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John Bowen Coburn (September 27, 1914 – August 8, 2009) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from 1976 to 1986.

Early life and education
Coburn was born on September 27, 1914, in Danbury, Connecticut, the son of the Reverend Aaron Cutler Coburn and Eugenia Bowen Woolfolk. He studied at Wooster School, a school founded by his father and graduated in 1931. Later he studied at Princeton University from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in politics in 1936. Between 1936 and 1939, he taught English and Biology at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey. After that he studied at the Union Theological Seminary from where he earned his Bachelor of Divinity in 1942. He was awarded a total of ten Doctor of Divinity from different universities, a Doctor of Sacred Theology from Berkeley College in 1958 and a Doctor of Canon Law from Kenyon College and General Theological Seminary in 1968.

Ordained ministry
Coburn was ordained deacon on January 3, 1943, by Bishop Benjamin M. Washburn of Newark in Trinity Cathedral. He was appointed as assistant at Grace Church in New York City and was ordained priest in July of that year. In 1944 he became a Navy chaplain on an attack transport in the Pacific during WWII. Upon his return, he became rector of Grace Church in Amherst, Massachusetts and subsequently served as the chaplain at Amherst College. He was appointed Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Newark, New Jersey in 1953 and remained there till 1957, after which he became Dean of the Episcopal Theological School. In 1958 he was elected to become Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington but he turned it down. In 1968 he went to Harlem, New York and served as teacher at the Street Academy Urban League. In 1969 he became rector of St James' Church in New York City. He served as delegate of the General Convention in 1955, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973 and then as president of the house between 1967 and 1976.

Bishop
Coburn was again elected bishop, this time of Massachusetts, an election which he accepted. He was consecrated on October 2, 1976, by Presiding Bishop John Allin. In 1980 he was elected as the fifth dean of Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Boston) and served in this role concurrent with being bishop of the diocese. As Bishop of Massachusetts he ordained his son Michael and his daughter-in-law Ann Struthers to the priesthood in 1977. He retired in 1986 and died at his home in Bedford, Massachusetts on August 8, 2009.

Family
Coburn married Ruth Alvord Barnum on May 26, 1941. They would have five children together.

References

External links
New York Times obituary
Diocese of Massachusetts archival collection

1914 births
2009 deaths
Princeton University alumni
Robert College alumni
Union Theological Seminary (New York City) alumni
People from Danbury, Connecticut
20th-century American Episcopalians
Episcopal bishops of Massachusetts
20th-century American clergy


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package com.flockinger.poppynotes.notesService.service;

import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
import com.flockinger.poppynotes.notesService.dto.CompleteNote;
import com.flockinger.poppynotes.notesService.dto.CreateNote;
import com.flockinger.poppynotes.notesService.dto.OverviewNote;
import com.flockinger.poppynotes.notesService.dto.PinNote;
import com.flockinger.poppynotes.notesService.dto.UpdateNote;
import com.flockinger.poppynotes.notesService.exception.AccessingOtherUsersNotesException;
import com.flockinger.poppynotes.notesService.exception.CantUseInitVectorTwiceException;
import com.flockinger.poppynotes.notesService.exception.NoteNotFoundException;

public interface NoteService {
  CompleteNote findNote(String id, String userHash)
      throws NoteNotFoundException, AccessingOtherUsersNotesException;

  CompleteNote create(CreateNote note) throws CantUseInitVectorTwiceException;

  void update(UpdateNote note) throws NoteNotFoundException, AccessingOtherUsersNotesException,
      CantUseInitVectorTwiceException;

  void delete(String id, String userHash)
      throws NoteNotFoundException, AccessingOtherUsersNotesException;

  List<OverviewNote> findNotesByUserHashPaginated(String userHash, Pageable page);

  void pinNote(PinNote pinNote, String userHash) throws NoteNotFoundException, AccessingOtherUsersNotesException;
}

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Dolce & Gabbana faces growing backlash in China over controversial ads
Heather McIlvaine
Italian luxury retailer Dolce & Gabbana is facing a growing backlash in China after an ad campaign that was meant to promote the brand in arguably its most valuable market has been decried as racist.
Amidst growing calls to boycott the brand on Chinese social media, popular e-commerce sites, including Alibaba's Tmall and JD.com, have seemingly removed listings for Dolce & Gabbana products. Searches for the brand on those sites at the time of this writing returned no results. NetEase's Kaola confirmed to Reuters that it had taken down the brand's listings.
The growing backlash forced the brand to postpone a fashion show in Shanghai just hours before it was set to take place on Wednesday, after models and celebrities reportedly said they would not attend the event. Dolce & Gabbana's ambassadors in the region, Karry Wang and Dilraba Dilmurat, who is of Uigher ethnicity, have ended their contracts with the company, according to Bloomberg.
The uproar follows the publication of a series of ads on Chinese social media platform Weibo earlier this week, featuring a young Chinese woman attempting and failing to eat traditional Italian food, such as pasta, pizza and a cannoli, with chopsticks. The ads were released as part of the brand's #DGLovesChina campaign ahead of the scheduled fashion show in Shanghai, but critics decried the videos as playing on racist stereotypes. The ads are still visible on Dolce & Gabbana's Instagram page.
The controversy was made worse after screenshots of direct messages purportedly from founder Stefano Gabbana's Instagram account were leaked, showing offensive comments about China and Chinese people. Both Gabbana and the brand have denied that the messages were sent by the Italian designer, saying the accounts were hacked, but many have expressed scepticism, given Gabbana's track record of getting into verbal spats on social media.
"I love China and the Chinese culture. I'm so sorry for what happened," Gabbana wrote in an Instagram post that asserted his account was hacked.
The boycott is especially troubling, since China is such a crucial market for luxury retailers. A 2017 McKinsey report found that Chinese consumers account for nearly a third of the global luxury market, spending RMB 500 billion (approximately $99 billion) annually. The consulting firm expects Chinese consumers to account for the majority of the growth in the global luxury goods market in the coming years, and by 2025, the country is forecast to make up 44 per cent of the total global market.
At the same time, McKinsey said that Chinese luxury consumers increasingly rely on word of mouth from friends and family to make purchase decisions, even more than the in-store experience. This creates treacherous terrain for global luxury brands, and Dolce & Gabbana is not the only one to have made a culturally insensitive or simply out-of-touch decision, causing offense in its most valuable market.
Ikea, among many other brands, has faced criticism for listing Taiwan as a separate country on its packaging or website, while Mercedes-Benz ran into problems for quoting the Dalai Lama in an ad campaign. China considers the spiritual leader to be a dangerous voice for separatism in Tibet.
This story first appeared on our sister site Inside Retail Australia.
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Thread: How to choose best talismans for characters?
Hi guys. I've never been good with choosing which talisman sets work best with certain characters. With all the new talisman sets revolving around certain buffs and abilities, it's really hard for me to match them effectively. There's a few that are a bit obvious (W Death Dog and Redemption, Osiris and Warlord, etc.) but a lot of the time, I simply don't know where to start.
How do you guys decide on which talismans (Especially buff-based ones) work best for certain characters?
In fact, choosing the right talismans is complicated, new ones always come up and this usually requires a whole new strategy.
Normally, I see what the talisman does and try to optimize its effects, for example, warlord, it combines well with characters of great damage, but also needs some healing involved, since it has the extra turn. So these talismans require at least a healing talisman or some healing character to use all the power of the warlord.
Usually this is, first I look for the best character for the main effect of the talisman. (Another example, energy, works well with counter-strike because it optimizes the chances of gaining more energy).
And if there is any side effect, I look for another character to complement, always trying to form a block, in which one character can benefit the other with some movement.
But in fact, so far, what has worked best for me, is to constantly test (following the rotation of pvp), I try to change certain characters and talismans, to see what happens every week.
Thanks man! So would it be right to say that you're essentially building up sets of teams based upon, perhaps as a starting point, a particular Eddie and his talismans? For example, I was going over some of my Eds and looked at Trooper. He benefits from Perfect Hits as it allows him to remove negative effects and can grant a heal shield to all allies. Therefore, I decided that Echo and Advantage talismans would help, as while his Present Basic grants Perfect Hit, you can use pretty much whatever Basic skill you wanted, have the chance of Perfect Hit and the benefits, while also having a potential second shot to utilise more of his Perfect Hit benefits. Then, I could pair him with characters/talismans that benefit from heal shields? Or perhaps those with Accuracy-increasing effects since he can then grant Counterstrike more often? What do you think?
Exactly, Eddie is usually my starting point.
Look, I like your idea of Trooper Eddie, I think I'm going to test him some week. The combination of talismans looks good too.
I think I would try to join another character with shadow / advantage too, and Osiris (currently I use with redemption / energy, however, a counter-strike works fine, I put the redemption, to remove effects) and another character to close the group.
Osiris, will work fine turning everything he can into gold (perfect heal shield for everyone, careful with crave). For the shadow talisman, look for someone with high damage (I thought of Lady Azov, but, the alchemist has it all these days, though, it's good to have a look in stock, maybe someone who can carry these talismans and increase accuracy too, more welcome.
If you are looking for accuracy, you can try gunner desert marauder or assassin pyro soldier. Both has marksman passive, just dont go against a prisoner.
Awesome, thank you! I currently run Osiris with Warlord / Advantage / Guardian, because of the extra turn when healing and the 100% Crit chance, but I'll give the Redemption/Warlord combo a try, since I'm sure I could match another character that could grant any form of Crit to turn gold. His passive truly does work wonders. Definitely gonna see what I can do with the Shadow/Advantage combo, as that could be very useful to have alongside him. Alchemist could be very handy for controlling the enemy's golden effects and doing a decent chunk of damage, as I found out in the Magus Madness challenge.
I've also noticed a lot of characters tend to require certain effects before they can contribute their own, so I may start having to look back through the Character Effects guide to find the right characters for the job.
Cheers for the tips! For a team like that, would it be useful to have Prisoner alongside them too? Assuming that the Passive Disable would just cancel out?