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Keith Sweat Back Home Hosting the 'Quiet Storm' on 107.5 WBLS
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Source: By David Hinckley DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
"The Quiet Storm," which has been heard nightly on WBLS (107.5 FM) for more than a quarter-century, is one of the great music radio ideas of all time, and as Keith Sweat takes over the host chair Monday night, he says he knows it.
"I grew up listening to Frankie Crocker and the WBLS family," says Harlem native Sweat, who over the next two decades went on to build a stellar music career on multimillion-sellers like "Make It Last Forever." "So I feel like I definitely have a sense of the station and the audience.
"For this show, I'll be doing what I do, and both WBLS and I will be keeping 'Quiet Storm' basically as it is. I'm not trying to fix what hasn't been broken."
Sweat's hiring, which comes a while after longtime host and "Quiet Storm" originator Vaughan Harper departed, will be seen by some as WBLS trying to replicate the success of morning host Steve Harvey in the evening.
That fits in with a trend some find disturbing, a pattern of making radio less local and more homogenous. It leads to stations that sound the same everywhere.
But Sweat, like Harvey, is not a famous artist who thinks of radio as an easy little side project.
Since early 2007, Sweat notes, he's been hosting "Keith Sweat Hotel," an evening show now heard on 50 stations. He says he's learned a lot about radio in that time.
"I started thinking about radio a few years ago as something that would make sense for my career," he says. "Like the way I branched out from recording into production. There's been a lot to learn in radio, but audiences seem to like what I do. It's been a good look for me."
His basic approach to radio, he says, is that "I try to build a personal relationship with the audience, the same as I've always done in my concerts.
"Everybody wants to feel good about life, and that's what I try to help them do. If someone has had a bad day, I want them to feel the next day will be a better one. If they've had a perfect day, I want them to feel there will be more of those."
As for the local part, he and WBLS both stress that "Quiet Storm" will be a separate broadcast from "Keith Sweat Hotel," though there obviously will be some overlap in music and personality.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/01/04/2010-01-04_new_storm_front_brings_in_rb_star_sweat.html#ixzz0bjqne0Eh
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Japan has extremely experienced waste issues from their past due to the increase of population and a lot of development s in their own countries which also results in the increase amount of waste and they are soundly closed in achieving different solutions on how to overcome those issues through joint efforts and helping hands of partnerships who have worked hard and offered a relevant roles to optimize waste from point of generation until the final destination or disposal. And for this reason Japan has extend their warm hands to offer oppojunity to the Pacific islands to introduce their waste management system through lectures, exercises and observations and learn in order to provide knowledge on SWM policy instruments, technologies and stakeholder participants based on their experience.
By the end of the Course each participants will gain more knowledge and understand what they learn throughout the training in terms of planning and policy, most importantly, the course will enable each participants to formulate an action plan individually based on the current situation of their countries to moderate waste problems in consideration of environmental policy and economic structure of their countries. it is also very important for the organization where the participants belongs to support the action plan for implementation.
The training focused on areas which strengthen and build up capacity of the entire participant in terms of planning and policy. All of these were possibly made through individual presentations from participants, lectures and observations from experts and trainees which helped engaged us in accessible method of Waste Management in Japan so that we participants can adapt and adjust it to our own country situation in order to solve waste problems and make a change.
From My understanding throughout the training, Japan was also facing the similar situation as the Pacific Islands, and because of their passion and hard working they were able to find solutions in terms of policy and practical on waste management. The training gives us oppojunity to access and understand their methods and how they actively came up with the success they have now.
Each Participants was ask to make a brief report and a presentation based on the current situation of Solid Waste Management and issues faced with solutions in their own countries and Each presentation clearly stated different challenges faced for instance open dumping disposal, illegal dumping, poor waste collections and landfill maintenance.
People paid for bulky collection through buying and sticker, and then collectors will collect it.
Door to door collection is also available for elderly and disable.
Waste management is included in the Primary School level curriculum and waste management is introduced within Primary school so that children will grow up with the skill and mind set of how important waste is.
They also practice 3R during lunch and they are awarded if they do well which I believe it encourages and motivates them to practices and leads to success. From my observation, the children are well educated and are also interested in waste management in their early livelihood and it is one great effective method for proper waste Management.
Waste Treatment and reduction in some cities.
Incinerated and turn into ashes then ashes into cement.
Everyone in each community has same goals and concern which is prober waste management hence they set up goals and work towards those goals by doing clean ups, waste promotions, and setting good examples.
Recycle facilities and technology is one of the highest and effective methodologies in Japan. All the plastics, PET bottles and other recyclable materials can be recycle or reused to get a new product.
The courses enable us to formulate action plans according to our current situation and what we believe is applicable to our own countries and then presents it at last.
Methods used to calculate amount of waste with and without weighbridge.
It was also great opportunity to learn from other participant s on how they are handling waste in their own countries.
Build up network with them and keep contacting for future matters.
Enforce prober waste segregation and move to the next level.
More recycle facility and incinerator.
Waste is everywhere. When its mixed it's a waste, when it's separated it's a resources. More technology speeds up the improvement of waste management but not forgetting the efforts made up by human race.
The course has helped me a lot to understand more about waste management in Japan and can also be applied to our situation. I believe Japan has more advanced and lot of technology but Samoa is still improving. One important main thing I learned is how to slowly change the mind set of people regarding waste and be convinced how important it is. More awareness, education and practice can improve the situation of Samoa.


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NEW SHOW FOR 2019 – You Belong To Me – songs and stories from the Jazz Age of the Roaring 20s. Premiering in Berlin and at Edinburgh Fringe 2019.
Award winning chanteuse, and a singer songwriter in her own right, Christine Bovill has built her reputation on the massively successful 5-star sell-out shows, PIAF and PARIS.
In both, she beckons you back to the Golden Age of French Song; a demi-monde of heroes and outcasts, cynics and bruised romantics. No gimmicks. No pretence. Nothing but a voice – smoky, evocative and emotive – singing of life's triumphs and tragedies.
PIAF is both a personal narrative and a powerful musical homage to France's most endearing icon Edith Piaf. Despite the sorrow of Piaf's story, this is an evening of celebration – a tale of human triumph over tragedy; and at its heart, a unique performance by a woman widely regarded as one of the finest interpreters of French chanson. Bovill has toured throughout Europe and the Far East with her self-penned homage to the Little Sparrow, appearing on BBC Newsnight and on the BBC Radio 4's series, Soul Music. Charles Dumont, Piaf's great friend and composer of Non, Je ne Regrette Rien, even made the journey from Paris to join her on stage at the Edinburgh Fringe (Famous Spiegeltent). Validation for Christine's performance doesn't come any higher than this.
In PARIS Christine beckons you back to the golden age of French Song; a demi-monde of heroes and outcasts, cynics and bruised romantics. With drama, pathos and pizzazz, the show casts a sepia-tinged spotlight on the songs and stories of Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Barbara, Juliet Greco, Charles Aznavour and more, interspersed with wonderful anecdotes from the period. Come and be transported into a Parisian scented twilight world of song.
Christine Bovill has built a formidable reputation as a songwriting jazz chanteuse. Born into a Glasgow family where folk music was the flavour of the age, Christine characteristically explored her own inclinations, finding a delight in jazz and cabaret, which she has been developing ever since.
Tour plans for 2019/20 include London, Ireland and Berlin.
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***** Bovill is a great storyteller and she brings the songs to life with terrific panache and dramatic flair The Scotsman
Something that will stay with you for the rest of your life… I wasn't prepared for the effect her voice would have on me Sunday Times
That voice, which is once heard, never forgotten Metro

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The Lake Weir Invitational and Harpoon Regatta are now over and the participants have headed home with memories of an exciting weekend. The regatta team did a great job of organizing, preparing and executing our plan. I want to thank all of you for a job well done.
Saturday light wind racing and a fabulous dinner by Patti Moring and her team of Jan Cole and Sandra Harton.
The last activity was the clean up team, who gathered all of our regatta equipment and put it away for next time. The volunteers who cleaned up the club house, committee boat and pavilion areas after our gathering and activities. Finally all of the pictures of the racing, meals and good times with friends, which makes this all worthwhile for us to do again next year.


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Activists from South Korea on Friday launched balloons carrying leaflets, radios, DVDs and a thousand U.S. dollar bills into North Korea.
About 50 activists, mostly defectors from the North, launched 10 of the balloons from Imjingak, north of Seoul, the South's Yonhap news agency reported.
It was the first launch of the propaganda balloons since the North last week threatened to respond with artillery fire against the launch location, according to the Yonhap report.
The group last sent balloons over North Korea on April 15, the birthday of the North's late leader, Kim Il-sung, Yonhap reported. Those leaflets highlighted democracy movements in the Middle East and North Africa, a message designed to inspire a similar movement in North Korea. Custom Printed Balloons are an innovative way to get the message across.
Friday's propaganda launch comes a day after President Carter returned from a visit to North Korea with word that its leader, Kim Jong Il, would hold a summit with his South Korean counterpart at any time.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is declining any official contact with the North until Pyonyang accepts responsibility for the sinking of the warship Cheonan in March 2010, which left 46 sailors dead, and the November shelling of a South Korean island in which two troops and two civilians died.
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1 April 2003 IN MEMORIAM: EUGENE PLEASANTS ODUM, 1913–2002
J. Michael Meyers, David W. Johnston
J. Michael Meyers,1 David W. Johnston2
1U.S. Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Warnell School of Forest Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2151, USA
25219 Concordia Street, Fairfax, Virginia, 22032, USA
The Auk, 120(2):536-538 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120[0536:IMEPO]2.0.CO;2
Eugene Pleasants Odum, a Life Member of the AOU since 1932, an Elective Member since 1943, and a Fellow since 1951, died 10 August 2002 of an apparent heart attack while tending his garden. Gene was born in New Hampshire on 17 September 1913 and spent most of his childhood and college days in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He developed a keen interest in birds and natural history during grade school, encouraged by his cousin, Dr. George Mayfield of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. At high school, Gene and his friend Coit Coker started a bird magazine and a newspaper column called "Bird Life in Chapel Hill." Gene never tired of teaching and used every opportunity to inform people enthusiastically about birds and the environment. While at home on breaks from graduate school, he taught his younger brother Howard Thomas Odum (1924–2002), then in high school, much of the ecology that he learned from pioneers such as Victor E. Shelford and his major professor S. Charles Kendeigh. Howard, known as H.T. or Tom, described Gene as one of his five great teachers. Gene developed his holistic vision of science in part from the sociological teachings and interdisciplinary approaches of his father, sociologist Howard W. Odum.
Gene's studies in zoology began at age 15 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (A.B. 1934 and M.A. 1936). His grades in academic classes suffered, he said, from too much time in the field learning about plants and animals in relation to their environment. His ornithological career, which spanned 71 years, began with his first high school publications on backyard birds and the nesting habits of the Hooded Warbler (1930s) and ended with his paper on avian research at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina (2001). After a formative summer at the Allegheny School of Natural History, Gene began teaching half-time at Case Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio during 1936–1937, replacing Charles Kendeigh, who left to join Victor Shelford at the University of Illinois-Champaign. Advice from ornithologist H. C. Oberholser of the National Museum in Washington, D.C. led Gene to study for his doctoral degree at the University of Illinois (Ph.D. 1939) under Kendeigh's direction. Gene's innovative spirit, evident throughout his life, was manifest in his dissertation, "Variations in the heart rate of birds: A study in physiological ecology" (1939 Ecological Monographs 11:299–326), using a "cardio-vibrometer" he helped invent to measure the heart rate of small birds.
During his last year at Illinois, Gene's sister Mary Frances introduced him to Martha Ann Huff, an artist. Engaged on their third date, they were married on 18 November 1939, beginning a 56-year loving marriage. His year as resident naturalist at the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve, Rensselaerville, New York, was for them an extended honeymoon. Here, emulating Victor Shelford, Gene became more interested in the whole rather the parts of the ecological system, conducting chickadee behavioral and physiological studies, and beginning to shift his attention to plant– animal systems.
Martha and Gene had two sons, William Eugene (1942–1991) and Daniel Thomas (1946–1987). Bill Odum became a well-respected ecologist and head of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, but his life ended prematurely in 1991 after a short illness.
In September 1940, Gene's long and productive association with the University of Georgia in Athens began as an instructor in the Biology Department. The Odums moved onto a small acreage just outside Athens given them by his father. Gene began conducting bird studies in Athens and Highlands, North Carolina. When World War II began, he taught courses for medical and pharmacy corps, nursing, and premedical students for three years. With Earle Greene, Herbert Stoddard, William Griffin, and Ivan Tomkins, he published Birds of Georgia: A Preliminary Check-list and Bibliography of Georgia Ornithology (1945).
In 1946, Gene was spurred to begin writing Fundamentals of Ecology (1953) after a departmental faculty meeting in which others suggested that ecology was a subordinate, not a "basic discipline" of biology. When enquiries by some faculty members brought home to Gene that the principles of ecology were not yet formulated, he began organizing them with his brother, H.T., who collaborated with him on the first two editions. By approaching nature from the top down, the ecosystem first, Fundamentals has had a remarkably stimulating effect on students. Gene and H.T. adapted their vision of nature from writings of Clements, Shelford, Smuts, Tansley, Leopold, Lotka, and Lindemann, but they added the concept of holism (the whole is more than the sum of its parts). In a recent survey of membership of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Fundamentals of Ecology was selected as the book that most influenced the members' careers. Recently, Gene and coauthor Gary W. Barrett completed the fifth edition, which is planned for publication in 2004.
Gene Odum underwent two phases in his career. The first began in the1930s and peaked in the1940s to1950s; it was centered on avian research, especially the role of fat deposition for protracted migratory flights, and on natural history subjects. The second, his ecosystem ecology and institution building phase, began in the 1950s and peaked in the 1960s to 1980s. He and Donald Scott helped to establish The University of Georgia's Sapelo Island Marine Institute in 1953 and his ecological research with a grant from the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) led to the establishment of the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) in South Carolina. When the original grant of $150,000, was reduced to $10,000, his university collaborators decided not to participate. Gene, however, began with three graduate students, some equipment and a truck—a strategy, starting small and then growing, that he used successfully in other projects. Gene was proud that one of his graduate students, Robert Norris, the first resident ecologist at SREL, received the Mercer Award from the Ecological Society of America (1961) for his research on over-wintering Savannah Sparrows at SREL. Gene also collaborated with H.T. on the AEC's Eniwetok Atoll project in the Pacific. H.T.'s techniques to study energy flows allowed them to test the idea that live coral polyps and green algae were symbiotic animal–plant relationships, leading to an understanding of the system as a whole. "Trophic Structure and Productivity of a Windward Coral Reef Community on Eniwetok Atoll," published in Ecological Monographs (25:291– 320) in 1955, won the Mercer Award in 1956.
In 1969, Gene wrote "The Strategy of Ecosystem Development" in Science. That controversial essay focused on how ecosystem science could help resolve environmental dilemmas. Odum proposed a three-sided strategy for resolving human conflict with nature: use of nonchemical pest-control agriculture, a compartmental model for landscape zoning, and reorganization of society's goals by beginning ecological education in elementary schools.
In 1966, Gene became the first director of the Institute of Radiation Ecology, later renamed the Institute of Ecology of The University of Georgia. The Institute encouraged a network and interaction of scientists from many disciplines to solve environmental problems. The Institute prospered from successful outside grants and research conducted at many of its distant sites, such as SREL, the Sapelo Island Marine Institute, the Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory in North Carolina, and others such as the AEC's canal project in Panama. By obtaining abandoned land less than a mile from campus, he established Horseshoe Bend, an important area for ecosystem and ecological research. He helped create the Ecology Graduate Program at the Institute of Ecology, which grew to about 100 students by 2002. Gene's networking and interdisciplinary approach eventually culminated in the School of Ecology in 1993, which became part of the College of Environment and Design in 2001.
Eugene Odum received numerous awards and honors. He served as President of the Ecological Society of America from 1964 to 1965 and was honored with their prestigious Eminent Ecologist Award in 1974. In 1970, he was the first person from The University of Georgia to be elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He received the Conservationist of the Year Award in 1975 from the Georgia Wildlife Federation and Educator of the Year Award in 1983 from the National Wildlife Federation. He and H.T. jointly received three prestigious international awards: the $80,000 "Institut de la Vie" prize in 1975, the Tyler Ecology Award of $150,000 presented by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, and the Craaford Prize of $250,000, given by the Royal Swedish Academy, equivalent to the Nobel Prize, in 1987. Gene donated his prize monies to ecological research and education foundations, mainly at The University of Georgia. Six universities in North and South America awarded him honorary doctorates.
Gene at first did not accept retirement well, which in 1984 was required for all professors before their 71st birthday. With his title "Emeritus Director" in place of "Director," he remained busy and productive, as he said "racing against time." But he and Martha also enjoyed longer vacations to their cabin in the north Georgia hills and their second home on Fripp Island, South Carolina. An avid sports fan and fierce competitor, he and his wife took up croquet, competing on Fripp Island and on their home court in Athens, when his knees would no longer tolerate the stress of tennis. There was never a time that a former student dropped by that he and Martha did not take them to the Georgia Hotel for an evening of "catching up."
In 1995, Gene unexpectedly lost Martha after a short illness and he took some time to regain his life without her. He gathered many of her water-color paintings for a 1997 show entitled Martha Odum: Watercolors, saying "Art and ecology have been a part-nership in the Odum family for more than fifty years." Later you could see the joy in his face as he gathered all her watercolors to publish Essence of Place, a book of love for his wife, with ecological commentaries (he was always teaching).
Gene was generous to family, students, colleagues, the people of Georgia, and especially The University of Georgia. He willed his estate to ecological and educational institutions that he helped create. He put all his labor into his belief that ecologists can make a difference in the quality of life on Earth. An enthusiastic teacher, generous man, creative thinker, productive researcher, institution builder, he was a friend to many. On the day before his death, during lunch with friends, he was discussing the birds of Athens—the new breeding birds (such as Fish Crows)—and why were they here? We did not solve that question but did generate many hypotheses. We miss our friend.
We thank Betty Odum, wife of H.T., for providing H.T.'s notes, which she presented at Gene Odum's celebration of life shortly after H.T.'s death.
Eugene Pleasants Odum, 1913–2002(Gene Odum birding on Fripp Island, South Carolina in 2000. Photo by Terry L. Barrett.)
J. Michael Meyers and David W. Johnston "IN MEMORIAM: EUGENE PLEASANTS ODUM, 1913–2002," The Auk 120(2), 536-538, (1 April 2003). https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120[0536:IMEPO]2.0.CO;2
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Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Settings
    Private _settingsPath As String

    Public ReadOnly Property Loaded As Boolean = False
    Public Sub Init()

        Dim configFileName As String = "PropertiesDotNet.xml"

        If Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OS") = "Windows_NT" Then
            If Not       Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AppData"), "WalkmanOSS")) Then
                Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AppData"), "WalkmanOSS"))
            End If
            _settingsPath =               Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AppData"), "WalkmanOSS", configFileName)
        Else
            If Not       Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME"), ".config", "WalkmanOSS")) Then
                Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME"), ".config", "WalkmanOSS"))
            End If
            _settingsPath =               Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME"), ".config", "WalkmanOSS", configFileName)
        End If

        If      File.Exists(Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, configFileName)) Then
            _settingsPath = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, configFileName)
        ElseIf               File.Exists(configFileName) Then
            _settingsPath = New FileInfo(configFileName).FullName
        End If

        cbxTheme.Items.AddRange([Enum].GetNames(GetType(ThemeNames)))

        _Loaded = True
        If File.Exists(_settingsPath) Then
            LoadSettings()
        Else
            ' set initial settings
            chkUseSystemDefault.Checked = True
            chkShowOpenWithWarning.Checked = True
            chkEnableAutoResize.Checked = True
            chkEnableUpdateCheck.Checked = True
            cbxDriveInfo.SelectedIndex = 2 ' Show on Drives
            cbxDefaultSize.SelectedIndex = 11 ' Auto (Decimal)
            cbxTheme.SelectedIndex = 0
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub MeVisibleChanged() Handles Me.VisibleChanged
        If Me.Visible Then Me.CenterToParent()
    End Sub

    Public Enum DriveInfoVisibility
        AlwaysVisible
        AlwaysHidden
        AutoVisibility
    End Enum

    Public Enum ThemeNames
        [Default]
        Inverted
        SystemDark
        Dark
        Test
    End Enum

#Region "Properties"
    Public ReadOnly Property DefaultUseSystemState As Boolean
    Public ReadOnly Property ShowOpenWithWarning As Boolean
    Public ReadOnly Property AutoResize As Boolean
    Public ReadOnly Property UpdateCheck As Boolean
    Public ReadOnly Property ShowDriveInfo As DriveInfoVisibility
    Public ReadOnly Property DefaultSizeSelection As Integer
    Public ReadOnly Property Theme As ThemeNames
#End Region

#Region "GUI Methods"
    Private Sub chkUseSystemDefault_CheckedChanged() Handles chkUseSystemDefault.CheckedChanged
        _DefaultUseSystemState = chkUseSystemDefault.Checked
        SaveSettings()
    End Sub
    Private Sub chkShowOpenWithWarning_CheckedChanged() Handles chkShowOpenWithWarning.CheckedChanged
        _ShowOpenWithWarning = chkShowOpenWithWarning.Checked
        SaveSettings()
    End Sub
    Private Sub chkEnableAutoResize_CheckedChanged() Handles chkEnableAutoResize.CheckedChanged
        _AutoResize = chkEnableAutoResize.Checked
        SaveSettings()
    End Sub
    Private Sub chkEnableUpdateCheck_CheckedChanged() Handles chkEnableUpdateCheck.CheckedChanged
        _UpdateCheck = chkEnableUpdateCheck.Checked
        SaveSettings()
    End Sub
    Private Sub cbxDriveInfo_SelectedIndexChanged() Handles cbxDriveInfo.SelectedIndexChanged
        _ShowDriveInfo = DirectCast(cbxDriveInfo.SelectedIndex, DriveInfoVisibility)
        SaveSettings()
    End Sub
    Private Sub cbxDefaltSize_SelectedIndexChanged() Handles cbxDefaultSize.SelectedIndexChanged
        _DefaultSizeSelection = cbxDefaultSize.SelectedIndex
        SaveSettings()
    End Sub
    Private Sub cbxTheme_SelectedIndexChanged() Handles cbxTheme.SelectedIndexChanged
        _Theme = DirectCast(cbxTheme.SelectedIndex, ThemeNames)
        SaveSettings()
    End Sub

    Private Sub btnClose_Click() Handles btnClose.Click
        Me.Hide()
    End Sub
    Private Sub btnShowSettingsFile_Click() Handles btnShowSettingsFile.Click
        Process.Start("explorer.exe", "/select, " & _settingsPath)
    End Sub
#End Region

#Region "Settings Saving & Loading"
    Private Sub LoadSettings() Handles btnReload.Click
        If Not Loaded Then Return
        _loading = True
        Try
            Using reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(_settingsPath)
                Try
                    reader.Read()
                Catch ex As XmlException
                    Return
                End Try

                If reader.IsStartElement() AndAlso reader.Name = "PropertiesDotNet" Then
                    If reader.Read() AndAlso reader.IsStartElement() AndAlso reader.Name = "Settings" AndAlso reader.Read() Then
                        While reader.IsStartElement
                            Select Case reader.Name
                                Case "DefaultUseSystemState"
                                    reader.Read()
                                    Boolean.TryParse(reader.Value, chkUseSystemDefault.Checked)
                                Case "ShowOpenWithWarning"
                                    reader.Read()
                                    Boolean.TryParse(reader.Value, chkShowOpenWithWarning.Checked)
                                Case "EnableAutoResize"
                                    reader.Read()
                                    Boolean.TryParse(reader.Value, chkEnableAutoResize.Checked)
                                Case "EnableUpdateCheck"
                                    reader.Read()
                                    Boolean.TryParse(reader.Value, chkEnableUpdateCheck.Checked)
                                Case "ShowDriveInfo"
                                    reader.Read()
                                    Dim selected As DriveInfoVisibility
                                    [Enum].TryParse(reader.Value, selected)
                                    cbxDriveInfo.SelectedIndex = selected
                                Case "DefaultSizeSelection"
                                    reader.Read()
                                    Integer.TryParse(reader.Value, cbxDefaultSize.SelectedIndex)
                                Case "Theme"
                                    reader.Read()
                                    Dim out As ThemeNames
                                    [Enum].TryParse(reader.Value, out)
                                    cbxTheme.SelectedIndex = out
                                Case Else
                                    reader.Read() ' skip unknown values
                            End Select
                            reader.Read() : reader.Read()
                        End While
                    End If
                End If
            End Using
        Finally
            _loading = False
        End Try
    End Sub

    Private _loading As Boolean = False ' so that we don't save while loading settings

    Friend Sub SaveSettings() Handles btnSave.Click
        If Not Loaded OrElse _loading Then Return
        Using writer As XmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(_settingsPath, New XmlWriterSettings With {.Indent = True})
            writer.WriteStartDocument()
            writer.WriteStartElement("PropertiesDotNet")

            writer.WriteStartElement("Settings")
            writer.WriteElementString("DefaultUseSystemState", DefaultUseSystemState.ToString())
            writer.WriteElementString("ShowOpenWithWarning", ShowOpenWithWarning.ToString())
            writer.WriteElementString("EnableAutoResize", AutoResize.ToString())
            writer.WriteElementString("EnableUpdateCheck", UpdateCheck.ToString())
            writer.WriteElementString("ShowDriveInfo", ShowDriveInfo.ToString())
            writer.WriteElementString("DefaultSizeSelection", DefaultSizeSelection.ToString())
            writer.WriteElementString("Theme", Theme.ToString())
            writer.WriteEndElement() ' Settings

            writer.WriteEndElement()
            writer.WriteEndDocument()
        End Using
    End Sub
#End Region
End Class

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text:
Song Premiere: TRPL BLK's "A Pimp's Hu$tle" featuring Money Longstroke
by Richardine Bartee 13th March 2015, 3:13 PM
Detroit-native wild boy TRPL BLK is back with a new track titled "A Pimp's Hu$tle" featuring Money Longstroke, in which he describes as "dark" and "grimy." This pimp hand of a track reminds the artist of his hometown, so it was imperative that this song was released at 3:13 today. If you're not familiar, it's the city's area code.
When asked what's it like to work with long-time collaborative producer Dusty Fingerz, he said "Dusty is a producer that gets really into the music. We work well together." In addition, TRPL BLK is set to release a full project this year entitled, Oldest Profession. Be on the lookout and jam out to its first single below. Well, folks. You've heard it here first.
A Pimp's Hu$tleMoney LongstrokeOldest ProfessionTRPL BLK
More From: Streams and Downloads
Hear Moreno Valley's producer Biiig Stretch's latest track 'P-laxxed' inspired by his cat
by Richardine Bartee 16th January 2021, 9:32 PM


With two fantastically successful years under their belt the organising team at the Bradford Abbas Festival of Wheels have confirmed that the 2019 event will, once again, be FREE to attend for both exhibitors and public visitors.
The Festival of Wheels team commented – "we are staggered and hugely proud of the growth our event has achieved over the years and fully expect the 2019 event to be bigger than ever, with more than 180 vehicles already scheduled to attend – we anticipate this year's show will break all records for attendance and monies raised".
The 'Festival' remains true to its original values being one of the few classic motoring events that's welcomes everything from vintage and classic cars to tractors, motorcycles and military vehicles all displayed within a family friendly – 'village fete' environment.
To date the show has raised more than £2000 for local causes and all funds collected via the collection buckets and through the kind support of the sponsors has been distributed to worthy recipients principally within the village but also encompassing charities such as the Dorset Air Ambulance.
The Bradford Abbas Festival of Wheels takes place on June the 8th 2019 and promises to be one of the largest one-day motoring events in the South West.


text:
Q: Pyodbc Drivers is Empty Ok I've installed python3.8 on a mac, a number of odbcdrivers separately.
I've created a new virtual environment and from within that environment run this:
>>> import pyodbc
>>> pyodbc.drivers()
[]
>>>

I get this no matter where I run the command.

A: I tried many steps, but the only thing that worked for me is the official docs on Mircosoft.
Simply follow the steps here and you are good to go. Make sure to choose the right OS (Mac / Linux)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/install-microsoft-odbc-driver-sql-server-macos?view=sql-server-ver15
In [1]: import pyodbc

In [2]: pyodbc.drivers()
Out[2]: ['ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server']

A: You have to install the following Packages to list the drivers() from pyodbc
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add -
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/9/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list
apt-get update
ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get -y install msodbcsql17
apt-get -y install unixodbc-dev

If you are running the MSSQL in the container run those command in the dockerfile ( If you are using Docker, based on the variant install necessary packages like curl, etc. Before running the above command )
Anything else Just Follow the Docs Here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15

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The DHS Apex Air Entry/Exit Re-engineering (AEER) Program will host a webinar for biometric solution providers and industry representatives today, Thursday, April 9 at 1 PM EST.
The DHS Apex AEER project is a partnership between DHS Science and Technology Directorate, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The webinar will cover a range of technical topics including biometric exit and improving the international arrivals process at air ports of entry, provide a chance to brief the vendor community on progress thus far, solicit input from private industry, and include a Q&A.
The purpose of the Apex AEER project is to examine and provide a comprehensive assessment of air entry/exit processes and their current capabilities. It will also develop, test, pilot, and evaluate integrated approaches to introduce more efficient traveler facilitation and identification processes and effective biometric technologies to screen travelers entering the U.S. and to confirm the departure of in-scope travelers at U.S. airports.
This webinar will update stakeholders on the status of the project.
Pre-registration is required to access the event.


Komen Colorado accepts letters of intent to apply for funding in support of breast health or breast cancer projects that promote access to and utilization of services provided in the following counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, Garfield, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Park, Phillips, Pitkin, Sedgwick, Summit, Washington, Weld, and Yuma.
Komen Colorado requires interested applicants to submit a letter of intent first to indicate interest in Komen Colorado funding. If Komen Colorado finds the request appropriate and within the scope of our funding priorities, the organization will be invited to submit a full application.
Komen Colorado awards grants to align with the organization's fiscal year. Projects must be implemented April 1 through March 31 of the following year.
If awarded funding, organizations will be asked to submit reports at 6-months, 9-months, and at the project's completions. Organizations are also asked to host a site visit at the midpoint.
Visit the Grantmaking Process section for more details.
The current grant cycle started on April 1, 2018 and will end on March 31, 2019. The next grant cycle will be April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020. The Letter of Intent to Apply will be released in September 2018 and will be due in October 2018. The funding priorities may or may not differ from those listed below for the current grant cycle. Join the notification list for future funding opportunities.
For the current funding cycle, Komen Colorado identified the following priorities that organizations will be helping to address through their breast cancer programs.
Priority 1: Removing cost or other barriers that prevent Colorado women and men from entering or proceeding through the breast cancer clinical continuum of care.
Priority 2: Culturally competent programs that identify and educate medically underserved women and facilitate connecting them to clinical care, with an emphasis on reaching women who have not had a mammogram in at least 2 years.
Projects should be designed to support the Affiliate's long-term goal of reducing population-based disparities in breast cancer outcomes by increasing adherence to screening mammography guidelines based on individual risk to reduce the proportion of cancers diagnosed at a late stage and reduce breast cancer mortality. Eligible applicants will provide direct clinical services, including breast cancer screenings, diagnostics, or if a patient is diagnosed with the disease, diagnostics and staging, chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, patient navigation and complementary therapies. Health clinics that do not provide imaging services are eligible to apply if they demonstrate capacity to connect patients to clinical providers where screening mammograms and diagnostic procedures can be completed.
The Affiliate is seeking proposals for projects utilizing evidence-based best or promising practices to provide culturally responsive breast health education and health literacy about Colorado's health care system to diverse populations. Projects must focus on mitigating barriers to screening and follow-up in the event of abnormal screening results. Projects should be designed to support the Affiliate's long-term goal to change individuals' knowledge of and decision-making about breast cancer risk, screening recommendations, and screening behaviors.
Breast cancer education projects must include Komen's breast self-awareness messages and provide evidence of linkage to local breast cancer services. Projects must be designed to result in documented age-appropriate, breast cancer action (e.g., getting a screening mammogram, obtaining recommended follow-up after an abnormal mammogram).
how to complete screenings and medically recommended diagnostic procedures.
change in clients' knowledge and behaviors about key concepts listed above.
Projects serving other communities experiencing breast cancer disparities also will be considered with justification provided by the applicant, including those targeting Asian/Pacific Islander women in Broomfield County.
Komen Colorado will provide training to support organizations applying for grants. Information on the trainings will be provided closer to the application submission date.
Below is a collection of templates, sample documents, references, and more that Komen Colorado has found useful to grant recipients and applicants in the past.


A reproduction of the painting "Washing day" by Laugee, showing four women hanging out sheets and other clothing on a washing line.
Physical Description: Etching, 183 x 252 mm, on sheet 242 x 325 mm.
Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Papers-9109.


Have you ever asked why your sister dependably has her mind in another place, painting pictures and taking walk in nature instead of joining and taking part in the neighborhood group event after school? Have any of your family members ever complained that you are too bossy? If questions like these come up in your family, you are not alone. This happens in all families and birth order plays a major role.
The order in which you were born does indeed imprint upon your personality. Researchers have been able to identify several unique traits held by first borns, middles, last borns and only children. This article will share the qualities that are characteristic to each birth order. How well do these traits reflect those in your family?
How Your Birth Order Shapes Your Personality.
First borns have a tendency towards perfectionism, being trained by parents who, as new parents, invest anxiously in trying to do everything right for their child. As a result, first born takes this way of being upon themselves.
First borns tend to interact well with adults in general when they are kids. Oftentimes, however, first borns can be overly cautious. They tend to worry. They like to be in control over things. They often think they are more competent than others. First born are usually high achievers in all areas – professionally, in school and even in appearances. First borns are diligent workers and like to excel and achieve.
Middle children are born into families where there is an already established personality. There is an older sibling already there. At their birth and growing up, there is already one or more senior siblings around that assume responsibility. The parents of middle children are typically more relaxed and less nervous in their parenting with middle kids.
Middle children often play off of the behavior of the first born. Unlike first borns, however, middle children usually don't have a pull towards perfectionism. Instead, middles feel they need to earn their place within the family and seek a way to gain recognition. They tend to be creative in their ways to earn attention. They often feel they don't get enough attention. They may sometimes be rebellious.
Middles typically have great social skills and make good friends. They are adaptive, creative and versatile.
The last borns have parents that are considerably more relaxed in their care and attention. The last born often receives and enjoys attention in the form of being called cute. They tend to creatively attempt to find ways to get attention, including getting the sympathy of others. They are natural charmers.
Last borns tend to be free spirits. They go with the flow. They like adventure. They are more likely to take risks. They are not very concerned with things such as remembering birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Rather, last borns enjoy life as it comes.
Last borns face the unique challenge that what they do is not special. When the first born catches the ball, it is very special to the parents. When the last born catches the ball, it has already been done and is not met with the same enthusiasm as when the first born did it.
The only child experiences much of what a first born experiences. This pattern, however, is supported and intensified throughout there lives with no other children for the parents to divide their attention with. The only child is often very comfortable with adults and older people. The result of this can manifest in perfectionism or the need to achieve. They can be very sensitive to criticism.
Only children are used to being the center of attention. They often seek approval, focus on details and have a hard time relaxing. These characteristics sometimes interfere with personal happiness in life, even though they are often reap great rewards professionally.
The factors that impact these characteristics has little or nothing to do with DNA and everything to do with the relationship between the parents toward the child as well as the siblings toward one another and how this plays out within the family dynamics.
Note that when there are large gaps between children, they may take on the role of a first born, rather than a middle or last born.
It does not matter what order the adopted child was born of his or her mother, rather, the placement within their adopted family will determine their personality traits.
This article was republished from personalitybuzz.com.


text:
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"sort"
	"strings"
	"syscall"

	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"

	"github.com/lxc/lxd/shared"
	"github.com/lxc/lxd/shared/api"
	cli "github.com/lxc/lxd/shared/cmd"
	"github.com/lxc/lxd/shared/i18n"
	"github.com/lxc/lxd/shared/termios"
)

type cmdProfile struct {
	global *cmdGlobal
}

func (c *cmdProfile) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("profile")
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Manage profiles")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Manage profiles`))

	// Add
	profileAddCmd := cmdProfileAdd{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileAddCmd.Command())

	// Assign
	profileAssignCmd := cmdProfileAssign{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileAssignCmd.Command())

	// Copy
	profileCopyCmd := cmdProfileCopy{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileCopyCmd.Command())

	// Create
	profileCreateCmd := cmdProfileCreate{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileCreateCmd.Command())

	// Delete
	profileDeleteCmd := cmdProfileDelete{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileDeleteCmd.Command())

	// Device
	profileDeviceCmd := cmdConfigDevice{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileDeviceCmd.Command())

	// Edit
	profileEditCmd := cmdProfileEdit{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileEditCmd.Command())

	// Get
	profileGetCmd := cmdProfileGet{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileGetCmd.Command())

	// List
	profileListCmd := cmdProfileList{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileListCmd.Command())

	// Remove
	profileRemoveCmd := cmdProfileRemove{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileRemoveCmd.Command())

	// Rename
	profileRenameCmd := cmdProfileRename{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileRenameCmd.Command())

	// Set
	profileSetCmd := cmdProfileSet{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileSetCmd.Command())

	// Show
	profileShowCmd := cmdProfileShow{global: c.global, profile: c}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileShowCmd.Command())

	// Unset
	profileUnsetCmd := cmdProfileUnset{global: c.global, profile: c, profileSet: &profileSetCmd}
	cmd.AddCommand(profileUnsetCmd.Command())

	return cmd
}

// Add
type cmdProfileAdd struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileAdd) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("add [<remote>:]<container> <profile>")
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Add profiles to containers")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Add profiles to containers`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileAdd) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 2, 2)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	if resource.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing container.name name"))
	}

	// Add the profile
	container, etag, err := resource.server.GetContainer(resource.name)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	container.Profiles = append(container.Profiles, args[1])

	op, err := resource.server.UpdateContainer(resource.name, container.Writable(), etag)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	err = op.Wait()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Profile %s added to %s")+"\n", args[1], resource.name)

	return nil
}

// Assign
type cmdProfileAssign struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileAssign) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("assign [<remote>:]<container> <profiles>")
	cmd.Aliases = []string{"apply"}
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Assign sets of profiles to containers")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Assign sets of profiles to containers`))
	cmd.Example = cli.FormatSection("", i18n.G(
		`lxc profile assign foo default,bar
    Set the profiles for "foo" to "default" and "bar".

lxc profile assign foo default
    Reset "foo" to only using the "default" profile.

lxc profile assign foo ''
    Remove all profile from "foo"`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileAssign) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 2, 2)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	// Assign the profiles
	if resource.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing container name"))
	}

	container, etag, err := resource.server.GetContainer(resource.name)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if args[1] != "" {
		container.Profiles = strings.Split(args[1], ",")
	} else {
		container.Profiles = nil
	}

	op, err := resource.server.UpdateContainer(resource.name, container.Writable(), etag)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	err = op.Wait()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if args[1] == "" {
		args[1] = i18n.G("(none)")
	}

	fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Profiles %s applied to %s")+"\n", args[1], resource.name)

	return nil
}

// Copy
type cmdProfileCopy struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileCopy) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("copy [<remote>:]<profile> [<remote>:]<profile>")
	cmd.Aliases = []string{"cp"}
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Copy profiles")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Copy profiles`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileCopy) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 2, 2)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args...)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	source := resources[0]
	dest := resources[1]

	if source.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing source profile name"))
	}

	if dest.name == "" {
		dest.name = source.name
	}

	// Copy the profile
	profile, _, err := source.server.GetProfile(source.name)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	newProfile := api.ProfilesPost{
		ProfilePut: profile.Writable(),
		Name:       dest.name,
	}

	return dest.server.CreateProfile(newProfile)
}

// Create
type cmdProfileCreate struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileCreate) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("create [<remote>:]<profile>")
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Create profiles")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Create profiles`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileCreate) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 1, 1)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	if resource.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing profile name"))
	}

	// Create the profile
	profile := api.ProfilesPost{}
	profile.Name = resource.name

	err = resource.server.CreateProfile(profile)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Profile %s created")+"\n", resource.name)
	return nil
}

// Delete
type cmdProfileDelete struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileDelete) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("delete [<remote>:]<profile>")
	cmd.Aliases = []string{"rm"}
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Delete profiles")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Delete profiles`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileDelete) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 1, 1)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	if resource.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing profile name"))
	}

	// Delete the profile
	err = resource.server.DeleteProfile(resource.name)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Profile %s deleted")+"\n", resource.name)

	return nil
}

// Edit
type cmdProfileEdit struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileEdit) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("edit [<remote>:]<profile>")
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Edit profile configurations as YAML")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Edit profile configurations as YAML`))
	cmd.Example = cli.FormatSection("", i18n.G(
		`lxc profile edit <profile> < profile.yaml
    Update a profile using the content of profile.yaml`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileEdit) helpTemplate() string {
	return i18n.G(
		`### This is a yaml representation of the profile.
### Any line starting with a '# will be ignored.
###
### A profile consists of a set of configuration items followed by a set of
### devices.
###
### An example would look like:
### name: onenic
### config:
###   raw.lxc: lxc.aa_profile=unconfined
### devices:
###   eth0:
###     nictype: bridged
###     parent: lxdbr0
###     type: nic
###
### Note that the name is shown but cannot be changed`)
}

func (c *cmdProfileEdit) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 1, 1)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	if resource.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing profile name"))
	}

	// If stdin isn't a terminal, read text from it
	if !termios.IsTerminal(int(syscall.Stdin)) {
		contents, err := ioutil.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		newdata := api.ProfilePut{}
		err = yaml.Unmarshal(contents, &newdata)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		return resource.server.UpdateProfile(resource.name, newdata, "")
	}

	// Extract the current value
	profile, etag, err := resource.server.GetProfile(resource.name)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	data, err := yaml.Marshal(&profile)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Spawn the editor
	content, err := shared.TextEditor("", []byte(c.helpTemplate()+"\n\n"+string(data)))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	for {
		// Parse the text received from the editor
		newdata := api.ProfilePut{}
		err = yaml.Unmarshal(content, &newdata)
		if err == nil {
			err = resource.server.UpdateProfile(resource.name, newdata, etag)
		}

		// Respawn the editor
		if err != nil {
			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, i18n.G("Config parsing error: %s")+"\n", err)
			fmt.Println(i18n.G("Press enter to open the editor again"))

			_, err := os.Stdin.Read(make([]byte, 1))
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}

			content, err = shared.TextEditor("", content)
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}
			continue
		}
		break
	}

	return nil
}

// Get
type cmdProfileGet struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileGet) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("get [<remote>:]<profile> <key>")
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Get values for profile configuration keys")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Get values for profile configuration keys`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileGet) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 2, 2)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	if resource.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing profile name"))
	}

	// Get the configuration key
	profile, _, err := resource.server.GetProfile(resource.name)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Printf("%s\n", profile.Config[args[0]])
	return nil
}

// List
type cmdProfileList struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileList) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("list [<remote>:]")
	cmd.Aliases = []string{"ls"}
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("List profiles")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`List profiles`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileList) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 0, 1)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	remote := ""
	if len(args) > 0 {
		remote = args[0]
	}

	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(remote)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	// List profiles
	profiles, err := resource.server.GetProfiles()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	data := [][]string{}
	for _, profile := range profiles {
		strUsedBy := fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(profile.UsedBy))
		data = append(data, []string{profile.Name, strUsedBy})
	}

	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
	table.SetAutoWrapText(false)
	table.SetAlignment(tablewriter.ALIGN_LEFT)
	table.SetRowLine(true)
	table.SetHeader([]string{
		i18n.G("NAME"),
		i18n.G("USED BY")})
	sort.Sort(byName(data))
	table.AppendBulk(data)
	table.Render()

	return nil
}

// Remove
type cmdProfileRemove struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileRemove) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("remove [<remote>:]<container> <profile>")
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Remove profiles from containers")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Remove profiles from containers`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileRemove) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 2, 2)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	if resource.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing container name"))
	}

	// Remove the profile
	container, etag, err := resource.server.GetContainer(resource.name)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if !shared.StringInSlice(args[1], container.Profiles) {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Profile %s isn't currently applied to %s"), args[1], resource.name)
	}

	profiles := []string{}
	for _, profile := range container.Profiles {
		if profile == args[1] {
			continue
		}

		profiles = append(profiles, profile)
	}

	container.Profiles = profiles

	op, err := resource.server.UpdateContainer(resource.name, container.Writable(), etag)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	err = op.Wait()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Profile %s removed from %s")+"\n", args[1], resource.name)
	return nil
}

// Rename
type cmdProfileRename struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileRename) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("rename [<remote>:]<profile> <new-name>")
	cmd.Aliases = []string{"mv"}
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Rename profiles")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Rename profiles`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileRename) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 2, 2)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	if resource.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing profile name"))
	}

	// Rename the profile
	err = resource.server.RenameProfile(resource.name, api.ProfilePost{Name: args[1]})
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Profile %s renamed to %s")+"\n", resource.name, args[1])

	return nil
}

// Set
type cmdProfileSet struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileSet) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("set [<remote>:]<profile> <key> <value>")
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Set profile configuration keys")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Set profile configuration keys`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileSet) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 3, 3)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	if resource.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing profile name"))
	}

	// Set the configuration key
	key := args[1]
	value := args[2]

	if !termios.IsTerminal(int(syscall.Stdin)) && value == "-" {
		buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Can't read from stdin: %s"), err)
		}
		value = string(buf[:])
	}

	profile, etag, err := resource.server.GetProfile(resource.name)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	profile.Config[key] = value

	return resource.server.UpdateProfile(resource.name, profile.Writable(), etag)
}

// Show
type cmdProfileShow struct {
	global  *cmdGlobal
	profile *cmdProfile
}

func (c *cmdProfileShow) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("show [<remote>:]<profile>")
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Show profile configurations")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Show profile configurations`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileShow) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 1, 1)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	// Parse remote
	resources, err := c.global.ParseServers(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resource := resources[0]

	if resource.name == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf(i18n.G("Missing profile name"))
	}

	// Show the profile
	profile, _, err := resource.server.GetProfile(resource.name)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	data, err := yaml.Marshal(&profile)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Printf("%s", data)

	return nil
}

// Unset
type cmdProfileUnset struct {
	global     *cmdGlobal
	profile    *cmdProfile
	profileSet *cmdProfileSet
}

func (c *cmdProfileUnset) Command() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
	cmd.Use = i18n.G("unset [<remote>:]<profile> <key>")
	cmd.Short = i18n.G("Unset profile configuration keys")
	cmd.Long = cli.FormatSection(i18n.G("Description"), i18n.G(
		`Unset profile configuration keys`))

	cmd.RunE = c.Run

	return cmd
}

func (c *cmdProfileUnset) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	// Sanity checks
	exit, err := c.global.CheckArgs(cmd, args, 2, 2)
	if exit {
		return err
	}

	args = append(args, "")
	return c.profileSet.Run(cmd, args)
}


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News from SEM: Publications
Oxford Handbook of Economic Ethnomusicology - Chapter Submission
Friday, August 4, 2017 (0 Comments)
Posted by: Stephanie Sturgis
Invitation for expressions of interest for submitting a chapter to the Oxford Handbook of Economic Ethnomusicology, to be edited by Timothy D. Taylor and Anna Morcom.
These should take the form of:
1. A short abstract (max 300 words)
2. A short bio (max 200 words)
Please send to anna.morcom@rhul.ac.uk and tdtaylor@ucla.edu by 1 October 2017.
Chapters would need to be 7-8,000 words and delivered in 2018.
The Oxford Handbook of Economic Ethnomusicology
The Oxford Handbook of Economic Ethnomusicology will develop the economics of music into a broad and diverse subfield incorporating approaches and methods from economic anthropology, economic history, and related disciplines. This will greatly expand existing studies of music and economics which have been mostly focused on pop music, music industries, and music in market economies.
The Handbook will collect a large and diverse body of work under one umbrella, incorporating work on live or preindustrial music as much as mass-produced music. It will provide essential texts to develop a broad and interdisciplinary understanding of the economics of music around the world, spanning notions of exchange, value, surplus, lack, productivity, waste, trade, materials, infrastructure, livelihoods, labour, and consumption. The book will cover the following perspectives and questions:
· How can we theorise music as a form of exchange in different social and economic contexts? How are forms of cultural or monetary (or other sorts of) value exchanged and produced? How far can the logics of reciprocity/gift exchange, redistribution, and rational gain or utility maximisation be seen to be at play? What is the effect of these forms of exchange on social relations?
· What are the implications on forms of exchange and value of music's intensely affective nature and its common association with pleasure?
· Given that music requires time, energy, and resources (monetary and other) to exist, how is it produced and sustained in different socio-economic systems and contexts? In what ways is music seen as necessary, important, valuable or directly or indirectly economically productive; or indeed, as a luxury or a form of waste? How are resources justified or not justified?
· How has technological change affected not just productivity or scale in music-making but notions of value and importance in recent and more distant history?
· How far can music be seen as a means to absorb or display surpluses (as opposed to directly or indirectly producing them), and thus as an embodiment of socio-economic power?
· How does the labour of musicians translate into (positive or negative) social and economic value in different modes of production? How do labour and value work to delineate identities and forms of inclusion and exclusion?
· How are music's social, cultural, stylistic, and aesthetic formations and characteristics shaped by changes in economic circumstances and availability of resources, for example, through the development of long-distance trade, industrialisation, colonialism, natural or man-made disasters, technological innovation, economic liberalisation, or economic collapse?
· Whilst the period since the 1980s and 1990s has been described as the era of 'globalisation', long-distance trade has a far longer history, and the development of a 'modern world system' of capitalism dates to at least the fifteenth century. How does music interrelate with these global processes of economic history and trade?


Berkshire Hathaway shareholders always celebrate Warren Buffett at the annual meeting, but among Saturday's praise, investors also questioned a couple of recent business decisions of the conglomerate. Buffett marked 50 years of leadership in Berkshire by spending hours answering questions along with Vice President Charlie Munger to an overflowing crowd of more than 40,000 people from around the world. The feeling at the meeting was predominantly positive. Whether, several shareholders questioned whether Berkshire model of acquiring healthy companies and allowing them to continue largely unchanged sometimes harmful for employees. "We've never said that companies should employ more people than they need," Buffett said. Both Buffett and Munger operate with small teams of less than 30 people. "We need our businesses to be the right size," Munger added. Clayton Homes has been under scrutiny because of a story made by the Seattle Times newspaper and The Center for Public Integrity – a nonprofit organization that conducts investigative journalism – which questions its business practices. The story cited examples of high interest rates and of clients who felt cheated because they did not know that the lender company they were dealing with was owned by Clayton.


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The Unchivalrous Traveller
"Fight injustice... And not (arm)chair fights"
The metro train slowly came to rest and the doors opened. Passengers alighted and others boarded. The doors slid shut. The train wasn't particularly crowded, but none of the newly boarded commuters got a seat. The train had started gaining speed. The construction worker next to me looked out of place in a train full of middle-class. He clutched his hard hat tighter as he looked around uncomfortably.
Looking at him feeling slightly out of place, a rather rotund woman waddled up to him, and demanded a seat. The poor worker sheepishly proceeded to stand up. I caught his shoulder and pulled him down.
"The first coach is reserved for women. Why don't you go there?" I demanded. "It's common decency to be chivalrous and give up seats to women", she replied. "It's alright" smiled the worker as he stood up. I once again held his shoulder and pulled him back to his seat.…
On Litter
"A thorough analysis of the problem will help in better, long-lasting solutions"
Bangalore is a city of contrasts. On the one hand, we have multi-billion dollar MNCs and have common litter problems on the other. Primarily, there are two sorts of waste issues in Bangalore. The first is the garbage problem and the second is litter.
I find the litter issue to be easier to manage. I was travelling by bus the other day when I happened to look at the ground at a bus stop. I noticed quite a bit of litter. On looking at the individual pieces of litter, I saw a pattern emerge. The bus began to move, and I started observing litter along the way in all subsequent bus stops. It was interesting to note that most of the litter belong to the following categories:
Gutka and Pan Masala (Pan Parag) wrappersCigarette boxes and match boxesPaper cupsPlastic water bottles
From this, we can conclude a few things. Customers can procure most of these items from the same sho…
Perception Management
"It is not always about what you are. It is also about what others think you are..."
I was introduced to the term Perception Management when I read David Baldacci's novel, The Whole Truth. Wikipedia defines Perception Management (PM) as:
Actions to convey and/or deny selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, and objective reasoning as well as to intelligence systems and leaders at all levels to influence official estimates, ultimately resulting in foreign behaviours and official actions favourable to the originator's objectives. In various ways, perception management combines truth projection, operations security, cover and deception, and psychological operations.
[Full Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_management]
I started paying closer attention to the dynamics on social media to understand what Perception Management is after the recent Indian strike on the terror camps…
On Peaceniks and War Mongers - The Pulwama Aftermath
"Strong leadership is the key differentiator between success and failure"
On February 14, 2019, a terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy resulted in the martyrdom of over 40 CRPF soldiers. Citizens of India felt a familiar punch in the gut. It is not the first time that India has experienced terror attacks on our forces, and we know the bitter truth that this will not be the last.
The terrorist group, JeM, claimed responsibility for the attack. The entire nation mourned the loss of our brave-hearts. It was depressing to read about the kith and kin who were left behind - newly married and now widowed, just-born infants without a father. The stories are gut-wrenching and tear-jerking for anyone with empathy.
The nation wanted payback. And, in my opinion, there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting revenge for the deaths of these soldiers.
Pakistan has historically been the petri-dish where it grows and nurtures all strains of terrorists. Many people pr…
On Feedback and Perception
Swami Gulagulaananda quoted:
"Those who cannot learn from history are condemned to repeat it"
I have been a huge hater of auto-rickshaws for a while - Not because they are noisy and unstable, which they are (like their drivers), but because of the irritating quality of the auto-drivers - Price haggling. The drivers often refuse to go where you want, act like they are doing you a favour and continue riding along. And in the rare chance that they agree, they demand a fare over and above the meter charge - Sometimes spouting random numbers which is more than twice the actual fare.
I have captured my frustration in several cartoons, two of which are added here. Here's a comical account for your reading pleasure.
Clearly, citizens who are irritated by this incessant torture of the auto-drivers are going to look at ways to avoid them. Many choose to use their own vehicles while others travel by buses. I had taken an oath of sorts to never board an auto (Unless I was with someo…
Hierarchy of Needs
"I thought. I shouldn't have..."
I was scrolling through Facebook the other day and looking at pictures posted by friends. Happy photographs of couples driving down to view sunsets, posing in front of lovely beaches, new homes that they had bought, fancy cars - You get the picture.
As I looked at these, I had a strange thought. A philosophical thought. A thought that I should not have had, now that I look back.
Most of us are working in some company - an MNC, a start-up or something that we are running ourselves. We work with the intent of earning money. We earn money so that we are able to lead a good life. But how do we define a good life? A life where we live in a comfortable house with amenities like a TV, refrigerator, air conditioning, washing machine and other gadgets like a home theatre system, computers, tablets among others. A good life also means that we own a car, travel to various places, eat out...
But we aspire for more. With a d…
Wealth of Nation
"The herd is powerful when they are together. They can be an army or a mob..."
I am reminded of an old story where a king decided to run a charity drive where all citizens were requested to donate some milk. A giant vat was placed in the centre of the capital and citizens were requested to pour a glass of milk into it. A miser decided to pour a glass of water, for who would notice a glass of water in a vat of milk? The citizens arrived one by one with their vessels and emptied the contents into the vat. The miser was jubilant that he had gotten away with it. The king checked the vat in the evening and was baffled when he saw that it was full of water...!
I had an interesting conversation with a cab driver recently. The driver was explaining that he only runs airport routes and prefers it to rides within the city. He told that it was economically preferable and was less of a headache. During his elaboration on his expenses, he revealed that the sig…


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Fourteen trucks from five OEMs nominated for IFOY Award
By Tom Stone on	 15th January 2015 Awards & Events, Construction
The nominations for the International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award 2015 are in. In the first selection round, the jury chose 14 trucks and solutions from Clark, Jungheinrich, Still, Toyota Material Handling and Unicarriers for the final round from all the entries.
Newly developed trucks, trucks that represent further developments, or special models with significant technical improvements that have come onto the European market since December 2013 were eligible for the award. "
2014 was a CeMAT year with a whole host of innovations. There was consequently a great deal of interest in entering for the IFOY Award. "Only the best of the best in terms of innovation have made it into the final round," said Anita Würmser, chairperson of the IFOY Jury.
Three forklift trucks are vying for the award in the category Counter Balanced Trucks up to 3.5 tons. The first nominee is the electric EFG S30s truck from Jungheinrich with a capacity of 3 tons. Using the working title 'operator in mind', the Hamburg-based manufacturer has developed and optimized the predecessor generation of trucks with the focus on the driver, bringing a totally redesigned workplace onto the market.
The second nomination went to Still for its RX 20 electric forklift. With 50,000 sold machines, this is the highest-selling truck in the RX series. The powerful all-rounder for indoor and outdoor use can lift 1.6 tons and has been comprehensively optimized in terms of moving capacity, ergonomics and handling.
The last nominee in this category is the Tonero HST LPG from Toyota with a load capacity from 2.5 to 3.5 ton. This totally new model is the LPG version of the combustion-engined hydrostatic model. Its key features are low center of gravity, fast direction change and strong acceleration.
The IFOY Jury has nominated a total of four machines in the category Counter Balanced Trucks above 3.5 tons. The first invitation went to the DFG 540s from Jungheinrich. The diesel forklift with a lifting capacity of 4 tons has been comprehensively overhauled. The highlights of the DFG 540s include five operating programs, engines from the automotive sector, and an ergonomically designed workplace with driver dialog system.
Under the development motto 'optimum handling power', Still has further extended its RX 60 series of electric forklift trucks with the introduction of the RX 60-80, a new high-performance machine for heavy, large-sized loads. The 8-tonner not only features numerous ergonomic innovations but also boasts an extremely small turning circle of just 3m.
Toyota Material Handling has two heavy trucks in the running: the Traigo 80 electric truck and the diesel-powered Tonero. The centerpiece of the Toyota Tonero with its 3.5-8-ton lifting power is the newly developed industrial engine, which ensures strong acceleration and high driving and lifting speeds with relatively low fuel consumption.
The second Toyota nominee in this category is the Traigo 80, an 80V electric forklift with a load-carrying capacity of 4, 4.5 and 5 tons. The successor model to the Toyota 7FBMF40-50 was developed for particularly heavy-duty use and is designed for energy efficiency coupled with improved performance in terms of lifting, lowering and traveling speeds.
This year, the jury has used its nominating power to the full in the Warehouse Trucks category, putting forward a total of five machines. The CBX4 from Clark Europe is the first people and burden carrier to make it to the IFOY Test. The truck was newly developed by Clark specially for in-plant transport in large production halls and in plants with extensive grounds, such as maintenance plants, factory trips, in-plant express trips, small parts logistics and special cleaning deployments.
The next nominee is the BT Levio LPE electric pallet truck from Toyota. It is designed for medium to heavy-duty use and has a load-bearing capacity from two to 2.5 tons. The particularly small turning circle and the maximum speed of 12.5km/h make this a fast and agile machine, a major advantage especially for loading and unloading trucks.
When it comes to the current successor to the ECE 225 horizontal order picker from Jungheinrich, the focus is on picking power, energy efficiency and workplace design. Alongside a top speed of 14km/h, improved acceleration and load-dependent cornering and ramp characteristics, the machine also boasts a number of ergonomic innovations.
Nomination number four goes to the new generation of the Still reach truck FM-X. The FM-X is available for load capacities from one to 2.5 tons. It combines compact dimensions with a maximum lifting height of 13m and a residual capacity of one ton. One particularly innovative feature is that the vibrations in the mast are minimal thanks to a new active load stabilization system.
The Tergo URS, a narrow aisle and reach truck from Unicarriers, is the final contender in the round of nominees. It has a lifting height of 10.35m and can carry loads of up to 1.5 tons. In this further development of the well-known Tergo URF, the emphasis is on a high level of service and the total-cost-of-ownership principle.
In the Intralogistics Solutions category, this year's qualifiers for the final come from Jungheinrich and Still. Still is making its bid for the award with a general contractor project for the entire intralogistics for the new raw materials warehouse of Kuraray Europe. Due to an acute lack of space, the PVB film specialist expanded its production capacity in Troisdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia and also centralized the storage of raw materials in an automatic raw materials warehouse. In the space of just nine weeks,
Still installed the front-to-end warehouse logistics complete with all automatic components. This includes a high-density rack channel system with 3,300 storage places, seven Still pallet shuttles, three automatic FM-X reach trucks, two RX 60 electric forklift trucks, a working platform measuring around 40m in length with seven work stations, conveying technology components, buffer places, and an automatic stacker for empty pallets as well as a material flow computer and the central warehouse management computer. What's special about this solution is that it is the first time that semi-automatic shuttle vehicles communicate with fully automated reach trucks in order to ensure that raw materials arrive at the right production supply station at the right time.
Jungheinrich has developed a tugger train solution for VEMAG Maschinenbau starting with requirements analysis and extending through the precision planning and organization of processes all the way through to vehicle selection and provision. VEMAG has been building plants and machinery for the food industry for over 60 years. As part of expanded production operations and the reorganization of logistics activities, Jungheinrich was consulted with the aim of identifying potential for optimization in supplies to the production line, which would then pave the way for the restructuring of logistics processes and save both money and resources.
The new logistics solution comprises tugger train loading, supplies to the production areas and the need-based return transport of empties with the help of an EZS 350 tow tractor and trailers of the type GTE.
The key benefits of this customized solution are increased flexibility, efficiency and reliability. The trailer solutions allow flexible use of a wide range of loading devices and easy adaptation to changing requirements. Bundling of transport loads means fewer single-run and empty trips, resulting in a reduction in logistics costs of up to 75%.
Which trucks are ultimately chosen for the IFOY Award 2015 will depend in large measure on the results of the IFOY Test and IFOY Innovation Check, which all nominated trucks have to undergo over a period of one week on the grounds of the official logistics partner Hellmann Worldwide Logistics in Osnabrueck. The IFOY test measures the hard data and compares it with the data for rival machines. The IFOY Innovation Check prepared by the specialists from the Dortmund-based Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML), focuses solely on innovations and the degree of innovation relative to the market. In addition, the jury members drive all nominated vehicles themselves, putting them through their paces during the IFOY test week.
Among other things, the IFOY Award assesses innovative quality, technology, design, ergonomics, handling, safety, cost effectiveness and sustainability. The key criteria for intralogistics solutions include novel/innovative quality, customer benefit, sustainability and marketability of the solution.
The winner in each category will be chosen in March by a jury made up of internationally reputed trade journalists and the leading logistics media from 13 countries. The IFOY Award will be presented on May 5 at the BMW Museum in Munich during the CeMAT@transport logistic trade fair.


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Chiropractic care is not just for those patients who have been involved in an accident or suffer from chronic neck or back pain. Chiropractic care can benefit many people with a great number of health conditions. Even those with few, if any, health conditions can benefit from chiropractic maintenance care. How, you ask? Life's daily stressors add up impacting the human body in far greater ways than you might realize. As a natural healthcare approach, regular chiropractic adjustments with Dr. Goodman can restore and maintain balance within your body, leaving you better prepared to live life to its fullest.
Busy parents, athletes, weekend warriors, golfers, runners-really anyone can benefit a great deal from routine chiropractic care. Regular chiropractic visits may help maintain bodies at the high level of activity to which they have become accustomed and even aid in function allowing the body to self-heal when proper alignment is achieved and maintained. Additionally, injuries are less likely to be serious and can heal at a significantly faster rate in those who receive regular chiropractic care, especially when combined with other healthy activities such as regular exercise and eating a nutritious diet.
The human brain communicates through the body's nervous system, sending messages through our spinal column, so it's easy to see how taking care of this conduit of messages to every single part of our bodies is so important. Routine chiropractic care is vital to maintaining good overall health and regularly visiting The Joint can have a significant positive impact on your overall well-being.
Jerry Rice, Hall of Famer and retired NFL star, is among many top performing athletes who cite chiropractic care as essential to their success. Other legendary athletes who spread the word and endorse chiropractic include Michael Jordan, Lance Armstrong, Emmitt Smith, Joe Montana, Tiger Woods, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Evander Holyfield.
See what some of these athletes have to say about the impact chiropractic care has had in their lives.
"I go see Dr. Bill (chiropractor) when I get bent out of shape on Sundays. Playing in a football game is like being in 30-40 car accidents."
"I've been seeing a chiropractor and he's really been helping me out a lot. Chiropractic's been a big part of my game."


In loving memory of Mary Elizabeth Clapham (Liz) who sadly passed away on 16-02-2017, aged 65.
Liz will be sadly missed by her family.
In loving memory of Michelle Jane Walker who sadly passed away on the 21 st February 2017.
Michelle will be sorely missed by her family and friends.
In loving memory of Baby OLIVER GEORGE CARLISLE.
Passed peacefully on the 4th January 2017 in his Mummy and Daddy's arms at the Neo Natal Ward at LGI Hospital, Leeds.
Funeral arrangements to follow ………..
Joe and Jemma are broken hearted by the loss of their beautiful baby boy.
Thank you to all, for your kind words, your thoughts and your prayers, they mean so much.
All enquiries to Guardian Funerals 01274 315527.
Precious Little One, We had you in our lives such a very short time, but we'll hold you in our hearts forever. It seemed like only a fleeting moment, but it was long enough to see you, touch you, hold you, love you. It was long enough to know that your life was indeed a gift, no matter how brief, no matter how fragile. Your life was indeed a gift and we'll hold you in our hearts forever.
Sandra gone but never forgotten.
Precious son of Matthew and Janie Hall .
Thomas' funeral will be held on the 14th of December 2016 at 11.30am at St John's Church, Baildon.
This will be followed by a wake at The Old Hall Club, Baildon.
No Flowers please, a donation plate will be available to the chosen charities.
We are deeply saddened by the loss of our dear Baba who passed away on Wednesday 21st September 2016, aged 86.
Caring husband and life long companion to Sorrour.
Beloved baba to Kaveh, Kianoosh and Katayoun. Kind and affectionate grandpa to Mehdi, Hamed, Hadi, Nima, Nika, Jacob & Ella, also delighted great grandpa to little Natalia.
Habib was a compassionate and charitable teacher to all those who knew him and strangers alike.
He is desperately missed by all … his memory lives on in love.
Baba's farewell service will be held at Lawnswood Crematorium, Leeds on Tuesday 4th October at 2:20.
Family and friends flowers only please.
All donations to St. Gemma's Hospice.
Black dress code isn't necessary as baba didn't like black .
Loving wife of Fred Garra.
Dear wife of the late Tommy Mulley.
Beloved mum of Peter, Susan and Neil .
Also beloved Grandma to Sharon, Donna , Kyle and Joshua .
Loving Great Grandma to Laurence, Elisabeth, and Dylan .
Beloved mother-in-law to Mandy and George.
Margery was also loved by her sister and sister-in-law.
Margery will be sadly missed by all her family and friends .
The funeral service will be held at Scholemoor Crematorium on Monday 12th September at 1.20 pm.