing their plantation maps. The RSPO requires its members to make their existing concession boundaries publicly available in digital format (shapefile) via the RSPO website for the sake of public transparency, which the organisation deems important to address many of the questions related to unsustainable practices.
"If [companies] want to publish plantation maps that they own, in principle it's not forbidden," Ferry wrote.
Ferry was replaced as minister by Sofyan Djalil during a cabinet reshuffle in July that year. A month later, the palm oil lobby, known by its Indonesian acronym GAPKI, asked for clarification from Sofyan on whether the HGU documents could be released to the public, saying that Ferry's letter to the RSPO had created uncertainty among its member companies.
The new minister's response was mixed: Sofyan initially said the plantation maps shouldn't be released, because doing so would lead to unhealthy business competition. He also argued that the HGU documents were the property of private companies, and publishing them could reveal confidential financial information.
"It's appropriate for the secrecy of related information to be protected by national actors in the palm oil industry," he said in the letter.
But he later indicated that his ministry would eventually make the HGU documents publicly available, albeit behind a paywall. He said some technical issues needed to be ironed out, including determining a fee for accessing the documents.
Sofyan then switched tack again earlier this year, following a televised presidential debate between the incumbent, Joko Widodo, and his challenger, Prabowo Subianto. During the debate, Widodo raised the matter of Prabowo holding hundreds of thousands of acres of land under HGU permits in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
Activists were quick to point out that the president had used the ostensibly confidential HGU information to score political points while at the same time refusing to make the same data available to the public.
Following the debate in February, a coalition of NGOs filed a report with the police against Sofyan over his refusal to release the data as ordered by the Supreme Court. But the minister stuck to the privacy argument.
"The principle is that the HGU documents are private property, just like your house," he told investigative magazine Tempo. "So what's [the NGOs'] purpose for asking for the HGU data? Who are these NGOs serving? What's their interest?"
When told that the groups were demanding greater transparency in the public interest, Sofyan was dismissive.
"Everyone can claim that they're protecting the public," he said. "Doesn't the government protect its people?"
Even more mixed messages
Other senior officials have also waded into the controversy to push back against the release of the data.
Darmin Nasution, the coordinating minister for the economy, whose office issued the May 6 letter to the palm oil lobby, said he suspected certain palm oil companies wanted to share their data with the EU in order to negotiate some kind of exemption to the delegated act. He said all palm oil companies operating in Indonesia should stand united with the government in opposing the EU's measure, and not break rank.
Darmin also said the government needed time to reconcile the HGU data with its one-map policy, which aims to create a single unified map of land use for the entire country, before the information could be released to the public.
There are currently at least three different versions of palm oil plantation maps in use by various government agencies.
"Once [the reconciliation] is already complete, then we will evaluate [the HGU data]," Darmin said. "We don't want to create a commotion" by releasing the HGU documents before reconciling the different versions.
Luhut Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister for maritime affairs, the government's point man in negotiations with the EU and whose business holdings include a stake in a palm oil company, affirmed the need to keep the HGU data under wraps.
He said some plantation companies were in breach of regulations such as mandatory allocations for smallholders, and that the government wanted to give them an opportunity to comply before releasing any data.
"We're fixing that, step by step," Luhut said as quoted by CNN Indonesia. "In the future, we will open up [the HGU documents]."
On a separate occasion, he said it was "OK" to release the data.
"Why [should it be perceived as] private property?" he told the business daily Kontan., directly contradicting Sofyan's key argument. "It's in the public domain."
Contradicting the president
Keeping the documents out of the public eye will hurt the Widodo administration's own land reform programme, said Fatilda Hasibuan, forest and plantation campaign manager at the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi).
The programme aims to distribute lands to local and indigenous communities and resolve land disputes across Indonesia. Many of these disputes involve land traditionally occupied by an indigenous or customary community that has been signed over by the government as a concession to a plantation or mining company.
President Widodo, who has called for (though not always pursued) greater local community landownership since first coming to office in 2014, recently told his ministers that in the event of such overlaps, the state should side with the community by revoking the permits of companies that refuse to relinquish their concessions.
Fatilda said it would be impossible for the president to fulfill his land reform promises if his ministers kept holding out on releasing the HGU documents, because it was this very lack of transparency that had enabled the land conflicts to flourish in the first place.
Data from the Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA), an INGO, show there have been at least 1,771 land conflicts between 2014 and 2018, the first four years of the Widodo administration, with 41 people killed, 546 assaulted and 940 farmers and activists facing criminal prosecution.
Oil palm plantations accounted for the largest number of cases, at 642.
"If the HGU documents aren't released, these conflicts won't be resolved," Fatilda said. "If the president says disputed lands should be given to the people, but the coordinating minister for the economy takes a different stance, you can imagine that the [promise] won't be kept."
Sofyan, the land minister, said distributing the land to the people as promised by the president wasn't necessarily a good outcome if they were unable to manage it productively.
"Don't think distributing land to the people is always a good thing. That's not necessarily true. If [the lands] aren't productive in the hands of the people, then we will take away the lands," he said. "The fact is that the fastest machine to generate wealth is corporate."
Era Purnama Sari, the deputy head of advocacy at the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), said the foundation and other NGOs planned to report the office of the coordinating minister for the economy to the national ombudsman.
"The ombudsman needs to investigate if there's been maladministration in the issuance process of the [May 6] letter," she said. "What's the rationale behind the letter? Who benefits from the issuance of this letter? What's clear is that small farmers who are fighting to get the HGU documents [released to solve land conflicts] are the ones who will be disadvantaged."
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"We just want to say thank you for all the wonderful work you do to protect the community like providing security, maintaining law and order and ensuring safety", were the words of Bishop Kofi Adonteng-Boateng as he spoke in his capacity as an International Police Chaplain in the United States (US) during his visit to the Franconia County District Police (FCDP) on October 20, 2017.
Bishop Adonteng-Boateng was accompanied by members of his church; Divine Word International Ministries (DWIM), said the visit was to express appreciation for the exemplary work the police was doing in the community. He was met by Captain Michael F. Grinnan; Commander of the Franconia District Police Station.
The late Friday morning visit by the Bishop was a successful one during which the Bishop flashed back to a September 2016 and 2017 visits respectively to his church by some members of the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD): "your visits to our church is very much appreciated, so is your work in the community" said the Bishop, who felt this visit was his own small way of making the police know they are appreciated.
Commander Grinnan, however, said he couldn't take credit for everything, saying 2nd Lieutenant Tim Forrest who led the team to DWIM last September, his colleagues who accompanied him, and the entire FCPD is responsible for such professionalism and deserve credit too.
DWIM members at the end of the visit were led by the Bishop to pray for the police officers. Afterwards, the Bishoppromised the strengthening of his church's relationship with the FCPD by suggesting the church and police participate in the distribution of items the church is collecting for donation to the needy come Christmas 2017.


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Disadvantaged pupils will have access to even more good or outstanding school places as the Government invests another £50 million to make sure as many children as possible benefit from world class education.
Launching the second round of the Selective Schools Expansion Fund today (11 February), the Department for Education will be making money available for grammar schools to create additional places, but only if they demonstrate how they will attract more disadvantaged pupils and work with other schools in their area to raise standards locally.
Today's launch marks the second round of funding available for this programme, following the announcement of the 16 schools that were successful in bidding for the first round. All those schools committed to a range of measures to improve access for disadvantaged pupils, and the Department for Education has also today published details of those commitments.
All schools successful in the first round of the fund were rated as Outstanding, with 98% of grammar schools rated either Good or Outstanding overall. Grammar schools are also popular with parents, with around 15 pupils choosing a selective school as their first preference for every 10 selective places offered.
Today's announcement builds on the 825,000 new school places created since 2010 and the one million this Government is on course to create by 2020.
"Selective schools are some of the highest performing schools in the country and so it's right that more pupils should have the opportunity to benefit from the world class education they provide. It's also right that access to those places should be fair to pupils from all backgrounds, which is why selective schools must demonstrate how they are going to admit more pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, if they are going to expand.
All schools that bid to expand must submit a Fair Access and Partnership Plan, setting out how they will improve access for disadvantaged pupils. Today, the department is publishing the plans of those schools that were successful in round one, making clear the extent of the work that will be undertaken to make sure as many young people as possible, regardless of their background, can benefit from a place at an Outstanding school.
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"We are delighted that further selective schools are being given the opportunity to expand. The number of pupils reaching secondary age means that it makes absolute sense that, just like other good and outstanding schools, they are able to expand.
The window for applications to the second round of the Selective Schools Expansion Fund will be open for ten weeks until 23 April.


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Ummmm yes. I am showing you something glorious!
When I saw this recipe concept for the first time, my jaw dropped. It was like all of my breakfast dreams had come true – and there wasn't even cheese involved. Insane, right?
I am a perpetual lover of toast and eggs. They both make an appearance in my meals nearly every single day. While my go-to is usually avocado toast with an egg, if I'm out of avocado or used it for a salad or reeeeally just not feeling it sometimes, plain fried or poached eggs on sourdough never does me wrong.
It's good for breakfast, of course, but my real preference is eggs for lunch. In fact, sometimes I even hold off on eggs for breakfast just because I love them for lunch so much.
This is no exception, but I do find this to be such an awesome weekend breakfast or brunch. It almost reminds me of croque monsieur – but without the cheese sauce. And there are only FOUR real ingredients.
Okay… there is also salt and pepper. And chives if you want them. But to make the actual dish? Only four. Bread, butter, eggs and cream. DONE!
So here's how it works. And it is OH SO good.
You butter some toast (brioche is best) and cook it in a skillet a la the grilled cheese method. Like just toast your bread and butter until golden and crunchy on the outsides. Just gotta give it some crisp!
After that, place it on a BUTTERED baking sheet. Obviously key. More butter please.
Crack an egg on each piece of bread. This can be tricky because it might want to slide right off, but be patient! If I can get the eggs to stay, so can you.
Next? Warm cream. Ohhhh yes. Drizzled right over the cracked eggs and then the remaining all over the toast and pan.
This is what the entrance to heaven looks like!
Bake the toast until the egg yolks are cooked to your liking. Then give it a good chive shower and go.to.town.
The cream thickens in the oven and becomes ALMOST cheese-like. Which is probably why I adore this so much.
Seriously, this is such a lovely, hearty, satisfying and comforting breakfast. And since you make it on a big sheet pan, you can serve a few people! I used a smaller pan here for four slices, but I bet you can easily fit six or even eight if you're not worried about getting an Instagram friendly shot. Yeah, cue the eye roll.
It's no biggie if you just want to make a slice or two for yourself either. You totally deserve it.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Rub a baking sheet with 1 tablespoon of the softened butter.
Take the remaining butter and spread it on both sides of each slice of bread. Heat a skillet over medium heat and add the bread (most likely in batches), cooking until it is toasted and golden brown on both sides. Place each side on the buttered baking sheet.
Heat the cream in a saucepan over low heat until it is simmering. Seasoning it with the salt and the pepper. Drizzle a tablespoon or 2 evenly over each slice of bread.
Crack each of the eggs onto a slice of bread. Pour the remaining cream over the eggs. Bake the toast for 13 to 15 minutes – 13 minutes will still result in a mostly runny egg. Sprinkle on a bit of salt and pepper.
Cover with the chives and serve immediately!
Oh that is a dream right there.
you have to try it sometime kelsey!
This reminds me of like a creamy egg-in-a-basket except easier. Looks amazing! I need an excuse to host a brunch so I can make this.
My favorite thing I learned to make in culinary school was shirred eggs! A buttered ramekin filled with a little bit of diced ham, an egg, heavy cream, and a little bit of parmesan and fresh cracked pepper is baked to desired doneness served with toast for dunking! This is like that but with the toast dunkers built in. I am now thinking of all the ways to junk this up…. sauteed spinach and a little feta, oven roasted tomatoes and a pesto drizzle… so hungry now.
oh yes yes yes i love that so much.
This looks so yummy but between the egg yolks, butter, and heavy cream, I would feel incredibly guilty about both the calorie and the cholesterol counts.
This looks so amazing! It will soon be a favorite in our house!
I'm with you on the egg and sourdough toast thing. I'll have to give this a try!
I just want to say #breakfastgoals. These look amazing!
This really is the coolest ever – I cant wait to attempt it!
What the heck kind of witchcraft is this?! Cannot WAIT to try it! I so badly want to put gruyere all over it but I'm sure its amazing cheese-less. I'll have to force myself to try it without the cheese first then trash it up later.
This looks so good! I love incorporating a nice creamy egg into dishes.
thank you for the comment! i'm so glad you liked it!
So I have today off work AND TOTALLY WISH I MADE THIS. Might have to do breakfast for dinner tonight!
This dish is amazing. My husband is a wonderful chef and makes this recipe to perfection. After baking it he puts it under the broiler for a few seconds at the end. It slightly Browns the cream and cooks the eggs a bit from the top. But don't over broil. You do want the eggs runny and chives are a must.
OMG! Just made this and it was amazing!!!
My 14 yr old son had two pieces and wanted more – but I only made 2 each for us both, lol!
So my oven probably runs hot because in 13 minutes the yolks were solid – so note to self: next time adjust accordingly.
But we still were floored at how delicious it was!
I used a spice combo I am addicted to called Fox Point and also black pepper to season the cream and next time I will use brioche – as all I had today was thinly sliced potato bread and even with the butter there was some sticking.
This is most definitely a keeper for weekend brunch!
It looked so pretty plated and garnished with a sliced strawberry!


Lovely wing shaped design, self adhesive, installed on car front or rear door, can protect car door edge from scratches and dent when open or close. It is also a ideal ornament for your car exterior, will enhance more stylish look for your car. Clean out the places you are going to install, then pull off the cover of the double adhesive tape and press tightly it on the door. For best results, clean surfaces prior to application. Make sure surface are dry and dust free.


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<?php

namespace AppBundle\Controller;

use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
use AppBundle\Entity\retourzending;
//use AppBundle\Entity\Artikel;
use AppBundle\Form\Type\retourzendingType;
//use AppBundle\Form\Type\ArtikelType;

class RetourzendingenController extends Controller
{

  /**
  * Vanuit deze route kan een nieuw artikel aangemaakt worden.
  * @Route("/retourzending/nieuw/", name="nieuweretourzending")
  */
 public function nieuweRetourzending(Request $request) {
   $nieuweRetourzending = new retourzending();
   $form = $this->createForm(retourzendingType::class, $nieuweRetourzending);

   $form->handleRequest($request);
   if ($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()) {
     $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
     $em->persist($nieuweRetourzending);
     $em->flush();
       return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl("alleretourzendingen"));

   }

   return new Response($this->render('Retour/RetourzendingInvoeren.html.twig', array('form' => $form->createView())));
 }

    /**
    * Via deze route worden alle artikelen in een overzicht getoond
    * @Route("/alle/retourzendingen/", name="alleretourzendingen")
    */
    public function alleRetourzendingen(Request $request) {
      $artikelen = $this->getDoctrine()->getRepository("AppBundle:retourzending")->findAll();
      return new Response($this->render('Retour/RetourzendingenOverzicht.html.twig', array('Artikelen' => $artikelen)));
    }

}


text:
<?php

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;

//Request::setTrustedProxies(array('127.0.0.1'));

$app->register(new Silex\Provider\DoctrineServiceProvider(), array(
  'dbs.options' => array (
        'mysql_read' => array(
            'driver'    => 'pdo_mysql',
            'host'      => 'localhost',
            'dbname'    => 'sisfc',
            'user'      => 'sisfc',
            'password'  => 'sisfc',
            'charset'   => 'utf8',
        ),
    ),
));

$app->get('/', function () use ($app) {
    $sql = "SELECT nombre FROM usuarios";
    $usuarios = $app["db"]->fetchAll($sql);

    return $app['twig']->render('views/index.html', array("usuarios" => $usuarios));
})
->bind('homepage')
;

$app->get('/note', function () use ($app) {
    return $app['twig']->render('Angulr/views/note.html', array());
})
->bind('note')
;

$app->get('/calendar', function () use ($app) {
    return $app['twig']->render('views/calendar.html', array());
})
->bind('calendar')
;

$app->get('/contactos', function () use ($app) {
    return $app['twig']->render('views/contactos.html', array());
})
->bind('contactos')
;

/**
  Template E-Lerning
*/

$app->get('/elerning',function() use($app){
  return $app['twig']->render('Elerning/vistas/modulos.html',array());
})->bind('elerning');

$app->error(function (\Exception $e, $code) use ($app) {
    if ($app['debug']) {
        return;
    }

    // 404.html, or 40x.html, or 4xx.html, or error.html
    $templates = array(
        'errors/'.$code.'.html',
        'errors/'.substr($code, 0, 2).'x.html',
        'errors/'.substr($code, 0, 1).'xx.html',
        'errors/default.html',
    );

    return new Response($app['twig']->resolveTemplate($templates)->render(array('code' => $code)), $code);
});


text:
https://apnews.com/c16c7452b4f57a35d353fceb83f3f246
Death of 72-year-old Wichita woman ruled a homicide
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The death of a 72-year-old Wichita woman who was letting a homeless man stay in her yard and was found undressed from the waist down has been ruled a homicide.
The coroner wrote in the autopsy that Rita Golden suffered injuries in July that "would have resulted in severe physical and/or emotional stress that would induce a cardiac arrhythmia in an already labile heart further compromised by her lung disease." The autopsy described blunt force injuries and possible asphyxia by smothering. The report said she also had emphysema and a lung condition including a blood clot, The Wichita Eagle reports.
The report said Wichita police who searched her home found the homeless man in a closet in one of the bedrooms.
No one had been charged in her death. Police did not respond to an emailed inquiry about the case Monday afternoon.
Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said in an email that the case "remains under consideration pending the results of additional forensic analysis."


text:
NSW bushfires: Man charged with deliberately lighting fire in state's south
By 9News Staff
A 71-year-old man has been charged over allegedly lighting a fire without a permit on a property on the NSW South Coast. The blaze has since destroyed 40 hectares of bushland.
Just before 12pm on Thursday, emergency services were called to a property in Araluen Road in Deua River Valley, about 18km northwest of Moruya, following reports of a fire.
The fire quickly spread to the nearby Wandera State Forest and is continuing to burn through more than 40 hectares of bushland.
Following inquiries, officers from South Coast Police District spoke to the man about 11.30am yesterday.
He was arrested and taken to Moruya Police Station, where he was charged with lighting a fire for land clearance/fire break without a permit/notice, and owner permit fire to escape land, cause damage.
The man was granted strict conditional bail and is due to appear at Moruya Local Court on Friday 10 January.
The charges come as NSW firefighters battle over 70 bush and grass fires, of which 33 are uncontained.
A New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service volunteer douses a fire during back-burning operations in bushland near the town of Kulnura, New South Wales, Australia, on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. Photographer: David Gray/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)
Canberra flights grounded as two bushfires rage on
High temperatures have prompted total fire bans in three regions of NSW; the southern ranges, southern slopes and Monaro alpine areas.
Very high fire danger is forecast for nine NSW regions and the ACT.
The rising temperatures come after firefighters spent the past five days striving to contain large and complex bushfires before conditions worsen.


text:
Huntsville Unit
Huntsville Unit is a medium custody prison located in Walker County Texas. The facility, which opened in 1849, is sometimes referred to as "Walls Unit" due to the large brick wall that surrounds the building. Huntsville Unit has the distinction of being the facility which houses the execution chamber in the State of Texas. All inmates who have been sentenced to death, whether male or female, will eventually serve their last day at Huntsville Unit. Death row inmates are not housed at Huntsville. They are however, transported to Huntsville Unit the afternoon of their execution and eventually enter the nine foot by twelve foot execution chamber, strapped to a gurney and executed.
Huntsville Unit has a maximum capacity of 1,705 male offenders. Inmates range in custody level from G-1 minimum to G-3 medium security levels. Additionally, this facility houses offenders who are classified as transient, or staying a short period of time. Inmates at Huntsville Unit can work a variety of jobs within the facility and on institutional grounds. These jobs include working in a textile mill, producing garments, and working in the mechanical department providing mechanical repairs, welding and machining. Select inmates at Huntsville Unit are allowed to work in the Texas prisoner cemetery providing landscaping and maintenance services.
Inmates incarcerated at Huntsville Unit are provided educational programs that include literacy courses, adult basic education classes and the opportunity to earn a GED. Vocational studies include automotive mechanics I and II, culinary arts, imaging technologies, and business image management. Additional programs are available for inmates nearing their discharge date and include pre-release programming and job skills/employment preparation. Substance abuse treatment and Sex offender education programs are also available at Huntsville Unit.
Visiting Hours at Huntsville Unit:
The Huntsville Unit in Texas holds visitation for inmates on Saturdays and Sundays from 8am to 5pm. Visits are two hours in duration and can be contact or non-contact. Visitors are allowed to enter the unit with only their Driver's License, car key and up to twenty dollars in quarters contained in a clear Ziploc bag to use in the vending machines.
Huntsville, TX 77348
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The "Locomotives and Locomotive Equipment" chair is created on the basis of two chairs: "Steam Locomotives" and "Repair plants". The chairs "Steam Locomotives" and "Repair Plants" were organized in 1931 simultaneously with the institute (SAZIIT). The first head of the "Steam Locomotives" chair was a Ph.D. AA Philippov, who in 1934 was replaced by a well-known steam railwayman V.I. Kolosovsky. In 1936 the chair "Steam Locomotives" was headed by Ph.D., associate Professor M.G. Beskrovny, who headed the chair until 1966.
The first head of the "Repair Plants" chair was Professor A.F. Troitsky (from 1931 to 1949) who was replaced by PhD, assotiate Professor D. Ya. Perelman (1949-1972).
In 1935 the "Locomotives" chair was divided and the "Heating engineering" chair was formed, which was headed by PhD A.M. Strusevich till 1960. During these years it was headed by PhD Assoc. Prof. AM Sukhanov (1960-1969), Senior Assistant L.F. Karpukhina (1969-1970), Assoc. Prof. G.N. Strokov (1970-1977), Assoc. Prof. P.A. Fedotov (1977-1980), Assoc. Prof. E.N. Ryzhov (1980-1988).
During the Second World War, at the "Steam locomotives" chair prominent scientists in the field of steam locomotives: prof. EN Mokritsky, prof. NN Struzhenov, prof. I.M. Zolotukhin were working.
The "Rolling stock" chair was headed by prof. P.C. Kruger from 1957 to1962, from 1962 to 1966. Assoc. VN Nikitin, Assoc. GN String (1966-1970), Since1970 the department was headed by prof. A.D. Glushchenko, and after his election an academician in 1984 by the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR the chair was headed by Assoc. Prof. VN Kiselev until 1994.
The "Maintenance and repair of locomotives" chair was headed by: NK Babayev (1972-1983) B.Sh. Ahmedov (1989-1998).
In 1995 both chairs were united into one under the name "Locomotives and electric transport" which was headed by Assoc.Prof. B.Sh. Akhmedov until 1998.
In 1999 the chair was called "Locomotives", which was headed by Assoc. Prof. BT Faiziev until 2009.
In 1988, the "Heating engineering" chair was included in of the "Locomotives" chair.
From 2009 to 2010 the "Locomotives" was headed by Assoc. Prof. A.T. Dzhanikulov.
Among the teachers of the chair who did much for its development were Assoc. Prof.: B.I. Vilkevich GI Markovin, S.D. Kucuk, D.V. Scribes, A.V. Tolkachev, G.N. Mukhitdinov, B.C. Alimbaev, V.A. Arrests B.Sh. Ahmedov K.T. Tursunov, A.I. Rempel, V.P. Wigeon, E.S. Ushakov, Y.D. Tadjiev, H.I. Nurhodzhaev, I.P. Gordeev, G.N. Habibiev, S.A. Arustamian.
At present most of the scientific and pedagogical work at the chair is provided by the oldest professors, associate professors B.T. Faiziev, O.S. Ablyalimov.
Staff of the chair pays much attention to the strengthening of material base. Diesel locomotives laboratory, technology repair of locomotives laboratory, the laboratory for the study of heating engineering disciplines were established.
Under the guidance of Prof. B.I. Vilkevich and Assoc. Prof. A.D. Alimbaev laboratories of electric equipment and power transmission of diesel locomotives were created.
Active participation in the creation of the laboratory "Structure and dynamics of the locomotives' was taken by Assoc. Prof. B.T. Faiziev and senior teachers Abdullayev and Zhulenёv N.V.
Associate Professor Arustamian S.A. established laboratory of automation and production processes automation, locomotives traffic safety classroom.
Active participation in the creation of the chair laboratories was taken by heads of laboratories, engineers G.V.Valiev, V.V. Gritsishin, G.S. Androsov, A.S. Zokirov, Kadyrov A.L.
In 1965 at the "Maintenance and repair of locomotives" chair there was created industrial research laboratory to improve the durability of the parts and components of diesel locomotives (O'NIL), which is now called RL to improve the reliability and technical diagnostics of locomotives.
During this period, the heads of the laboratories were N.K.Babaev, V.N. Postnov, H.I. Nurhodzhaev, A.N. Rempel, G.A. Lukaev, V.A. Arrestov, and since 1988 G.N. Ivanov.
The veterans of our laboratory are the senior scientific reearchers: Ivanov G.N, Lukayev G.A, Gnedilov V.Y, Katanov M.M, Grishantsev Y.P,Kostyunchenko V.G,Shakirov R.I,Milshtein L.A,Kurbanov Y.K,Ramonov V.I,Drinkin V.F,Morskaya N.A, Julenev N.V, scientific collaborators Faysikhodjayeva M.L,Kalinichenko R.A,Kulakhmedov B.T.
For the period of the chair existence there were carried out lots of scientific researches, mainly in the railway sphere according to the tasks of the Main department of locomotive equipment of SRWM, RW VNIIT, the Kharkov factory named after Malishev, CO "Electromachine", SKBT in Penza ,The locomotive building factory in Lugansk, The Central Asia railways board, the locomotive depots of Russian Federation, and nowadays on the tasks of the Join-stock Company (JC) "Uzbekistan-railways" and the locomotives maintenance department.
The most important scientific research projects were the projects on the reliability of diesels 10D100 and their assembly unit maintenance as well as their crank shafts and their insets 10D100,cylindrical bushes, pistons, turbo compressors TK-34H,experimental and serial details and units of fuel apparatus; on the increasing of reliability of locomotive traction electric engines of diesel locomotives TE-10; on designing means and methods of the whole unit technical diagnostics of diesel locomotives, on the complex mechanization and automation of equipment devices of the locomotives; on the increasing of 2TEL locomotives' efficiency; on the working out of differential standard of fuel consumption by locomotives, on the research of dynamics and working out of diagnostic devices for wheel-engine blocks, on the research of dynamics and search of reserves of increasing of reliability of transport reliability of transport and agricultural machines, on the use of natural gas in the branches of the railway transport and use of secondary power-resources, on the improvement of the new locomotives diesel-generators working data and on the research of the power plants with thermal delivery by radiation.
In the recent years the chair and laboratory are carrying out the scientific research work on "Fuel and oil filters for delicate cleaning design" which is supervised by senior scientific employee G. N.Ivanov; G.A.Lucaev supervises "Introduction of modern technologies in the locomotives repair".
According to the plans of "Uzjeldorremmash" SRW (scientific research work) and TIRE and modernization programme of renewing locomotives park of "Uzbekistan temiryollari" company in the "Locomotives and Locomotives equipment" there arranged scientific research work on "The elaboration and approval of the technological project of capital repair of the locomotive and prolongation of its service ", supervisor of the project is PhD of technical sciences Assoc. Professor B.T.Fayziyev.
Under leadership of Professor A.D.Glushenko 28 assistants have defended their theses, they are B.U.Kiselyev (now Prof of MRII), B.T.Fayzitev, M.A. Ibragimov, employees of SRL "Dynamics and strength of machines" : M.F. Yuldashev, S.V. Asuaturov, N.N.Raxmetov, N.P.Abramov, V.G.Senkin, X.X.Gulyamov, A.F.Fedotov, PhD, Prof R.D.Martanov, PhD of t.s. M.T.Toshboltayev and the others.
Great assistance rendered the "Lokomotives" chair of MRII in preparing of qualified lecturers and teachers, where R.H Alimboyev, A.S Ushakov, V.P.Svyaziev, B.F.Buxtaev, B.A.Arestov, K.T.Tursunov have defended their theses.
Working in laboratories V.N. Nikitin, A.I.Skubchenko, R.G.Idyatullin(now PhD, Prof),V.F.Vavilov, H.I.Nurhodjaev, A.I.Rempel, B.Sh.Ahmedov,L.A.Milshtein, F.A.Murakaev, V.N.Jidkov, S.S.Ashirov have defended candidate theses.
All the staff of the "Locomotives" chair consisted of graduates of the Electromechanical faculty of the Institute for years. 90% of the teaching staff has scientific degrees of PhD candidates of technical science and scientific titles of assoc. professors.
The staff of the chair has been awarded authorship of 300 patents of inventions and lots of theses and methodology works were published.
The first manual on specialty "Maintenance of locomotives and locomotives equipment" (authors G.S.Rileev, P.K.Kryuger, V.N.Kazakov, B.I.Vilkevech; M:Transport 1951) was published. Then these authors in collaboration with professor M.N.Belenky published text-book for higher education institutes "Locomotives equipment" (M:Transport 1963,1972,1980 ).
Books "Electric scheme of locomotives TE 3" was written by Assoc.Prof. B.I.Vilkevich, "Reference book on the electric equipment of diesel locomotives" (co-author PhD, Assoc. Prof. K.T.Tursunov,Tashkent: Mehnat.1994).
Assoc. Prof. A.D.Belenky is the co-author of the textbook "Complex mechanization and automation of rolling stock". (Co-authors D.Ya.Perelman and others.M: Transport, 1969, 1977) and the author of the book "Automatic locomotive signaling of uninterrupted type with autostop", Tashkent, 1993.
The book "Saving of the motor oils on diesel locomotives" (Library of the machine of locomotive. M:Transport, 1984,88 p)was written by the author group (A.D.Belenky, G.N.Ivanov,A.I.Rempel).
A.V.Grishenko, SH.S.Phayzibaev, B.T.Fayziev "Electric apparatus of locomotives, "Tashkent 2008; academic aid by Fayziev B.T. "Repair Technology of locomotives" (co-author A.T.Egamberdiev, Tashkent 2007),"Heating engineering" by E.N.Rijov, Y.D.Tadjiyev.Tashkent 2004; Alimbayev R.H "Calculation of trains traction", Tashkent 2005; T.Kodirshoev, B.T.Fayziev, T.Abdusattarov "Scientific research fundamentals" Tashkent 2005; T.Abdusattorov, B.T.Fayziev, Y.K.Kurbanov "Methodology of special disciplines teaching" in the Uzbek language, Tashkent 2006.
At present the "Locomotives and locomotive equipment" has a branch in UP "Uzjeldorremmash", where teachers of the chair arrange lessons on training of employees of the plant and conduct practical lessons for bachelors and masters degree of the institute.
The teachers of the chair conduct great job through their branches in lyceums and colleges of the Institute on qualification skills improvement of teachers and on methodology aid.


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Q: Azure Powershell how to get running services of a VM via Runbook? I'm trying to write an Azure Powershell Runbook that will start a VM, and then check if a windows service on the VM is running or not and start it.
I can get the VM started, but enumerating the services isn't working.  I'm brand new on Azure Runbooks so I could be doing something wrong. I limited the below code to only the Get-Service bit and not the VM starting.
# Returns strings with status messages
[OutputType([String])]

param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
    [String]  $AzureConnectionAssetName = "AzureRunAsConnection",

    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
    [String] $ResourceGroupName = ""
)

try {
    # Connect to Azure using service principal auth
    $ServicePrincipalConnection = Get-AutomationConnection -Name $AzureConnectionAssetName

    Write-Output "Logging in to Azure..."

    $Null = Add-AzureRmAccount `
        -ServicePrincipal `
        -TenantId $ServicePrincipalConnection.TenantId `
        -ApplicationId $ServicePrincipalConnection.ApplicationId `
        -CertificateThumbprint $ServicePrincipalConnection.CertificateThumbprint
}
catch {
    if(!$ServicePrincipalConnection) {
        throw "Connection $AzureConnectionAssetName not found."
    }
    else {
        throw $_.Exception
    }
}

# If there is a specific resource group, then get all VMs in the resource group,
# otherwise get all VMs in the subscription.
if ($ResourceGroupName) {
    $VMs = Get-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName
}
else {
    $VMs = Get-AzureRmVM
}

# Try and enumerate the VM's services
foreach ($VM in $VMs) {
        Write-Output "Listing all services..."
        Write-Output ("VM: {0}" -f $VM.Name)
        $VM | Get-Service | Format-Table -AutoSize

        Write-Output "Listing alternative method..."
        Get-Service -ComputerName $VM.Name | Format-Table -AutoSize
        Write-Output "Finished listing..."
}

And the output is this:

Logging in to Azure...
Listing all services...
VM: demo-0
Listing alternative method...
Finished listing...

A: Well, first of all, Starting VM is asynchronous, so you need to wait for the VM to actually boot, and the Get-Service wouldn't work anyway, as to get the services from a VM you need to authenticate against that VM, so either user PSsessions or invoke-command, something like that. Just look on how to remote into servers with powershell or how to issue powershell command to remote PC's. This case is nothing different. And it has nothing to do with how Azure Automation works.

A: When you are running Azure Automation runbooks, you have the choice of the azure queue or creating a hybrid worker.  The azure queue is good for many processes, but it will not have access to the VMs directly to run commands such as get-service.
To expand on @4c74356b41 answer, you will need to use remote powershell to execute the command (using New-PSSession) but you will also have to ensure that those commands are running on an Azure Automation Hybrid Worker
In the comments below, you asked about credentials.  You can set credentials in the Azure Automation account and then have them used by your script when creating a new session.  See this link

A: You could try to use the following cmdlets. It works for me.
# Try and enumerate the VM's services
foreach ($VM in $VMs) {
        Write-Output "Listing all services..."
        Write-Output ("VM: {0}" -f $VM.Name)
        $ResourceGroupName=$VM.ResourceGroupName
        $Name=$VM.Name
        $status=(Get-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $Name -Status).Statuses[1].code
        if($status -like "PowerState/deallocated")
        {
            Write-Output "VM is stopped, starting VM"
            if (Start-AzureRmVm -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $Name)
            {
                Write-Output "Start VM successfuly"
            }else
            {
                Write-Output "Start VM failed"
                break
            }

        }
        ##get VM's Public IP
        $nicName = ($VM.NetworkInterfaceIDs[0] -split '/')[-1]
        $pip = (Get-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name $nicName -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName).IpConfigurations.publicipaddress.id
        $PublicIP=(Get-AzureRmPublicIpAddress -ResourceGroupName shui -Name ($pip -split '/')[-1]).IpAddress

        $Uri="http://$($PublicIP):5986"
        Write-Output "Get ConnectionUri $Uri"

        ##get Credential from assets
        $shui=Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name 'shui'

        $session=New-PSSession -ConnectionUri $Uri -Credential $shui -SessionOption (New-PSSessionOption -SkipCACheck -SkipCNCheck -SkipRevocationCheck)

        $result=Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock {ipconfig}
        Write-Output "$result"
        Write-Output "Finished listing..."
}

Before you use this script. Firstly,you should open ports 5896 on your VM's firewall and NSG, you could check as the following link.  Please ensure you could telnet IP 5986 on your local PC.

*You should import AzureRM.Network modules to your Automation Account. More information about how to import Modules please refer to this link.

3.Store your VMs's passord to Runbook, you could refer to this link. When you want to use the credentials, you could use the script below:
##get Credential from assets
$shui=Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name 'shui'

$session=New-PSSession -ConnectionUri $Uri -Credential $shui -SessionOption (New-PSSessionOption -SkipCACheck -SkipCNCheck -SkipRevocationCheck)

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