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Raining requirement for starting to do bedside ultrasound, any legal opinions? I have been trained by attending courses and being able to review with a radiologist when needed. My understanding is as long as ultrasound is screening and a normal part of my physical exam then I am covered.
Most experts in the point of care ultrasound community feel strongly that ultrasound is not just part of the physical exam. It is a completely separate procedure and skill, and should be viewed as such. Every bedside ultrasound program should include archived images, well documented interpretations as well as a robust quality assurance program championed by a director of bedside ultrasound (not necessarily a radiologist). Additionally, these are separately billable studies and should not be lumped into the routine charges for the patient. Specific legal requirements surrounding your use of bedside ultrasound vary by country/region/state. In the US, I would recommend following ACEP's guidelines for ultrasound credentialing: Policy Statements.


I found this amazing article about the truths and missed about eating a plant-based diet. It's from the Tucson Citizen, and the full article can be found on their site here.
Based Diet. Over the last 10 years, the plant based diet has increased in popularity due to the health effects and extensive research that has come about. Much of this research that has been documented dates back to the 1800s. Doctors like T. Colin Campbell, and Dr. John McDougall, among many others, have brought this research to a head, while conducting their own extensive research. Studies such as The China Study that appear in Forks over Knives are rapidly gaining momentum.
Although these studies are becoming more widely spread throughout the world, there is often a stigma, and many questions that come along with giving up meat, fish and dairy. Our country, along with most western countries have been raised on mostly chicken, fish and beef as a protein source, with a small amount of vegetables and a starch. This is the way we are all brought up, myself included. I had always thought that anyone that chose to eat a plant based diet did no more then jump on a bandwagon. Regardless if you go 100% plant based as I did, it is definitely a personal choice. Although based on nutrition facts and rising disease rates, the majority of our diets should be plant based with a small percentage of animal based protein. This is to ensure you are receiving the most amount of nutrients possible, while keeping inflammation down.
MYTH 1: PLANT BASED DIET DOES NOT GET ENOUGH PROTEIN.
Based on the USDA, an adult woman only needs about 46 grams of protein, and an adult man only requires about 56 grams. In the United States, we typically take in about 120 grams of protein primarily from animal products. This type of protein is absorbed differently than plant based protein and comes along with added cholesterol and fat. One cup of dry beans has 16 grams of protein. Leafy greens and plant based protein supplements and brown rice also contain high amounts of protein. As long as you are truly plant based, eating a variety, your protein needs are easily met.
MYTH 2: PLANT BASED DIET HAS NO CALCIUM SOURCE.
Much research has linked meat protein and dairy to osteoporosis and bone density issues. Many have tried to find calcium in other sources. Green leafy vegetables contain calcium if eaten regularly. Most almond and soy milks have not been fortified with calcium and typically will contain more calcium then dairy milk. If this is not in the diet, then a supplement or multi vitamin is recommended. It is still required that women should be taking in 1000mg of calcium a day.
Many have a vision that anyone that would eat this way, is simply doing it because they love animals and are considered too earthy. Given, there is nothing wrong with this choice for that reason but over the last 20 years, more of the population that includes youths as well as adults have made the switch due to the education that they are receiving about the health benefits.
Eating a plant based diet rich in fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds can help boost immunity more than someone who is not on a plant based diet, but no one person is bulletproof. Plant based diet does lower your risk substantially for chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. This type of lifestyle increases your chances for a better quality of life in later years but does not keep you invincible from all of life's ailments. If you eat an orchestra of various foods in the plant based realm, you will get an abundance of nutrients. Due to the fact that B12 is primarily in animal products, this is one supplement that is required.
For a dedicated meat lover (as I was with fish), it seems a difficult task to make these changes, even with the best intent. There are so many wonderful options out there these days that there is a replacement for almost everything. Given, you do have to look and try new things. Some can do it overnight while others need to do it slowly. Try switching to non dairy items to start out with and cutting out red meat and pork. You do not have to give up your love for food. You just have to change your thought process.
I myself am not a vegan or vegetarian, because I occasionally enjoy meat, and consume a little bit of dairy, but I'm definitely working toward being plant-based for the rest of my diet.
In fact, I purchased fresh PURPLE figs for the first time ever today! I tried one when I got home (and after I looked up how to eat them! LOL Turns out you just rinse, de-stem, and eat! Fast food!), and OM NOM NOM! So tasty! You should try them too!


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The Talk of the Town
Up Life's Ladder
By Hilton Als
The New Yorker, December 1, 1997 P. 39
Talk story about comedian Sandra Bernhard. If you look at the titles of Sandra Bernhard's previous shows--"Without You I'm Nothing," "Giving Till It Hurts"--not to mention the title of her book, "Love, Love, and Love," you might surmise that Sandra Bernhard goes to great lengths to receive love or give it. But in the nineteen-eighties, when Sandy, as she sometimes calls herself, started to attract national attention as a comedian, it was largely because she was so good at complaining. She was the Queen of Dysfunction. But now all that negative stuff is behind her. In her new show, "I'm Still Here... Damn It!," Bernhard rhapsodizes about a newfound glow of selflove, which she attributes to studying the Cabala for the last two and a half years. "The Cabala will kick your Jewish ass, whether you're Jewish or not," she said one recent afternoon. The Cabala is the body of ancient Jewish mystical teachings that has lately attracted such entertainment-business luminaries as Roseanne and Madonna. "It's not a fabulous social moment for me," Bernhard said. "I don't know why those other people go, but it's not for me to judge. The Cabala teaches you that the evil tongue kills." But what about the fact that in her new show Bernhard continues to skewer people whom people love to love--ranging from Mother Teresa to Mariah Carey? Her critiques, she says, have been tempered by "a new spiritualism." And there's another difference. "The comedy I used to do--which was about being in a real bad place--is being done all over the joint now," she says. "I've moved on to new territory, telling funky stories about my own heartache instead of coming down so hard on other people just because I was holding back from talking honestly about myself." Bernhard says she was turned on to the Cabala by her Brazilian trainer "Of course, I'd been Bas Mitzvahed and all that," she said. Before Cabala, Sandy had all this love without a focus. "But now I'm feeling fabulous," she said, "passing my hand over those fabulous Hebrew words."
Published in the print edition of the December 1, 1997, issue.
Hilton Als, a staff writer at The New Yorker, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. He is the author of "White Girls" and an associate professor of writing at Columbia University.

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WILTON, Conn. (BRAIN) — Cycling Sports Group has launched a video training series focused on "Selling Service" to its Cycling Prophet retail education program.
The company said the videos "will empower IBDs to maximize the service department helping them increase revenue, build customer relations, and streamline operations."
"When a customer walks into a shop, they should walk in with confidence they're going to receive a best-in-class experience," said Nick Hage, the general manager of CSG US. "Now, more than ever, the service department is integral to that experience. Whether a bike needs to be fixed or simply tuned up, those conversations begin in the service department, and it's where relationships are forged."
Selling Service is a byproduct of Cycling Prophet's ongoing partnership with Garage Peloton, a sales management training provider in the powersports industry. Shops will learn how to manage and charge for work orders, upsell in the service department, and connect with and speak to customers.
"The service department may not be out on the shop floor, yet they are indeed on the front lines of the shop experience," said Jane Pearson, Cycling Prophet's global director of education. "Now, with both sales and service training, we can provide a more complete education series to help shop employees thrive – no matter their role."
Currently available in North America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Romania, and India, Selling Service will continue to expand globally. The videos will be hosted in Cycling Prophet's Business School, and it will join Selling Sessions, a 13-video series focused on front of the shop sales technique that launched in August of 2017. More information at CyclingProphet.com.


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1/ Events levy: If passed the so-called events levy, in which is no more than a tax on a tax on business, in the long run will be the last straw for many small operators whom are the backbone of employment in our rural towns and maybe forced to close than again. This may be the aim so foreign interest may buy them.
2/ The freight hub: Is this move going to make a profit and help reduce rates for the outlay of ratepayers money or become another white elephant as the rail freight of some 50 years ago that operated for about five to six years then closed as Tamworth has little or no produce to export to help it show a profit or is it a project of self-indulgence and own importance.
3/ Last but not least as reported by your paper (5/9/19 Country Hick Tamworth yokel), I honestly believe this is not helped by the way some portray on national media as the only talk about country music, rodeos, cutting horse events or the gig guide. Very little is spoken on Nundle's China and gold festival or Manilla's Mount Borah international pilots. Also, what may help is a proper clean up of rural towns and roads that date back to Cobb and Co.
I think in principle the events levy is a good idea but it needs to be spent wisely. With this in mind the proposed expenditure should be disclosed to stakeholders (contributors) and the best forum for this would most likely be the Chamber of Commerce.
I say this for two reasons: one being the stakeholders need to have their input into how the money is spent; and secondly there may be some good ideas come up in that forum to on how and where to spend it. After all there are some good business brains in Tamworth and council should harness that to ensure the best outcome is achieved.
Seriously, I am not a business owner but even I can see that businesses are already struggling. Councils answer to that is to increase rates for businesses.
One of two things will happen, the cost of living for all Tamworth citizens will go up so businesses can cover the new levy, or businesses will close or fail to start up at all.
It is about time Tamworth council solves problems in ways other than simply taking more money from the pockets of its ratepayers.
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Hi! My name's Sahej (like badge with an S), and believe it or not, I've never been to a Canadian national park! Over the years, I've travelled to historical sites all over the world, but every time I come back, I have a renewed sense of appreciation for Canada and its amazing people. As a tour guide on Parliament Hill for Canada's 150th birthday, I had the opportunity to meet Canadians from around the country and learn a little bit about them and the places they're from. This summer, I'm so excited to reverse roles and get to explore some of their hometowns.
I've always been a bit of a dabbler, this has taken me from teaching at a mermaid school, to playing percussion in an orchestra, to trying to perfect a pull-up at the CrossFit gym. I think this attitude is what led me to an interdisciplinary degree in health sciences in my hometown, at the University of Ottawa. Here, I've been able to examine the deep connection between human health and nature. This relationship is something I can't wait to explore in our national parks (and outside of a textbook)! So, for all of us who may be a bit newer to Canada's Parks, I hope you'll join me on this journey! Cheers to all the adventures and the great tan lines to come!
My name is Joe McLeod and I am from a small town in Ontario called Keswick. My favorite word in the English language is "experience" but not as in work experience, rather ''experience'' as in experiencing everything life has to offer! I am a firm believer in trying new things, facing fears and having fun along the way! I have always loved the outdoors and therefore took every chance I could to travel anywhere that was possible! This gave me the opportunity to travel Europe and live in England for a year BUT my favorite place in the world is still here in Canada!
When I am not travelling, I am working towards completing a double major in Global Development and Film (be prepared for goofy videos) at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. When I am not busy with school I am playing music! I have played guitar for over ten years and am currently in the process of recording my first album! I had the amazing opportunity of working for Parks Canada last summer and I cannot wait to share the experience this summer with Canada's youth! I want to show all of Canada that anybody can do these amazing things but more importantly that everyone climbs a different size mountain – all you have to do is decide which one to climb!
Sahej and Joe are travelling across Canada!
Come meet us in-person or virtually and you could join us in: turtle nest or sand dune restoration, micro-plastic monitoring and collection, shoreline cleanups, night watch, and much more! We are planning to visit 1 urban park, 11 national historic sites, 1 marine conservation area and 7 parks! From this list, 5 places are hidden gems.
Places and dates might change along the way. Follow Parkslife on Facebook, visit this page regularly or send us an email for an update!


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Are Walmart Associates Allowed To Concealed Carry
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These announcements are not the first time Walmart has changed its policies regarding gun and ammo sales. Additionally, firearms can only be sold by certain trained sales associates. According to the United States Concealed Carry Association's website, it is currently legal to open carry in 45 states.
At Walmart and Sam's Club we are committed to providing our customers with safe, affordable, and sustainable food as well as promoting the humane As a result, in addition to our current programs, Walmart and Sam's Club are launching a new tracking and audit program for our fresh pork supply.
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Confirmed posted at Matteson Walmart. It seems that the sign is trying to allow customers to carry, but reminding employees and vendors that.
There's not anything more essential than the safety of our customers & personnel. The sight of a person with a gun may be alarming, and we don't need.
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At the same time, Republicans added concealed-carry weapons permits to the list of acceptable voter ID. Students without another form of.
Key questions relating to the Walmart open-deliver decision: Are they legally allowed to do this? The U.S. Concealed Carry Association notes that in Wisconsin, as an instance, you'll be asked to take your gun "We need what's quality for our customers, our buddies and our communities," McMillon wrote.
Walmart introduced on Tuesday morning that it's going to ask customers to no longer.
Customers will nonetheless be allowed to hold hid weapons in.
Associates may be told to contact a supervisor as opposed to drawing close an open-carry client immediately, and it is going to be up to the supervisor In Kentucky, it's prison to open deliver with out a permit, and when you consider that June, anybody 21 or older who's allowed to own a firearm can bring concealed with out a.
Walmart isn't always changing its coverage on clients carrying concealed weapons with lets in. If someone opts to overtly bring a gun into one in every of its shops, it's as much as the shop manager's discretion as to the way to We must now not allow that to happen. Congress and the management ought to act," McMillon said.
What I know is that the company allows customers to carry concealed and openly, but that we may ask them to conceal (if they can)or leave if we think it's causing a I know of an ASM who came to a management meeting on his day off carrying a concealed weapon. He no longer works for Walmart.
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As a CCW holder in Arizona, am I legally allowed to conceal carry at Walmart? Walmart did now not ban hid deliver, so you are loose to carry away. On a side notice, even if non-public belongings Since personal assets can simplest ban hid deliver as a policy, not a law, the maximum you may be charged is.
Home Concealed Carry Walmart Sells Concealed Carry Clothing. Rothco's Lightweight Concealed Carry Jacket has 2 internal pockets for concealed convey, one on each aspect, as well as 2 internal magazine pockets on Virtually all permit holders are eligible to vote, and genuinely they all are registered.
Walmart seems to be the true testament to the old adage "live and let live". My first (legal) concealed carry experience was a trip to Walmart. But it just happened that I was going shopping when the permit arrived in the mail. associated with this forum, or damages from the use of or.
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As it relates to concealed carry by customers with permits, there is no change to our policy or approach. Our immediate priorities were supporting our associates and the impacted families and cooperating with We should not allow that to happen. Congress and the administration should act.
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Walmart employees are instructed not to obstruct peaceful shoppers from openly carrying guns in the stores. In some stores, a Walmart spokesman.
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Concealed Carry at Work in Georgia.
If you are the employee, you're eligible to carry with out a.
Walmart is likewise asking clients at Walmart and Sam's Club to not openly carry firearms in shops, in states wherein "open bring" is permitted, unless they may be authorized Our instantaneous priorities have been supporting our associates and the impacted households and cooperating with law enforcement.
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Walmart and Kroger entered the countrywide gun debate this week after.
Provide "associates and clients with a secure area to paintings and store.
Walmart will also continue to allow concealed carry by customers with permits in its stores. "We feel like we are striking a responsible balance between the interests of law-abiding citizens who are exercising their legal rights and the safety concerns of our associates and customers," he said.
Customers are allowed to carry as according to country regulation. It also states that buddies are not allowed to have a firearm in their car on organization.
Walmart is discontinuing the sale of quick-barrel and handgun ammunition after 3 mass Walmart is in addition soliciting for that clients chorus from brazenly wearing firearms at its stores Walmart additionally said it isn't converting its coverage towards customers with lets in for concealed deliver of weapons.
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I never really go to Wal-Mart unless I just have to get a cooler or something. The first place I carried was a restaurant and a Police Detective was on his dinner The Walmart Walk is a good confidence builder for those new to carrying a concealed firearm. It even has an official map for you to follow.


International conference Days of Applied Psychology is held at the premises of the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Niš. They are located in Ćirila i Metodija 2 street, in Niš, Serbia.
Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and the third-largest city in Serbia (after Belgrade and Novi Sad). It is the administrative center of the Nišava District.
According to the 2011 census, the city has population of 183,164, while urban area of Niš (with adjacent urban settlement of Niška Banja included) has 187,544 inhabitants, and population of metro area stands at 260,237 people.
The University of Niš (Serbian: Универзитет у Нишу / Univerzitet u Nišu) is a university in Niš, Serbia. It was founded in 1965 and it consists of 13 faculties with 1500 teachers, 630 staff and extracurricular staff, and around 30,000 students. It has a university library "Nikola Tesla"; the Faculty of Technology is in Leskovac and the Teacher-Training Faculty is in Vranje.
Niš is one of the oldest cities in the Balkans and Europe, and has from ancient times been considered a gateway between the East and the West. It was named Navissos by the Scordisci in 279 BC, after an invasion of the Balkans. The city was among several taken in the Roman conquest in 75 BC; the Romans built the Via Militaris in the 1st century, with Naissus being one of its key towns; it is also the birthplace of Constantine the Great, the first Christian Emperor and the founder of Constantinople, and Constantius III and Justin I. It is home to one of the oldest churches in Serbia, dating to the 4th century, located in the suburb of Mediana.
Niš is one of the most important industrial centers in Serbia, a center of electronics industry (see Elektronska Industrija Niš), industry of mechanical engineering, textile and tobacco industry. Constantine the Great Airport is its international airport. In 2013 the city was host to the celebration of 1700 years of Constantine's Edict of Milan.
The town was named after the Nišava River, which flows through the city and which was named Navissos by the Celtic masters of the city in the 3rd century BC; it was then known as Roman Naissus, Byzantine Nysos and Slavic Niš. Legend has it that Niš was founded by a Prince Nisa, who built it using the nearby Humska čuka stone.
Niš is situated at the 43°19' latitude north and 21°54' longitude east, in the Nišava valley, near the spot where it joins the South Morava. The main city square, the city's central part, is at 194 m (636 ft) above sea level. The highest point in the city area is "Sokolov kamen" (Falcon's rock) on the Suva planina (Dry Mountain) (1,523 m (4,997 ft)) while the lowest spot is at Trupale, near the mouth of the Nišava (173 m (568 ft)). The city covers 596.71 square kilometres (230 sq mi) of five municipalities.
The road running from the north down the Morava River valley forks into two major lines at Niš: the southern line, leading to Thessalonica and Athens, and the eastern one leading towards Sofia and Istanbul.
Average temperature in September, when Days of Applied Psychology take place, is 17.4 °C, and typically ranges between 11 °C and 25 °C during the day. Average annual temperature in the area of Niš is 11.2 °C (52.2 °F). July is the warmest month of the year, with an average of 21.2 °C (70.2 °F). The coldest month is January, averaging at 0.2 °C (32.4 °F). The average of the annual rainfall is 567.25 mm (22.33 in). The average barometer value is 992.74 mb. On average, there are 123 days with rain and snow cover lasts for 45 days.
Nišville jаzz festivаl is an international jazz festival that takes place in Niš, and with a decision of Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia is marked as an event of "National Importance". Nišville also gets award "Best from Serbia" in 2011 and award "Tourist Flower" as the best manifestation in Niš. Nišville is held in Niška tvrđava (Niš fortress) each August.


Deerfield Beach, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/28/2017 -- Zion Market Research has published a new report titled "Superabsorbent Polymers (Sodium Polyacrylate, Polyacrylamide Copolymer and Others) Market for Baby Diapers, Adult Incontinence Products, Feminine Hygiene Products and Other Applications: Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis and Forecast 2014 – 2020" According to the report, global demand for superabsorbent polymer was valued at USD 6.40 billion in 2014, is expected to reach cross USD 8.60 billion market in 2020, growing at a CAGR of slightly above 5% between 2015 and 2020. In terms of volume, the global superabsorbent polymer market stood at approximately 1,950.0 kilo tons in 2014.
The process of converting a monomer molecule together in a chemical reaction to form a polymer chain is called as polymerization. A superabsorbent polymer is a three-dimensional network form by chemical cross linking or physical cross linking of large number of molecules composed of certain repeating units. The superabsorbent polymer has capability to absorb a liquid. And this absorbency and capacity of polymer depends on degree of cross linking. The superabsorbent polymer products are mostly used in personal disposable hygiene products. It also used for blocking water absorption in underground power or communications cable, horticultural water retention agents. The first commercial use of SAP was in 1978 for the production of feminine napkins in Japan.
SAP can be classified on the basis of product type such as sodium polyacrylate, polyacrylamide copolymer and others. Sodium polyacrylate dominated the SAP market with around 60% share of the total volume of SAP consumed in 2014. Polyacrylamide copolymer was the second largest product segment of SAP in terms of volume. Baby diapers, adult incontinence products, feminine hygiene and others are the key application markets for the superabsorbent polymers. Baby diaper is the most dominant application market for superabsorbent polymers. It accounted for around two third shares of the total market in 2014. Adult incontinence products accounted for second largest application market for SAP in 2014. Adult incontinence products market for superabsorbent polymers is expected to be the fastest growing application market during the forecast period.
North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East & Africa are the key regional segments of the global superabsorbent polymers market. Global superabsorbent polymers market was dominated by the North America with around 28% share of the market in 2014. North America was followed by Europe and Asia Pacific. North America and Europe were the major markets for superabsorbent polymers market owing to high level of awareness among the people about personal hygiene. However, rapid growth in population as well as industrial surge in emerging economies is expected to boost demand for SAP in the Asia Pacific region.
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Q: Remote directory for sftp outbound gateway with DSL I'm having an issue with the SFTP outbound gateway using DSL.
I want to use a outbound gateway to send a file, then continue my flow.
The problem is that I have an exception telling me:
IllegalArgumentException: 'remoteDirectoryExpression' is required

I saw that I can use a RemoteFileTemplate where I can set the sftp session factory plus the remote directory information, but the directory I wan't is defined in my flow by the code put in the header just before the launch of the batch.
    @Bean
public IntegrationFlow orderServiceFlow() {
    return f -> f
            .handleWithAdapter(h -> h.httpGateway("myUrl")
                    .httpMethod(HttpMethod.GET)
                    .expectedResponseType(List.class)
            )
            .split()
            .channel(batchLaunchChannel());
}

@Bean
public DirectChannel batchLaunchChannel() {
    return MessageChannels.direct("batchLaunchChannel").get();
}

@Bean
public IntegrationFlow batchLaunchFlow() {
    return IntegrationFlows.from(batchLaunchChannel())
            .enrichHeaders(h -> h
                    .headerExpression("oiCode", "payload")
            )
            .transform((GenericTransformer<String, JobLaunchRequest>) message -> {
                JobParameters jobParameters = new JobParametersBuilder()
                        .addDate("exec_date", new Date())
                        .addString("oiCode", message)
                        .toJobParameters();
                return new JobLaunchRequest(orderServiceJob, jobParameters);
            })
            .handle(new JobLaunchingMessageHandler(jobLauncher))

            .enrichHeaders(h -> h
                    .headerExpression("jobExecution", "payload")
            )
            .handle((p, h) -> {
                //Logic to retreive file...
                return new File("");
            })
            .handle(Sftp.outboundGateway(sftpSessionFactory,
                    AbstractRemoteFileOutboundGateway.Command.PUT,
                    "payload")
            )
            .get();
}

I don't see how I can tell my outbound gateway which will be the directory depending what is in my header.

A: The Sftp.outboundGateway() has an overloaded version with the RemoteFileTemplate. So, you need to instantiate SftpRemoteFileTemplate bean and configure its:
/**
 * Set the remote directory expression used to determine the remote directory to which
 * files will be sent.
 * @param remoteDirectoryExpression the remote directory expression.
 */
public void setRemoteDirectoryExpression(Expression remoteDirectoryExpression) {

This one can be like FunctionExpression:
setRemoteDirectoryExpression(m -> m.getHeaders().get("remoteDireHeader"))

A: Before I got an answer, I came with this solution but I'm not sure it's a good one.
// flow //
 .handle((p, h) -> {
    //Logic to retreive file...
    return new File("");
})
.handle(
        Sftp.outboundGateway(
                remoteFileTemplate(new SpelExpressionParser().parseExpression("headers['oiCode']")),
                AbstractRemoteFileOutboundGateway.Command.PUT,
                "payload")
)
.handle(// next steps //)
.get();

public RemoteFileTemplate remoteFileTemplate(Expression directory) throws Exception {
        RemoteFileTemplate template = new SftpRemoteFileTemplate(sftpSessionFactory);
        template.setRemoteDirectoryExpression(directory);
        template.setAutoCreateDirectory(true);
        template.afterPropertiesSet();
        return template;
}

But this provoke a warn because of exception thrown by the ExpresionUtils
java.lang.RuntimeException: No beanFactory

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I learnt how important evergreen or pillar aticles were for successful blogs while working for the largest freelancing blog in the world, Freelance Switch, back in 2011.
One of the early posts on FreelanceSwitch was by the writer Ivan Brezak Brkan who penned "35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps" for the site. It was an atticle about Mac apps for freelancers that experienced success on both Digg and Delitious. It was a classic evergreen article that attracted lots of traffic and was a big success. However, a month or so after the post was published, I pretty much ceased to think much about it.
Two years later when browsing throught Google Analytics I happened to notice that one of the top keywords that FreelanceSwitch ranked for on Google was "Mac Apps". A bit of research revealed that in fact the one article by Ivan had been consistently sending high amounts of search traffic month after month.
The traffic these search rankings sent made that single article one of the top posts on the site virtually every single month.
The success of this post, explained Collis, lead to envato launching a dedicated Mac apps blog in the future.


Birds were dying on an island off the coast of Florida, and people didn't know why. A group of conservationists wondered if the culprit might be a pesticide sprayed into the air to wipe out mosquitoes. The explanation quickly came from an unlikely source in Wisconsin.
For several years, Warren Porter, a professor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been working with faculty and staff across campus to develop a computer model that could predict how animals, living on a real landscape anywhere on Earth, would respond to specific changes in the environment. The model could answer questions, such as how warmer temperatures would alter the activity patterns of squirrels in southern California or how removing the forest canopy in Yellowstone National Park would affect the elk that took cover under it during winter.
"If we fail to answer questions like these, we will continue to lose species - and their genomes, the biological libraries that have accumulated information for billions of years - from this planet," says Porter.
But many of the models that had been designed to address ecological concerns, he adds, were inadequate: They didn't take into account the complexity of factors involved in the interaction between animals and their environment. To achieve a more sufficient model, Porter needed to integrate animal morphology, physiology and behavior with features of the climate, topography and vegetation of a particular area.
"Models are always an approximation to reality," he explains. "You design them to ask specific questions. As the questions become more complex, the models become more complex. As computers have gained more power, we have been able to continue to add complexity and to solve very difficult problems."
At the heart of Porter's integrated model is an understanding of energy transfer between animals and their surroundings. For instance, the animal's physical properties - body size, fur thickness, body temperature and breathing rate - help determine how much energy it needs to survive. The animal's behavioral patterns, such as how often it reproduces or how active it is, also are important factors.
To apply this information in a real context, scientists must also determine how much energy is available based on environmental factors, including rainfall, temperature, vegetation, topography, sun exposure and time of day or year. The model, which incorporates remote satellite sensing and large-scale global climate models, can determine this.
Because Porter's model integrates all this information on animal physiology and behavior and climate conditions in a predictive model, the scientist says, "it can help us understand what the critical processes are that affect life processes on earth and how specific changes in environmental conditions may modify or even terminate those life processes."
The model, he adds, also could help scientists solve unanswered questions about what's already happened. For example, the model could answer how the distribution of mosquitoes that potentially carry diseases harmful to humans and other species might change when the ground is wetter than usual, or how much more water livestock will need when the outside temperature is two degrees warmer.
With its specificity and complexity, the model could determine parameters crucial for determining a species' potential for growth and reproduction, exposure to pesticides or pathogens, migration times and patterns, and possible sites ideal for conservation, says Porter. Based on the model, Porter says scientists could make recommendations on the most effective habitats for free-ranging animals, which could maximize productivity while minimizing environmental stresses.
Patented by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Porter's system for examining the effects of environment on animals already is answering important questions. For instance, Porter and his colleagues have used it to understand key factors that led early hominids to walk upright, instead of on all fours.
It also has helped the conservationists who contacted the Wisconsin zoologist about three years ago, shortly after the large number of birds started dying off the coast of Florida. Porter was able to use the integrated model to determine how much air the birds would have been breathing. Getting enough oxygen is critical for metabolic processes, which supply energy to the body.
Given the known levels of pesticides in the air before the birds died, Porter calculated daily pesticide inhalation. It was toxic over a short period of time, he says. The Wisconsin scientist forwarded this information to the American Bird Conservancy. A week later, he says, they presented his findings at an Environmental Protective Agency meeting in Florida.
"The next day," Porter recalls, "the EPA announced that they were moving to ban spraying of that pesticide on the island."
Porter notes that the integrated model, and the results it already has produced, would not have been possible without the unique, interdisciplinary nature of the UW-Madison campus. In the course of his career as a professor at the university, Porter has taken 33 courses in 14 academic departments - an activity, he says, that has enabled him to gain the expertise and collaborations needed to develop such a complex model.


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Q: Having an issue with accessing SampleSpringMaven Reason Service Unavailable Starting to learn Spring MVC dynamic web project with Maven and make it support Eclipse IDE with a simple hello world example but running into issues when I try to run on server. I get the below error:
Problem accessing /SampleSpringMaven/. Reason Service Unavailable

Here is my console:
Starting preview server on port 8080
Modules:
  SampleSpringMaven (null)
  SampleSpringMaven (/SampleSpringMaven)

2014-04-22 11:51:49.441:INFO:oejs.Server:jetty-8.1.10.v20130312
2014-04-22 11:51:49.989:WARN:oejw.WebAppContext:Failed startup of context o.e.j.w.WebAppContext{null,file:/C:/Users/mlim/Eclipse/Test/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/SampleSpringMaven/},C:/Users/mlim/Eclipse/Test/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/SampleSpringMaven
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Null contextPath
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:686)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:454)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:64)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:229)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:64)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:95)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:280)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:64)
    at org.eclipse.wst.server.preview.internal.PreviewStarter.run(PreviewStarter.java:72)
    at org.eclipse.wst.server.preview.internal.PreviewStarter.main(PreviewStarter.java:29)
2014-04-22 11:51:50.493:INFO:/SampleSpringMaven:Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
Apr 22, 2014 11:51:50 AM org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader initWebApplicationContext
INFO: Root WebApplicationContext: initialization started
Apr 22, 2014 11:51:50 AM org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext prepareRefresh
INFO: Refreshing Root WebApplicationContext: startup date [Tue Apr 22 11:51:50 EDT 2014]; root of context hierarchy
Apr 22, 2014 11:51:50 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions
INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/mvc-dispatcher-servlet.xml]
Apr 22, 2014 11:51:51 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory preInstantiateSingletons
INFO: Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@29871db1: defining beans [org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver#0]; root of factory hierarchy
Apr 22, 2014 11:51:51 AM org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader initWebApplicationContext
INFO: Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 570 ms
2014-04-22 11:51:51.155:INFO:/SampleSpringMaven:Initializing Spring FrameworkServlet 'mvc-dispatcher'
Apr 22, 2014 11:51:51 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet initServletBean
INFO: FrameworkServlet 'mvc-dispatcher': initialization started
Apr 22, 2014 11:51:51 AM org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext prepareRefresh
INFO: Refreshing WebApplicationContext for namespace 'mvc-dispatcher-servlet': startup date [Tue Apr 22 11:51:51 EDT 2014]; parent: Root WebApplicationContext
Apr 22, 2014 11:51:51 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions
INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/mvc-dispatcher-servlet.xml]
Apr 22, 2014 11:51:51 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory preInstantiateSingletons
INFO: Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@11846d13: defining beans [org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver#0]; parent: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@29871db1
Apr 22, 2014 11:51:51 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet initServletBean
INFO: FrameworkServlet 'mvc-dispatcher': initialization completed in 459 ms
2014-04-22 11:51:51.727:INFO:oejs.AbstractConnector:Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:8080

and web.xml
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
          http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
    version="2.5">

    <display-name>Sample Spring Maven Project</display-name>

    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>mvc-dispatcher</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>mvc-dispatcher</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

    <context-param>
        <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
        <param-value>/WEB-INF/mvc-dispatcher-servlet.xml</param-value>
    </context-param>

    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
    </listener>
</web-app>

and jsp file:

<title>Being Java Guys | Hello World</title>

Being Java Guys | Hello World

${message}

and pom file:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.beingjavaguys.sample</groupId>
    <artifactId>SampleSpringMaven</artifactId>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>SampleSpringMaven Maven Webapp</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

    <properties>
        <spring.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
        <jdk.version>1.6</jdk.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.1</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <finalName>SampleSpringMaven</finalName>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
                <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <url>http://localhost:8080/manager/text</url>
                    <server>my-tomcat</server>
                    <path>/SampleSpringMaven</path>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>${jdk.version}</source>
                    <target>${jdk.version}</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

thanks in advance

A: Did you add POM file., at times the repos don't get downloaded properly, you might need to delete the existing repos and Update the maven project to download the dependecies again.
Here is the basic POM you can start with.
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.beingjavaguys.sample</groupId>
    <artifactId>SampleSpringMaven</artifactId>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>SampleSpringMaven Maven Webapp</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

    <properties>
        <spring.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
        <jdk.version>1.6</jdk.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.1</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <finalName>SampleSpringMaven</finalName>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
                <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <url>http://localhost:8080/manager/text</url>
                    <server>my-tomcat</server>
                    <path>/SampleSpringMaven</path>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>${jdk.version}</source>
                    <target>${jdk.version}</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

You could also look into this it has the basic stuff to get started with Spring.
http://www.beingjavaguys.com/2013/08/spring-maven-web-application-in-eclipse.html


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Consolidated Fastfrate planning 50th anniversary celebrations
by James Menzies June 3, 2016 @JamesMenzies
WOODBRIDGE, Ont. — Consolidated Fastfrate this year is celebrating its 50th year in business and will recognize 192 employees who have been with the company for 20 years or more.
Six of those employees have been with the company for more than 45 years. Ron Tepper, founder and CEO of Tepper Holdings, which owns and operates Consolidated Fastfrate, said in an interview with Trucknews.com that recognizing long-term employees will be the priority when the milestone is celebrated this September. An event will be held Sept. 26 at the company's main terminal in Woodbridge, Ont., followed by gatherings at each of its other terminals across Canada. The company employs more than 1,700 people.
"This company is 50 years old in an industry in which it's exceedingly difficult to survive 50 years," Tepper said. The company plans to decorate trailers to commemorate the milestone and will present awards to its longest-serving employees.
While Tepper said the focus will be on the employees, there's also some satisfaction on his part from taking over a company that was in trouble, modernizing it, reshaping it to take advantage of shifting trade patterns and strengthening its profitability. Tepper and partners got involved with Consolidated Fastfrate in 1994, buying it from the struggling publicly traded Federal Industries, a steel maker that was looking to shed its transportation businesses.
"They had just gone through the process of liquidating Motorways when I showed up on their doorstep and it was a very expensive process," Tepper recalled. "I didn't know most of that. I did know they were in trouble and were looking for someone to take things over with as little cost to them as possible as opposed to how much money they could get for it."
The deal was completed in 1994 and Tepper, through Tepper Holdings, bought out his partners three years later.
Tepper said the company implemented an Executive Information System (EIS) to gain better visibility into its costs.
"We measure every single thing we do that's measurable, every single day," Tepper said. "We see it every night around midnight, so we look at our activity for the day and we can see how we performed. We can see our pickup costs, delivery costs, linehaul costs and beyond costs, where we take product from our facility and give it to someone who services an area we don't service. Every single revenue bucket we have a cost associated with that and we have a margin requirement and we can see every single night if we hit our numbers or didn't hit our numbers. We can get into the last two or three days of the month and tell you what our P&L is going to look like within 2-3%. There are no surprises."
This ability to better see and manage costs helped get Fastfrate back on track and is, in Tepper's mind, "The foremost reason for the success of our company."
The company has also added technologies to give customers and management better visibility into the shipments it makes.
"The further and deeper into the supply chain we're capable of going, the more visibility the customer gets and the more visibility we get," Tepper explained. "With visibility we can plan. With planning, we can be more efficient, get better cube utilization, better speed and so on."
The company has undergone an evolution under its current ownership, which saw it transform from a third-party repositioner of boxcars for Canadian Pacific Railway, to an asset-based organization whose tentacles reach deep into the supply chain. The company accepts containers at various Canadian ports and then transloads it at its own facilities from 40-ft. containers to more economical 53-ft. containers.
"It's a whole different way of doing it," Tepper explained. "We went from being in CP-owned boxcar terminals to buying and building our own facilities right across the country."
Today, Consolidated Fastfrate moves about 30,000 containers a year.
Of course this brings additional challenges, managing assets and their associated fixed costs within a segment that is so closely linked to the overall economy, seasonal shipping patterns and weather. Still, Tepper said he feels honoured to be a part of the organization through its transformation and is eager to celebrate its success with the people behind it.
"This business has changed significantly and through that change, we've kept so many people that have been here before, during and after the changes, and that's the incredible part," he said. "I'm just lucky to be at the helm of this more than anything, watching the people who have come from where they were to where they are."
Ron Tepper
by James Menzies @JamesMenzies
James Menzies is editor of Today's Trucking. He has been covering the Canadian trucking industry for more than 18 years and holds a CDL. Reach him at james@newcom.ca or follow him on Twitter at @JamesMenzies.
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John Hubbard says:
For sure, 50 years doesn't happen by accident. Congratulations and celebration are certainly earned by the Fastfrate team.
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Ron Tepper is a joke. Acts as if he is the reason Fastfrate is what it is today.
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Looking at the concurrent thread about Myoan Shinpo Ryu which is on the verge of dying and leaving few recordings and only unreadable notation behind makes me think all this secrecy is at the very least counter-evolutionary. Generally speaking survival is an imperative. These restrictive practices are so incestuous that as with any incestuous situation there is a bottleneck and everything dies.
And then we have................drum roll.................. End of History!
Well, I'm doing my best to learn the Shimpo-ryu pieces while the lineage is still alive. Recordings are better than nothing for sure, to keep some kind of document for those interested, or to allow someone to "reconstruct" the tradition. But I think the living lineage is more important as there is so much to learn that can't be grasped otherwise. As for the pieces which have already been lost, once one has studied a certain number of pieces properly it is at least possible to make an approximation of other pieces from the notation, though, these will always remain "arrangements" to some extent.
From what I have heard from various people basically the Shimpo-ryu did die out. Everything we have today is a reconstruction of what they "think" it really sounded like. Similarly, it is such an old style that most of the music is extremely simple in terms of musical structure, techniques etc. I believe that simple can definitely be deceptively profound, yet some people view it as boring. Shimura once mentioned that irregardless of what the public thought of it in terms of music, if the players had really taken an interest in it it wouldn't have faded out so much. The feeling I got was "Like everything else, only the strong survive." Players like Sakai Shodo are kind of spicing it up recently to popularize it though.
I definitely think more efforts should be made to maintain the tradition though. I understand the idea behind the need for secrecy too, not wanting to let it get watered down or be misrepresented by people who haven't fully studied it, but like many arts in Japan schools have died out do to basically stubbornness and/or elitist thinking. I tend to think more good would come than harm if it were more out in the public domain.
From what I have heard from various people basically the Shimpo-ryu did die out. Everything we have today is a reconstruction of what they "think" it really sounded like.
Not so. Please read the Shimpo-ryu thread going on now. Takahashi Rochiku-sensei's Shimpo-ryu is not reconstructed, though what you say might be applicable to almost all Shimpo-ryu other than him perhaps. I certainly know of people who play, even teach, from reconstruction/interpretation from scores etc.
Sometimes the shakuhachi world can be a little different from (what I imagine at least) the Western music lesson system might be like, with the pieces regarded as very precious and sometimes access restricted. Sometimes I think this may be good, though sometimes I think it can be too exclusive, not always in a positive way. Sometimes they have reasons though. There are instances, in Kyushu in particular, of certain characters making trouble and this just makes the teachers even more wary, making things more difficult for future students. So relationships take time to form. Perhaps shakuhachi study would be more encouraged if everyone were open, but then, on the positive side, this may help to keep styles somewhat isolated (and therefore preserve heterogeneity) and may also increase the perceived "specialness" or value for those studying, which can be a good thing.
Thanks for the invite! I'd love to check out your digs but I couldn't be much further away and still be in Japan. Maybe next time.
My sense of things is that due to centuries of feudal wars in Japan, a very wary attitude towards people from outside their local areas is the mind set. I think while there may be some positive results from this it's mostly a detriment. Does it make sense to hide a tradition that's in danger of perishing? Does it make sense to turn away people who are willing or practice 3, 4 or 5 hours a day? Unfortunately, I see the survival of some of these traditions in peril partly because of paranoia and ego. Admittedly, I come from a tradition that values openness, free exchange of ideas and the willingness and ABILITY to play with anybody. It's been a interesting challenge to stay cool in the face wienieism, but just about the time I'm about to blow something so disarmingly sweet will happen that I realize it's worth the trouble. Cross cultural relationships can be a real emotional roller coaster ride. Maybe it's just me.
Then someone better stick a microphone in front of this guy tout de suite not to mention a video camera.
Most of the Shinpo ryu stuff I am familiar with is undoubtedly the "reconstructed" versions, i.e. Jin Nyodo, so it would be good to hear the unbroken tradition.
How do they expect to survive if they don't record or perform and only teach a few people ?
Times like this make me appreciate the aggressive nature of Tozan and Yokoyama-style, at least their music will roll on for a few more generations.
Forgive me if I am wrong, but sometimes I think that carrying on a tradition is not the main priority for some.
For some that is true. But for those who are the heads of their tradition that is (or should be) a large concern. If not then the torch got passed on to the wrong person.
This might be the only opportunity I ever have to offer you advice.
If you feel insecure walking while wearing the tengai, the key is what you wear on your feet. Waraji will give you feedback and security that you won't get from zori or (especially) from geta.
Waraji! Great idea. You're right, you can definitely feel your away around and have more stability. Unfortunately it's the day after tomorrow so I'll be going the seta/zoori route this time. I think it might be more of a visual impairment though. Just takes practice I guess.
Justin, I've read the interesting post and understand what you are saying. I applaud your efforts to learn the tradition and hope more players like yourself emerge. But I guess what I'm getting at is that if the school has any desire to change it's common image, player's of Takahashi Rochiku-sensei's Shimpo-ryu should make more effort to promote their music via performances, lectures, workshops etc. I think Riley, Shimura and Sakai are great examples of people both in Japan and internationally who have made many successful efforts to keep the Chikuho tradition alive. I hope Shimpo ryu will make these kind of efforts as well.
The feeling I got was "Like everything else, only the strong survive."
Ask Tyrannosaurus Rex and then ask the cockroach.
The more interesting part of this for me is: if and when the lineage was (noticeably) influenced by Western music.
Of course, I could also be wondering about how many komuso can dance on the toenail of a bodhisattva, too.
I was alerted to your Chikuho notation request - the rarest of things! I recently started dabbling with teaching via Skype. Since you asked specifically about Chikuho notation, I feel obligated to (honoured, really) to teach you, if you want to give it a try. For what it's worth, my students have access to over 80 honkyoku scores in Chikuho notation.
On the other hand, shakuhachi is shakuhachi; it doesn't really matter what kind of notation system one uses. Most of my students can tell you that learning new systems is the easiest part of playing shakuhachi. Studying with a real live teacher is better than even a "live to air via Skype" teacher, so if you can get even occasional live lessons (not via internet) from Michael or anyone else, I suggest you do so, even if you have to learn another system.
Speaking of real, live lessons, I hope you can come to the Rockies Shakuhachi Summer Camp in June.
Seems like Chikuho is safe and sound and in very good hands with Riley. I have been reading this thread with equal measures of interest and bewilderment. My only real contribution would be to point to Brain and say, "yeah, what he said". I stronlgy oppose the secretive, elitist, exclusionary model of transmitting knowledge. Those who espouse such a view typically get to vanish into a well deserved obscurity. This does not mean that shameless self promotion is good either, but some kind of healthy middle-ground must be possible.
All this Ryu info really makes my head spin. Would it maybe be possible to have another section of the forum devoted just to Ryu discussion. That would be nice and simple and effective for people interersted in specific Ryu. I for one would like that, but it is of course, subject to the interest of others.
I strongly oppose the secretive, elitist, exclusionary model of transmitting knowledge. Those who espouse such a view typically get to vanish into a well deserved obscurity. This does not mean that shameless self promotion is good either, but some kind of healthy middle-ground must be possible.
Secretive, Elitist and Exclusionary model of transmitting knowledge?
If you'll accept My Way of teaching Secret Shakuhachi Philosophy and play Secret Ryu music which only I sell you and only buy flutes from One True Shakuhachi Maker or from my collection of super secret rat-traps, I mean rare shakuhachi, I will be deeply, humbly full of glee. I will debase and otherwise grovel and stoop to accept your generous (ahem) donations.
By the way, my books and records and signed portraits suitable-for-framing and displaying on the center of your Secret Ryu Altar (item #7101 in your catalog) are also available on a limited time basis, that is, if I accept you.
I think this is Healthiest Middle Shakuhachi Ground.
Ahh Chris, yes, I will subscribe to your secret Ryu and send a blank cheque which you can fill in with any number you like.
Ahhh, Moran Sensei, please accept another disciple for indoctrination into the secret Tarzan Ha Mean Ryu school of Shakuninjitsu. I will ship gold coins, not fake checks or money orders. Please use template and offer us more rare Tarzan Ha shakuhachi at highest prices. This is history at it's wurst, and there is never an end to any story.
X. you are not permitted to excommunicate yourself from Knob-U-Ryu™. Get thee back!
Please send all monies to Moran Sensei.
Thank you Jr.-Sensei and Treasurer Pro-Tem, Clint-san.
But, like Knob-U-Ryu™, I feel some restraintmentness of historical contriviality and re-creationism.
2. Take up your Yuu and follow me!
3. to the new Shakuhachi Fuké-Yuu Shu Ryu™ !
Step one is to send ALL your OLD tired bamboo shakuhachi to me. All of them, even the ones that are in two or four pieces.
Along with 4.25 ounces of pure gold or 175 Krugerrands, whichever is worth more at the moment.
In return, I will offer you FREE, for a low adjustable-rate shipping and handling fee, one Divine Bamboo Liberation ABS Yuu Shakuhachi specially reworked by me in the highest tradition of Fuké-Yuu Shu™ to enhance the Hee and the Haw. No extra charge!
Plus I will also throw in a xerox copy of your Official Shakuhachi Fuké-Yuu Shu Ryu™ membership in the Dai-Sensei Rank, so straightaway you can call your self an Instant Shakuhachi Fuké-Yuu Shu Ryu™ Master of Grand Rankness. Printed on 20-lb. bond offset copy paper, this valueless monochrome license, stamped with several special illegible hanko, will impress even the least cognitively-ambitious of your friends and family.
Hurry while time runs out!
You leave me speechless, Moran Sensei!
you had me at enhance.
My Yuu is on its way.
a friend of mine send me a chikuho book, do you allready have one? My one is in japanese I think. I f you need it please let me know.


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package com.vladmihalcea.book.hpjp.jdbc.batch;

import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
import com.codahale.metrics.Slf4jReporter;
import com.codahale.metrics.Timer;
import com.vladmihalcea.book.hpjp.util.AbstractPostgreSQLIntegrationTest;
import com.vladmihalcea.book.hpjp.util.providers.DataSourceProvider;
import com.vladmihalcea.book.hpjp.util.providers.PostgreSQLDataSourceProvider;
import com.vladmihalcea.book.hpjp.util.providers.PostgreSQLDataSourceProvider;
import com.vladmihalcea.book.hpjp.util.providers.entity.BlogEntityProvider;
import org.junit.Ignore;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;

import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

/**
 * PostgreSQLRewriteBatchInsertsTest - Test PostgreSQL JDBC Statement batching with and w/o reWriteBatchedInserts
 *
 * @author Vlad Mihalcea
 */
@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
public class PostgreSQLRewriteBatchInsertsTest extends AbstractPostgreSQLIntegrationTest {

    private final BlogEntityProvider entityProvider = new BlogEntityProvider();

    private MetricRegistry metricRegistry = new MetricRegistry();

    private Slf4jReporter logReporter = Slf4jReporter
        .forRegistry(metricRegistry)
        .outputTo(LOGGER)
        .build();

    private Timer timer = metricRegistry.timer("batchInsertTimer");

    private boolean reWriteBatchedInserts;

    public PostgreSQLRewriteBatchInsertsTest(boolean reWriteBatchedInserts) {
        this.reWriteBatchedInserts = reWriteBatchedInserts;
    }

    @Parameterized.Parameters
    public static Collection<Boolean[]> rdbmsDataSourceProvider() {
        List<Boolean[]> providers = new ArrayList<>();
        providers.add(new Boolean[]{Boolean.FALSE});
        providers.add(new Boolean[]{Boolean.TRUE});
        return providers;
    }

    @Override
    protected Class<?>[] entities() {
        return entityProvider.entities();
    }

    @Override
    protected DataSourceProvider dataSourceProvider() {
        return ((PostgreSQLDataSourceProvider) super.dataSourceProvider())
            .setReWriteBatchedInserts(reWriteBatchedInserts);
    }

    @Test
    public void testInsert() {
        long ttlMillis = System.currentTimeMillis() + getRunMillis();

        final AtomicInteger postIdHolder = new AtomicInteger();

        while (System.currentTimeMillis() < ttlMillis) {
            doInJDBC(connection -> {
                long startNanos = System.nanoTime();

                AtomicInteger postStatementCount = new AtomicInteger();

                try (PreparedStatement postStatement = connection.prepareStatement("insert into post (title, version, id) values (?, ?, ?)")) {
                    int postCount = getPostCount();

                    for (int i = 0; i < postCount; i++) {
                        int index = 0;
                        int postId = postIdHolder.incrementAndGet();
                        postStatement.setString(++index, String.format("Post no. %1$d", postId));
                        postStatement.setInt(++index, 0);
                        postStatement.setLong(++index, postId);
                        executeStatement(postStatement, postStatementCount);
                    }
                    postStatement.executeBatch();
                } catch (SQLException e) {
                    fail(e.getMessage());
                }

                timer.update(System.nanoTime() - startNanos, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
            });
        }
        LOGGER.info("Test PostgreSQL batch insert with reWriteBatchedInserts={}", reWriteBatchedInserts);
        logReporter.report();
        LOGGER.info(
            "Test PostgreSQL batch insert with reWriteBatchedInserts={} took=[{}] ms",
            reWriteBatchedInserts,
            timer.getSnapshot().get99thPercentile()
        );
    }

    private void executeStatement(PreparedStatement statement, AtomicInteger statementCount) throws SQLException {
        statement.addBatch();
        int count = statementCount.incrementAndGet();
        if(count % getBatchSize() == 0) {
            statement.executeBatch();
        }
    }

    protected int getPostCount() {
        return 5000;
    }

    protected int getBatchSize() {
        return 100 * 10;
    }

    protected int getRunMillis() {
        return 60 * 1000;
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Petition calls for new road safety scheme
Fears that a child could be killed or seriously injured have prompted residents of Beaufort Road in Morecambe to start a petition calling for more traffic safety measures on the street.
Wednesday, 13th July 2016, 8:00 am
From left: Beaufort Road residents Glenys Dennison, Pauline Nutt, Ray Stallwood, Sandra Stallwood and Coun Roger Dennison. The residents started a petition calling for more traffic signs or traffic calming measures on Beaufort Road to prevent an accident.
Greatwood School has recently expanded meaning more children are using the road and this has increased parking issues near the school and also speeding issues with people using the road as a cut through, according to residents.
So far, 370 residents have signed the petition calling for the county council to look at improving traffic measures which will be submitted this week. Torrisholme Ward town councillor Roger Dennison said: "Controlling the parking outside the school is critical.
"There have been a couple of close shaves with kids getting knocked down. One parent in a 4 x 4 vehicle pushed an A board away and parked on the pavement outside the school. People also ignore the 20 mphsign. We are trying to improve the street for the safety of the kids and the pedestrians. "
The Visitor has joined forces with Morecambe Town Council for the Park and Stride campaign highlighting the dangers of parking inappropriately outside schools.
Headteacher of Greatwood School John Ross is backing the road safety campaign and the petition.
A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said: "We have been supporting the headteacher's work to create a safer environment outside the school gates and will consider the issues raised by the petition."


Is your boyfriend not treating you right? Is he not living up to your standards? Do you want him to just try more and want him to change to suit your needs? Well, this is the article for you because I can show you that there is absolutely no way you can change him while you are with him. That's right, he will not change for you. You can post as many memes as you want about him not appreciating who you until you're gone, but I think you don't appreciate who you are to stay with him if you are not satisfied. Ladies, guys will not change for YOU, they only change for THEMSELVES! You can try every which way to try to change them, but what incentive do they have to change when they already have you? Because you threaten them that you'll leave is not good enough because guess what, you're still here. Pretty soon, they see your threats as empty because you say them so often. And another meme is born. There's another one. What you need to realize is your own worth and what you're willing to put up with. If this is not what you want out of a mate, then find someone who does possess those qualities, because I assure you that man is out there, but the more you spout things like 'good guys don't exist,' the more you buy into the idea that you deserve someone who is not worthy of you.
Here's the mistake some women make: they don't leave for long enough. You may leave him for a month and he may profess his desires to change, but you'll eventually find out he didn't really change. If you intend for the relationship to work, you have to leave for a longer period of time, and maybe in that time, you'll realize what you actually want. But you fear that he'll change and be good for another girl, but not you. So what? He wasn't what you wanted when you were with him and he only changed when you left and that isn't what you deserved. In the meantime, concentrate on building who you are and what you're willing to accept from others. You teach people how to treat you because if you constantly let someone walk all over you, you let them know that you're willing to accept that. Most importantly, learn how to properly treat yourself because no one else is going to value you if you don't value yourself. In conclusion, you do not have the power to change a man-unless you leave him and give up all rights. If you can accept that, you can start to change your own life instead of his.


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package org.thoughts.on.java.model;

import java.util.List;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
import javax.persistence.Persistence;
import javax.persistence.Query;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class TestJpqlFunction {

	Logger log = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass().getName());

	private EntityManagerFactory emf;

	@Before
	public void init() {
		emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("my-persistence-unit");
	}

	@After
	public void close() {
		emf.close();
	}

	@Test
	public void callSizeFunction() {
		log.info("... callSizeFunction ...");

		EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
		em.getTransaction().begin();

		Query q = em.createQuery("SELECT a, size(a.books) FROM Author a GROUP BY a.id");
		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
		List<Object[]> results = q.getResultList();

		for (Object[] r :  results) {
			log.info(r[0] + " wrote " +  r[1] + " books.");
		}

		em.getTransaction().commit();
		em.close();
	}
}


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The US Navy is 'under cyber siege' from Chinese hackers — and hemorrhaging national security secrets
Hackers Steal Names Of Nearly 1,000 North Korean Defectors
hack the planet
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy/MC3 Kenneth Abbate)
An internal U.S. Navy review concluded that the service and its various industry partners are "under cyber siege" from Chinese hackers who are building Beijing's military capabilities while eroding the U.S.'s advantage, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Iran Hackers China Cyber threats Cyberattack Russia U.S. Navy news hack the planet
Paul Szoldra
KCNA
The names and addresses of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected and resettled in South Korea were stolen during a recent security breach, according to the AP.
South Korea's Unification Ministry said the names, home addresses, and birthdays of 997 defectors were stolen sometime in November. The source of the breach hasn't been determined, but the most obvious suspect would be North Korea.
hackers cyber warfare north korea hack the planet


Gold recovery from ram is a very important part of computer recycling. Every E-waste refiner wants to recycle it because it has a good quantity of gold, palladium, and silver. Ram's recycling is not very complicated. The main reason for this tutorial is that many people want to know how much gold in them. In this tutorial, I will tell you a complete gold quantity in every type of Ram. I will also tell that how to properly scrap a ram. So let's start.
There are mainly three types of rams. Gold fingers of Rams have not same gold. It depends on the brand and usage of ram. If ram gold fingers have extra scratches then it means mostly gold have waste. But gold in every type of rams ic chips remains constant. These are three types of rams.
First, we need to know how many ic chips and gold fingers in one kg rams. For this, I have made a chart of every type of rams. It will help you to the measurement of the main components of rams.
I have told before that gold in fingers will not same. For this, you will need experience. But in the case of is chips. Every type of rams ic chips has a fix gold quantity.
These gold quantities are only of ic chips. Many friends have confusion about this. I hope, Now you can easily calculate gold in every type of rams.
Please click here for gold recovery from ram ic chips.
I have also made ram gold fingers recycling tutorial. You can read this.
Rams have also a good quantity of MLCC (monolithic ceramic capacitors). You can also mlcc recycling tutorial.
Some ram boards have also gold plated holes. You can recover gold from them using gold finger recycling or cyanide process.
If you want to work fast. Cut gold fingers first and dip ram boards in HCl (hydrochloric acid) and leave it four hours. All ic chips will separate from boards. Pour HCl in a storage container and wash out HCl.
HCl can use 4 to 5 times.
Admin I always visit your site infact since last 2months ago I came across this site I said I will start to gather some scrap desktop and as I am talking to you I have 500 scrap CPU in my store now my problem is I don't know were to start to refine it to have gold but am interested in this business I will be glad if you will advise me on what to do next.
Dear I always visit your site infact since last 6months ago I came across this site I said I will start to gather some scrap desktop and as I am talking to you I have 500 scrap CPU in my store now my problem is I don't know were to start to refine it to have gold but am interested in this business I will be glad if you will advise me on what to do next.
You can start from ic chips recycling or gold fingers.
First, send me some sample pics.
Thank you very much for your valued tutorial.
But, I have a small inquiry that i would like to ask.
if we grind the RAMs (including all of its internal component) to 150 micron particle size and then leach gold and other precious metals in sodium cyanide solution after that recover gold and other precious metals using Active Carbon.
I meant that we can deal with RAMs as Gold Natural Deposits Ores that comes from mountains .
But actually I'm not sure if it works well or not .
If i am using sodium bisulfite in aqua regia how many grams can use for 1kg boards?
Hi dear, I want to extraction gold from electronic board with cyanide,but i don't know use how much materials,can you help me please?
Hi Dear , I recover the gold scrap from RAM , but my aqua regia solution (HCL+Nitric acid) can't desolve the gold. Can you please suggest me any other method.
Waiting for your kind reply. thanks.
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Hi. This is Korea. I want to do business with your company.
The thing I'm looking for is cpu. I visit Thailand often. I would like to meet with them personally and pay for them in cash. I wonder if things are possible.
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December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. It is a time when we need to observe the statistics and research that have been done during the recent past. As adults, and parents, we need to use that research to improve the statistics as well as the safety of our children as they start to venture off on the open road. Open communication, that is our tool to combat the dangers that our teens face while growing up.
Impaired driving is a danger that all of our teens will face, It's our job to know that danger and help them steer clear.
While all the numbers could be overwhelming to just about anybody, there are a few to always keep in mind. One such number is a promising one at that; 10,336 people died in alcohol-related crashes in 2012. However, just one year later, in 2013, 10,076 people died from alcohol related crashes. A marked 2.5% decrease in alcohol-related crashes within the matter of just one year. This proves that we are getting better at having these discussions with our teens. The question is, why are we focusing on teens when adults have the same access to alcohol and cars?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has done the research to breakdown by age all impaired driving related crashes. Out of the 10,076 people in 2013 who have died due to impaired driving, 33% were between the ages of 21 and 24 years old. While that sounds like a low number, it's actually the highest percentage of any other age range. The lowest percentage showed up in people 74 years old or over. It's important that we bring down these numbers amongst teens as much as possible. While the biggest number of deaths or injury came from people of legal age, it seemed age was not the literal requirement. It's also important to remember impaired driving doesn't just include alcohol, it could involve marijuana or drugs.
The Center for Disease Control has had some interesting findings when it comes to the legal age of drinking and driving. Currently, teens age 16 and over can drive legally with the possession of a driver's license issued by the state. However drinking is only legal once we turn 21 years old, but that still doesn't change the facts. According to the CDC, in 2011, 2,650 teens between the ages of 16 and 19 were killed in impaired driving accidents. Add to that number, 292,000 teens between the same ages were seriously injured during the same scenarios.
While victims of impaired driving are losses to the world, family, and friends, they do give us insight into causes. Age, influence, even gender and type of vehicle. For men, numbers have been improving, they are still behind. In 2004, only 12% of impaired driving accidents were caused by women, by 2013, that number grew to 15%. Men in 2004 caused 24% of impaired driving accidents. That number went down slightly until in 2013 men made up 23%. Then there is even the car type. According to NHTSA, in 2014, 27% of alcohol-related crushes involved a motorcycle, 23% were passenger cars, 21% were smaller trucks and only 2% were bigger trucks.
There is plenty of data that could be considered, males are twice as likely to be involved in an impaired driving accident than a woman, the number of teens in the car plays a factor, how new they are to driving, how much alcohol was consumed and what kind, but nothing is as important as what you say to your teens. Having an open discussion with your teens is very important. While here at Varsity Driving Academy, we do our best to teach safe driving practices and impaired driving is included. Still, that education needs to be continued and stressed upon by parents. During the conversation, pull up our Teen Driving Contract and use that as a tool as well.
Talk to your teen, tell them the importance and the dangers, give them examples and scenarios, if you're comfortable, give them a way out of having to get behind the wheel if they've been drinking. We need to depend on our teens to improve the statistics, and not become one, but it is us as parents who will give them the tools to make the right decision. For more information check out the DUI Foundation, and get involved in National Impaired Driving Month.