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Did you know that Microsoft's Power BI can connect directly to data stored in ADLS? It's true, and shown here.
You wouldn't connect to that data unless you wanted to visualize it, right? Shown here are several visualizations against the influencer.csv output file from the 8-TweetAnalysis-WindowingExpr.usql script in the Visual Studio sample project. This is the finish line!
You've now gone end-to-end with Azure Data Lake, from provisioning ADLS and ADLA, using the Azure portal U-SQL tooling, working with ADL Tools for Visual Studio, with both U-SQL and C# code and even integrating the data into Power BI.
This experience will all be very intuitive to .NET and SQL Server developers. And the fact that they're using Hadoop and YARN under the hood? It's just an implementation detail now.
Microsoft's Azure Data Lake is now generally available, but what does it do, and how does it work? Here's a tour around the service's tooling and capabilities, to help you understand it and get productive with it, quickly.
Weeklong protests allegedly started over demolition of a popular Istanbul park – an issue we covered months ago here. Taksim Gezi Park site is earmarked for a new shopping mall. Urban development sparks protests the world over, so what blew this one to epic proportions?
A peaceful protest began in response to government actions viewed as favoring profit over people and nature. But, similar to “Occupy” movements and the Arab uprisings, the Taksim demonstrators embrace many distinct causes, there is no singular focus.
Sure, there are environmental mandates. There are demands for free speech and entitlement to nonviolent demonstration. There are pleas to maintain separation between secular government and majority religion. There are calls for greater protections for Turkish democracy and human rights.
And the elephant in the Square may be Turkey’s muzzled media, which is unable to report on it all. There are more journalists in jail in Turkey today than in any other country, and penalties are steep for broadcasting state-sensitive stories. Most of the news concerning the protests has come from social media which is fascinating but unreliable, beholden to the writer’s point of view.
When branded organizations join the fray, resultant media attention and self-promotion further skew the story.
Greenpeace sent Green Prophet an update saying that is has declared solidarity with the park protestors, demanding the right to peaceful protest and urging that people and planet come before private profit. They opened their offices, adjacent to the park, offering protesters first aid and a place to rest.
Police are using tear gas, water cannon and pepper spray to disperse crowds. Dozens of protesters and onlookers have been arrested and injured; figures vary over persons killed. On the international level, Greenpeace is calling for an immediate end to police violence.
Decrying police brutality and embracing open space preservation are necessary and noble actions, but they only tell part of the Taksim story.
The nation is bi-polar. Turkey sits on two continents, but also straddles two worlds. The NATO darling is positioning itself for EU membership, and aggressively seeking to expand tourism – a cornerstone of its economy with $25 billion in 2012 revenue. It’s investing in improved infrastructure for national transportation and growing the world’s largest airport.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Erdogan and his Islamist party are accused of extending their power over the government at the expense of constitutional checks and balances, replacing democracy with authoritarian leadership. Small erosions of personal freedoms (evolving bans on alcohol, smoking, and western dress) are viewed by secular Turks as further proof of the government’s Islamic agenda. How’s that going to work in the new tourism brochures? Will it combine with current events to spin new Visit Turkey slogans? Come visit, all you Germans, Russians and Brits – this place is a gas!
A court ordered temporary suspension of park demolition, but the action may be too little too late; protests are reported to have spread across Istanbul and have erupted in Ankara too. Watch this place. Or at least watch what little is being reported.
Many thanks for this informative article. As an English ex-pat living in Turkey I’m upset that such events have occurred but more so that the “western” media has reported the events with such a biased viewpoint.
The recent “ban” (time restriction) on sales of alcohol is nothing more than an alignment to the practices which have existed in many European countries for many years – when one sees alcohol shelves in Tesco or Sainsbury’s coved on Sundays does anyone say “they are trying to Islamise the West”?
The ban on smoking in closed places (still not policed sufficiently, in my opinion) is a great step forward for those like myself who never smoked and are very sensitive to smoke. AFAIK in some American states it is illegal to smoke at bus stops and in open places (while standing still?); does anyone say “they are trying to Islamise America”?
I have never seen anything like a ban on western dress. Living in Ankara for the past 13 years I’ve seen many different styles of clothing, some you wouldn’t even see on the streets of London (people would be embarrassed to wear such skimpy clothes there). If the widening freedom for ladies to cover their heads (according to THEIR OWN FREE WILL) in public places and offices is seen as a “ban on Western dress” then the observer needs to re-tune their receivers and think about “human rights” in a more open-minded way.
A Clarke County judge has granted bond to one of two Athens men accused of murdering a 19-year-old soldier from Commerce last month.
Superior Court Judge David Sweat on Thursday set bond for Sentquila Hill at $100,000, even though Hill was indicted on a malice murder charge in the shooting death of Jeremy Buchanan at Rolling Ridge Apartments on Kathwood Drive.
Though it’s not common for a judge to set bond for malice murder — the equivalent of premeditated murder — defense attorney Dustin Kirby argued that authorities believe Hill’s codefendant Cody Lumpkin was the one who pulled the trigger.
“I don’t think anybody thinks Sentquila is the shooter in this case, and the prosecution acknowledged as much,” Kirby said.
The judge also considered that Hill, 25, does not have a history of violent crime, he said.
Kirby had asked the judge to set a $45,000 bond, but a prosecutor opposed the request and Sweat settled on an amount that will be difficult for Hill to raise, the attorney said.
Lumpkin, 22, continues to be held without bail.
He does have a history of violence, according to Athens-Clarke police, who arrested Lumpkin in 2009 and charged him with robbing a man and shooting at him. A prosecutor dropped charges this year because of a lack of evidence.
On the night of Nov. 6, Buchanan drove to Rolling Ridge with two other men from Jackson County; the other men stayed in the parking lot while Buchanan went into an apartment building’s breezeway, police said.
There, Lumpkin and Hill beat him, and Lumpkin shot him once in the head, police said.
Lumpkin and Hill then stole money, a wallet and a cellphone from Buchanan, according to a grand jury indictment.
Police called the armed robbery and shooting drug-related.
Buchanan died at Athens Regional Medical Center when doctors removed him from life support a few hours later.
Buchanan was a soldier in the process of getting an early discharge from the U.S. Army in order to be with his wife and infant daughter, who was born prematurely with severe medical conditions, according to Buchanan’s mother, Robin Andrews.
Andrews was appalled that one of the men charged with killing her son was granted bond.
“Even if he was not the triggerman, he was involved with the shooting,” she said. “Hill is the man that took my son’s money and phone from his body after he was shot.
Kirby said he doubts Hill can raise enough money for the high bond, but that doesn’t comfort Andrews.
Cory Branan does such a great job of portraying those mornings where you feel like you may have been hit by a semi the night before and just not known it that you're actually convinced that you were indeed hit by a truck the night before. The man from Mississippi - Southaven, to be exact - puts us in the frame of mind to wallow in it some, to roll over and out of bed only to find that the thorns and the prickers are still jabbing into our hide. In some perverse way, they actually feel good, especially pulling them out. It's the muscle soreness and the bleary eyes that remind us of an evening spent provoking the demons and having them respond to the pokes and the goading. It feels good to be able to stitch the night back together, after having blacked out from the last blow that landed on the punch drunk mug. He makes it feel nice to notice the swelling and understand that we're all lined with very personal regrets and sorrows, none of which could ever be fully comprehended by anyone else, most of which are serious only to one.
Branan sings, "I've been down in it," early on during this session, and you wonder if he actually means to include all of us in this, as in, "We've been down in it," referring to the sheer volume of stuff that we've been through, seen, felt and withstood. His whipped voice carries with it so much salt and still so much sugar, as if it's strangely better off for having been tried and tested, raked over the gravel. He's a sadder, but somewhat better man after all has been said and done. A song like "Survivor Blues," is an emblem of the rockiness that follows folks around like a stink sometimes. There are too many things that need surviving, so getting through any of them requires something of a toast, or a tip of the cap. In this song, like most everyone knows, there's no end to the things that must be survived. He's of the belief that there's always more around the corner and he seems to typically be right. This means that there are a good number of toasts and it means that they're all extremely short, ready to be dashed, cut short in their middles. He sings, "What didn't kill you could make you wish you'd died," and that's quite the sobering thought.
Everything in a Branan song - even those bits that should be considered the bright spots - seem to be pointing us toward only the potential for partly sunny skies, nothing much more favorable than that. The beaten up parts of his characters are their most endearing parts. They are the keepers, those that identify them, for instance, when he sings, "You call that a scar/A bruise, a tear/Pillow marks and souvenirs." When pillow marks are scar-like souvenirs, there's not all that much wrong with them and it's always impressive how quickly the darkest, purply bruises start turning to camouflaged green color, on their way to a dim yellow, back to flesh color. You can and should only take them seriously during the short interim where they're sore to the touch - a day or two, depending on the depth of the contusion. We can't help but love the way the pains felt in Branan songs really sing, low and lovely, as jelly jars of watermelon wine are being knocked back.
The chair of the Adelaide Festival shows us some of her home favourites.
Numerous roles in the arts including: chaired the Fringe for 10 years; joined board of AF in 2016; third Festival as Chair.
A space I can retreat to and revitalise, it’s like my own personal sanctuary.
My husband, George, and cat, Oscar.
It houses so many memories of shared experiences; meals with family and friends, artwork by talented artists, some of who are my friends. I love living in Norwood for the ease of riding my bike or walking to the city. The Parade is well loved by me. While it has, in parts, become gentrified, there is still diversity with public housing, rentals and homeowners all living in the same street.
Travel to Sydney regularly to see my children and grandchildren.
Modern, clean lines. Uncluttered. White walls always. It is about the art!
An apartment in Sydney. However no new purchases for my house, the walls are full and there is artwork under beds! I am into reducing.
Art, and things of ‘beauty’ to me. Shelley vases, in either the daisy or Chinese dragon pattern.
● My cat – Oscar. He was in hiding under the bed when Nick came for photographs.
● Many of my paintings.
● Shelley vase. Daisy pattern.
My family and friends. They are a constant in my life and love unconditionally.
Brush the cat. Oscar loves being brushed. He is at the door waiting for it when I walk in and then turns and heads straight to the bedroom, jumps on the bed and waits to be brushed! He is ragdoll, lots of fur, so the fact he loves brushing is great.
Start the day going to the gym on my bike for a boxing session with the fabulous Naomi Jellicoe and coffee at the Exchange in the East End.
A VW Beetle. The car that was the love of my life was an Alpha Spider. Fifteen years of passion and joy.
Eclectic taste in music. It all depends on the mood. Jazz (my son is a jazz musician), contemporary through to classical and opera. Then there is Barbra Streisand. I have almost every CD and vinyls from many years ago!
New couches for family room. I have inertia, and finding time to undertake the search for the right ones!
Fresh, seasonal produce. I like to see what is in season and then cook from that.
A different career plan often. I never quite worked out what the answer to “what do I want to do when I grow up?” but it worked out okay.
Coffin Bay – not that I have been there for years. We have a holiday house at Aldinga. Beautiful spot, so close to Adelaide with McLaren Vale on the doorstep, Willunga market etc.
I travel a lot. Always have. Love it. See it as an essential part of my life. One of my favourite holidays was the three trips I have done to Central America – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Backpacking.
Friendly and reflect the diversity of Norwood.
‘My space’. But during Adelaide Festival – shared space with friends. The spare bedrooms are booked out with friends moving in and out during the Festival. It’s such a fabulous time of the year.
Adelaide Festival runs until March 17.
Levitating humans could be in our future, thanks to a scientific breakthrough in acoustic tractor beam technology, which can now lift larger objects than ever before.
Engineers from the University of Bristol have demonstrated that it’s possible to stably levitate objects using the world’s most powerful acoustic tractor beams. Their findings were published in the Physical Review Letters on Monday.
Acoustic tractor beams use soundwaves to hold particles in the air. It was previously believed they could only be used to levitate very small objects which were about the same size as a wavelength of sound, but the research demonstrates the potential for far larger objects to be levitated.
The technique creates a tornado-like effect with acoustic vortices, which researchers said are like, "tornadoes of sound, made of a twister-like structure with loud sound surrounding a silent core."
When researchers changed the direction of the acoustic vortices, they were able to stabilize the tractor beam and its rate of rotation. They were then able to increase the size of the core at the center of the sound tornado, allowing it to carry bigger objects.
The team was then able to make a two-centimeter (.7-inch) polystyrene sphere hover within the tractor beam, using ultrasonic waves that humans can’t hear. This is bigger than anything that’s ever been levitated by acoustic beams before, and more than twice as big as the acoustic wavelengths carrying it.
Although the ability to levitate a human is a little way off yet, researchers say all that’s needed is more acoustic power.
It’s not just good news for those of us who dream of floating in the air, the discovery has potential in the fields of science, medical surgery and factory production lines.
Oars + Alps, the men’s grooming line for fellas too fancy to buy their organic soaps and moisturizing supplies from Dr. Bronner’s bar soaps, Tom’s of Maine and/or Kiehl’s, has raised $1.3 million in a seed round of financing.
While there’s clearly room for men’s grooming products (one market research firm predicts the market for men’s grooming and skincare products will reach $22 billion dollars by 2022), the funding for the new lifestyle brand comes amid a pretty turbulent time for venture-backed consumer companies.
There have been some big exits (à la Dollar Shave Club), but the recent Walmart acquisition of Bonobos at $310 million (while splashy) certainly wasn’t what the company’s investors (who’d managed to shove more than $127 million into the company’s pants) had hoped. And Honest Company found itself spurned by its would-be suitor, Unilever, which ultimately chose another organic brand.
But no one has yet to win in the men’s soap and supply market, so the Chicago-based Oars + Alps has laid into the market with all hands on the oars and all crampons in the mountainside.
To hear Oars + Alps co-founder Mia Saini Duchnowski tell it, she and her co-founder and friend Laura Lisowski Cox (the two met on a party boat in Thailand), had no choice but to launch Oars + Alps.
Duchnowski’s “man’s man” of a husband kept getting his grubby paws in her eye creams and unguents, her soaps and moisturizers. And she wasn’t the only one in her set with man-sullied skin creams (Lisowski Cox endured similar hardships).
To resolve the dilemma, she and Lisowski Cox set out to make the perfect skincare products for their macho men (the company is called Oars + Alps because Duchnowski’s husband rows professionally — so… oars — and both Lisowski Cox’s fella and Duchnowski’s are avid skiers — so.. alps).
Financing for the Chicago-based company came from Chicago’s own investment firms Breakout Capital and the Levy family’s personal investment vehicle.
A former Bloomberg reporter, Duchnowski has a nose for narrative, and Oars + Alps certainly has a story to tell.
That moss, “emblematic of the guy we were targeting who always perseveres” grows in a very harsh environment and thrives… and has alleged antioxidant properties and improves skin’s elasticity, according to an email from Duchnowski.
The company launched their first three products — a deodorant stick, an eye cream and a facial soap — in October 2016.
TOKYO (AP) — Global stock markets rose further on Friday on hopes that the United States and China will call time-out in their escalating trade feud.
KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 was up 0.3 percent at 5,344, while Germany’ DAX rose 0.3 percent to 12,089. Britain’s FTSE 100 also gained 0.3 percent, to 7,304. U.S. shares were also set to move higher, with Dow and S&P 500 futures both up 0.2 percent.
ASIA’S DAY: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.2 percent to finish at 23,094.67. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.6 percent at 6,165.30. South Korea’s Kospi added 1.4 percent to 2,318.25. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 1.0 percent to 27,286.41, while the Shanghai Composite index lost 0.2 percent to 2,681.64.
TRADE FACTOR: China said Thursday that the U.S. government has invited it for talks on their escalating tariff dispute, ahead of a decision by President Donald Trump on whether to raise duties on $200 billion of Chinese imports. The move raised hopes for dialogue in the dispute, which risks having a big the impact on the Asian economy.
ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude added 33 cents to $68.92 a barrel. It slid 2.5 percent to $68.59 a barrel in New York on Thursday. Brent crude, used to price international oils, rose 18 cents to $78.36 a barrel in London.
CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 111.83 yen from 111.45 yen. The euro rose to $1.1702 from $1.1642.
Just returned from Houston. My large family’s experience with Hurricane Harvey mirrored the wide range felt by other Houstonians. Some weathered heavy damage; others helped out those in need.
After more than four decades as an arts leader wearing countless hats, Paul Beutel has announced that he will retire from the Long Center for the Performing Arts on June 30.
Included in the pictures is a 360-degree panorama stitched together from 80 photos taken by a camera on the lander after it released the rover onto the lunar surface, Xinhua said, citing Li Chunlai, deputy director of the National Astronomical Observatories of China and commander-in-chief of the ground application system of Chang'e 4.
China is the first country to have successfully landed a probe on the moon's dark side - called so because it is never visible from Earth, as the moon's rotation is synchronised with its orbit around our planet.
The Chinese space agency says the spacecraft are in good working order after touching down on the lunar far side on 3 January.
Because the panorama was captured by the Chang'e 4 lander, it shows on the left the Yutu 2 rover, complete with the tire tracks left behind by the adventuring robot.
The scientific instruments aboard the probe worked well, and the images taken by the probe and the detection data have been sent back to ground control, it said.
The rover, which had been put in "standby" mode to protect it from the Sun's heat, was then switched on and, along with the Chang'e-4 probe, took pictures of the landing site and its surroundings.
Named after Chinese moon goddess "Chang'e", China's lunar exploration program, which began in 2004, includes orbiting and landing on the moon and bringing samples back to Earth.
Dark side of the Moon in motion.