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The American Eagle Swimsuit is to be manufactured in Italy.
The company is planning to make the swimsuit for women with the aim of increasing sales and making it more popular.
The Italian market is currently one of the fastest growing, with sales up 10 per cent on last year and a record of more than 50 million euros ($52.2 million).
The number of women who wear the swimwear increased by 50 per cent last year, the company said.
The swimwear is the latest in a long line of American Eagle products to be created in Italy, which was a key market for the company in recent years.
Italian marketWatching the US market in the United States, I have to say that there's a certain aspect that's been overlooked by the American public.
The American brand has been really successful in Italy in terms of the way it has marketed itself to Italian women, and has succeeded in the Italian market.
There's a very clear connection between American brands and Italy.
The American brand is very well known for its American Eagle brand, which is the most recognizable brand of American sporting goods.
The company has been successful in the US, but has struggled to grow in Italy because of the very strict rules that govern the Italian retail market.
In Italy, you need a minimum of two sales, one in every two sales.
And in terms – in the American market, that's just a very, very difficult situation to achieve.
For instance, the American Eagle is not sold on a daily basis.
There is a requirement that you have to be present in the store for at least two hours every day, and if you don't then you are not allowed to buy.
You also need to have a minimum number of customers.
In Italy, that means you have three to five times as many customers, and you have a higher margin on the products, because the prices are higher.
It is very difficult to develop in Italy American Eagle swimsuits.
I think that the American brand really wants to do a good job of growing in Italy and making Italian products, and that's something that is very important.
I think that American Eagle has had success in Italy as a brand.
I know for a fact that the Italian consumers love the American flag.
They know American Eagle.
They love the fact that they have American Eagle clothing.
Italy is a very important market for American brands.
It is one of those markets that is growing at a phenomenal rate.


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The acquisition of Aconex, a construction software developer, by Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) during the winter of 2017 was just another example of Oracle's reach in the technology market. Acquisitions like this have helped develop Oracle in a multitude of ways, including application development, industry solutions, middleware, server expansion, storage capabilities and network development. While the Aconex acquisition was valued at $1.2 billion, this does not represent Oracle's most expensive purchase, that would be when Oracle bought PeopleSoft for $10.3 billion in 2005. They are often compared to Google.
On May 7, 2018, the company announced a series of autonomous services products, including Autonomous Analytics Cloud, which combines AI, machine learning and service automation to process information more efficiently.
Due to the numerous products, services and industries Oracle caters to, it is no surprise that there are a substantial number of important subsidiaries and integrated companies that result in Oracle having the second-highest gross revenue across all software companies.
Acme Packet produces session border controllers, security gateways and session-routing proxies. It allows secure and reliable communications across devices, regardless of network. Oracle entered into an agreement to acquire Acme Packet in 2013 for 2.1 billion. At the time of the acquisition, Acme Packet's solutions were utilized by almost 90% of the world's top 100 communications companies. Acme Packet was founded in 2000 and is headquartered out of Bedford, Massachusetts.
BEA Systems
Oracle acquired BEA Systems in 2008 for $8.5 billion. The acquisition was made to bolster Oracle's Fusion middleware software suite. Founded in 1995, the three founders were all former employees of Sun Microsystems. BEA Systems' three major product lines were a transaction-orientated middleware platform called Tuxedo, an enterprise infrastructure platform and a service-orientated architecture platform. All three products are utilized today, including the development of the Oracle Weblogic Server and Oracle Service Bus.
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Hyperion Corporation, a provider of performance management software, was acquired by Oracle in 2007 for $3.3 billion. It offers enterprise resource planning solutions, financial modules and reporting products. The combination of the two companies resulted in the creation of the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus. As of 2016, the most recent release of the integrated suite of business intelligence tools occurred in 2010.
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In September 2014, Oracle completed the acquisition of MICROS Systems Inc. Previously headquartered in Maryland, MICROS provided enterprise applications to restaurants, hotels, casinos and other entertainment businesses. The $5.3 billion deal to acquire MICROS enabled Oracle to expand its Retail and Hospitality Hardware and Software division. At the time of acquisition, MICROS technologies were used by over 330,000 customers in 180 countries.
Oracle's 2016 acquisition of NetSuite expanded Oracle's operations in cloud services. NetSuite was the first cloud company and was founded in 1998. NetSuite provides customers with a suite (get it?) of software services to manage business operations and customer relationships. NetSuite currently provides products to over 40,000 companies in 100 countries. NetSuite is one of the biggest acquisitions ever made by Oracle, costing the company $9.3 billion, and gave their library of software a huge boost.
PeopleSoft provides numerous financial and business applications to address a range of business requirements. Oracle's hostile takeover of PeopleSoft in 2005 cost $10.3 billion. Modules created by PeopleSoft include Human Capital Management, Financial Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Enterprise Service Automation, Supply Chain Management and PeopleTools.
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Siebel Systems specializes in customer relationship management solutions. After paying $5.85 billion in 2005, Oracle acquired its main competitor in the sales automation program industry. Siebel's customer relationship manager provides solutions to more than 20 industries and is integrated into Oracle's Customer Experience portfolio. Founder Thomas Siebel was an Oracle executive from 1984 to 1990 before founding Siebel Systems in 1993. Siebel itself now operates as a product under the Oracle branding.
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Constâncio da Conceição Pinto, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, had a meeting with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine, based in Malaysia, Ilhor V. Humennyi, on December 4th, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
"The Ambassador referred the existing conflict in Ukraine and, at the same time, asked for our support to the application of their country to non-permanent Member of the UN Security Council", informed Constâncio da Conceição Pinto.
A request on the part of the Timorese Vice Minister, aimed at the Ukrainian Ambassador, was about organizing exchange visits between both countries.
According to the responsible for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, "Concerning cooperation between Timor-Leste and Ukraine, it hasn't yet been established any bilateral agreement, we are still exploring possibilities for it to be viable. Ukraine is ready to provide, for example, scholarships and also other ways of cooperation.
At this meeting, the Vice Minister was accompanied by the National Director for Europe, Armindo Pedro Simões and the Focal Point of Timor-Leste to Central and Southern Europe, Martinho da Cruz Lopes.


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Despite hungry people Russia destroys tons of banned food
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The destruction of more than 350 tons of food by the government this week angered Russians in a nation where some are struggling to feed themselves and many recall the norm of food shortages just a generation ago.
The food was burned and streamrolled beginning Thursday following a controversial decree by President Vladimir Putin ordering banned products from Europe and the United States to be eliminated before they can seep through the border.
"You can't just destroy food when there are so many people who have trouble feeding themselves," said activist Olga Saveleva, whose petition on Change.org has gathered over 320,000 signatures since Thursday.
"The media is gleefully showing how this food is being burned. We have a lot of people going hungry, a lot of people in poverty. There are veterans of (World War II) who remember the blockade" of Leningrad, when hundreds of thousands of people died of hunger, she said. "This is a mockery."
Moscow banned a wide range of meat, fruit and milk products from the United States and European countries a year ago in retaliation for Western sanctions on Russia over its annexation of Crimea and incursion into East Ukraine. Russia denies it is involved in the the ongoing fighting in Eastern Ukraine, despite mounting evidence.
Last month, the government proposed destroying banned foodstuffs that were continuing to seep across the border and onto store shelves. Putin signed a decree, which went into effect Thursday, ordering the destruction of any such products that had made it across the border. The order does not impact food brought in by citizens for private use.
Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted the incineration of food looked "unpleasant," but added it was a necessary measure "considering that this is, simply put, contraband," he said Thursday, according to RIA Novosti. He added the Kremlin would consider the petition.
Since the decree went into effect, Russian state television has been demonstrating how cheese, fruit and meat were being incinerated and bulldozed into the ground. The measures are "absurd and grotesque," said Saveleva, who plans to forward her petition to Putin and members of parliament.
Saveleva proposes that instead of destroying the sanctioned foodstuffs, the products could be handed over to the needy or sent to residents in Eastern Ukraine, where thousands have been killed in fighting between government forces and Russia-backed insurgents in the past year.
Opposition activists in St. Petersburg, meanwhile, planned to hold a rally against the destruction Saturday, Ekho Moskvy radio reported.
Rosselkhoznadzor, the federal agency tasked with overseeing Russia's agriculture sector, defended the measures, saying the food products could be unsafe for consumption and should be destroyed rather than given to the needy.
"People have a kind heart, but they don't understand the nature of (contraband)," agency representative Alexei Alexeyenko told Russia's RSN radio station, speaking of the hundreds of thousands who signed the petition.
Despite tons of products being destroyed, residents were able to salvage some of the food. Local media in Smolensk in western Russia near the border with Belarus reported people gathering peaches that had remained whole and using them to make moonshine. Alexeyenko said he was "not surprised."
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The NBA is in Safe Hands
In a league where stars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden are still putting up legendary numbers, it is difficult to get your name out there. Therefore, this list serves as a testament to the players who are on it, for their hard work, dedication, and absolute talent on the court, to be recognized as some of the best in the country, even at their young ages.
The players on this list are expected to grow into the new faces of the NBA and the franchise players on their respective teams. Of course, barring any transfers, some of these players are already considered franchise players, but for those who aren't it is expected that they will grow into these roles. The following are some of the best up-and-coming talents in the NBA.
Jordan Poole, 22, Golden State Warriors
The rise of Jordan Poole over the last season or so has been tremendous. Many people wrote him off after his rather lacklustre debut season, but year on year he has been improving and is most certainly a candidate for Most Improved Player in 2022. Training under the tutelage of players Stephen Curry surely doesn't hurt and he is slowly turning into one of the most important players on the Warriors.
Tyler Herro, 22, Miami Heat
Whether Herro is considered a super-sub or not, it's almost impossible to dispute the talent in the kid. He has been in scintillating form throughout the last two seasons and regardless of his recent all-star snub, he's got an extremely bright future in the sport. He has the star power along with the talent to become one of the biggest faces in the NBA in upcoming years.
LaMelo Ball, 20, Charlotte Hornets
Being the youngest player on this list is a sheer showcase and acknowledgment of the skill and performance levels of LaMelo Ball. The last time we saw a player break into the league with this much pace was LeBron James back in the early 2000s. A kid of his age should not be breaking ankles on the court at the rate LaMelo is, and if he continues at this pace he could be one of the best the league has ever seen.
Luka Doncic, 23, Dallas Mavericks
Luka Doncic, at age 23, is officially one of the best players in the NBA already. He has composure, star power, play-off performances, and age all on his side. He has the blessing of players like Giannis, Curry, and LeBron already and he is showing no signs of slowing down any time soon. Ironically Doncic is not American, but he has taken the country by storm, quickly becoming a lot of fans' favourite players. The Mavericks should do all they can to keep him on the books for as long as possible.
There are obviously many other young players who are showcasing their talents on a weekly basis, but these four players are showing consistency as well as talent on the biggest stage already. When you're not playing at Rush Casino, be sure to keep an eye out for them in the future.
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Indie Game Bundle Update for January 31, 2014
January 31, 2014 Linux Gaming News
It's Friday, which means it's time to go through the Indie Game Bundle Update. There are 16 indie game #bundles available this week. Most are returning from previous weeks, but there are a few new ones. The most notable are the massive Blink Bundle (Windows, Mac, Linux) and the Curve Studios Mega Bundle (PS3, Vita). It's supposed to be another snowy weekend, so stay in and enjoy these.
GamerTell's Best Indie Game Bundle Picks: Blink Bundle Something for Everyone Bundle (Windows, Mac, Linux) and Curve Studios Mega Bundle (PS3, Vita)
Blink Bundle Something for Everyone Bundle: Pay $1.99 to get Gnomoria (Windows), Sideway: New York (Windows, Mac, Linux), Archon Classic (Windows), Light of Altair (Windows), and a mystery game. Pay $4.99 to also get Blockland (Windows, Mac), Eldritch (Windows, Mac, Linux), Lilly Looking Through (Windows, Mac, Linux), Mutant Mudds (Windows), Influx (Windows), Hero of the Kingdom (Windows), and a mystery game.
Bundle Stars Blaze of Glory: Pay $2.46 to get Commander: Conquest of the Americas Gold (Windows), WWIII: Black Gold (Windows), KnightShift (Windows), East Indie Company Gold (Windows), and WWII Panzer Claws 1 & 2 (Windows).
Bundle Stars The Brutal Bundle: Pay $4.96 to get Tropico 4 Steam Special Edition (Windows), Stealth Bastard Deluxe (Windows, Mac), Dungeonbowl (Windows), Port Royale 3 (Windows), King's Bounty: Legions True Tactician Ultimate Pack (Windows, Mac), Iron Sky: Invasion (Windows, Mac), Day One: Garry's Mod (Windows), Steel Storm: Complete Edition (Windows, Mac), Naval Warfare (Windows), and Earth 2150 Trilogy (Windows).
Bundle Stars FPS Warriors 2 Bundle: Pay $3.96 to get Nuclear Dawn (Windows, Mac), Hard Reset Extended Edition (Windows), Painkiller Overdose (Windows), Painkiller Black Edition (Windows), AirBuccaneers (Windows), Zeno Clash (Windows), Zeno Clash II (Windows), and Chaser (Windows).
Bundle Stars High Octane Bundle: Pay $3.99 to get Clutch (Windows), Crash Time 2 (Windows), Death Track: Resurrection (Windows), Metal Drift (Windows), Post Apocalyptic Mayhem (Windows) and Wasteland Angel (Windows).
Bundle Stars Kingdoms Bundle: Pay $3.02 to get Europa Universalis III Complete (Windows, Mac), Sword of the Stars Complete Collection (Windows), Heart of Iron III (Windows, Mac), Europa Universalis: Rome Gold Edition (Windows) The King's Crusade (Windows), and Magicka (Windows).
Bundle Stars The Outer Limits Bundle: Pay $3.99 to get UFO Extraterrestrials Gold (Windows), Blades of Time Limited Edition (Windows, Mac), Insane 2 (Windows), Hydrophobia Prophecy (Windows), Race Injection (Windows), Warfare (Windows), Puzzle Kingdoms (Windows), Gumboy Tournament (Windows) Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold (Windows), and Razor2: Hidden Skies (Windows).
Bundle Stars RPG Champions Bundle: Pay $5 to get Two Worlds II (Windows, Mac), Two Worlds II Pirates of the Flying Fortress DLC (Windows, Mac), Two Worlds Epic Edition (Windows), Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator (Windows), Enclave (Windows), and Gorky 17 (Windows).
Bundle Stars Urban Guerilla Bundle: Pay $3 to get APB Reloaded (Windows), Arena Wars II (Windows), Coniclysm (Windows), Governor of Poker 2 Premium Edition (Windows), Prime World Defenders (Windows, Mac), and Clickr (Windows).
Curve Studios Mega Bundle: Pay $14.99, or $13.49 if you have PlayStation Plus, to get Lone Survivor: Director's Cut (PS3, Vita), Proteus (PS3, Vita) Stealth Inc. (PS3, Vita), and Thomas Was Alone (PS3, Vita).
The Flying Bundle 5: Pay at least $3 to get BasketBelle (Windows, Mac), Booster Trooper (Windows), Creavures (Windows, Mac), Gish (Windows, Mac), Gravity Badgers (Windows, Mac, Linux), Hamlet (Windows), Not The Robots (Windows, Mac, Linux), POP: Methdology Experiment One (Windows), and one mystery game.
Groupees Community Bundle 2: Pay at least $1 to get Samphi (Windows), Kilgazar (Windows, Mac, Linux), Space Game (Windows, Mac, Linux), Who Let the Dogs Fart? (Android), Hang-Out (Windows, Android) and some ebooks and music.
Humble Weekly Sale: Codemasters: Pay whatever you want to get Overlord (Windows), Overlord Raising Hell DLC (Windows), Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Windows), Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (Windows), and Rise of the Argonauts (Windows). Pay at least $6 to also get DiRT Showdown (Windows), DiRT 3 (Windows), and Overlord II (Windows).
The Indie Gala January Bundle: Pay at least $1 to get Millenium: A New Hope (Windows), Laxius Force (Windows), and Two Brothers (Windows). Pay $5.19 or more to also get Ballpoint Universe – Infinite (Windows, Mac), Tales of Maj'Eyal (Windows, Mac), Ravensword: Shadowlands (Windows, Mac, Linux), Gravity Badgers (Windows, Mac, Linux), Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut (Windows), and Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage (Windows).
The Indie Gala Fire & Sword Bundle: Pay at least $2.49 to get Leviathan Warships (Windows, Mac), Mount & Blade (Windows), Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword (Windows), War of the Roses (Windows), and Sengoku (Windows).
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Idina Menzel on How Her New Broadway Musical Reflects Her Life and Staying "In the Moment"
By Chris McKittrick	 March 28, 2014 No Comments
Is there anyone hotter than Idina Menzel at the moment? She had a starring role in Disney's Frozen, which is the second highest-grossing animated movie worldwide (and still has a chance of overtaking Toy Story 3 to become #1), her new musical on Broadway, If/Then, is set to open on Sunday after very financially successful weeks in previews, and because of John Travolta, everyone in America who didn't know who she was knows her now. Not bad for an actress who started her career in a little off-Broadway musical called Rent (you might have heard of that one). In fact, If/Then actually reunites Menzel with her Rent co-star Anthony Rapp and Rent director Michael Freif.
In an interview with USA Today, Menzel talks about the changes in her personal life since she was last on Broadway and how they are similar to the plot of If/Then and how she manages to stay "in the moment" despite her massive success.
The plot of If/Then thematically reflects some of the changes in Menzel's personal life since she was last on Broadway in Wicked, which she left in January 2005. However, she confesses that if the plot mirrored her life too closely it would be too emotionally draining to perform. She explains, "If I just used all of my own life for the show, eight times a week, I'd want to kill myself. You have to know how to pace yourself, and to pull from different places. Luckily, the story here is so well-written that I can use a lot of what's right in front of me, and not leave feeling completely drained each time."
Naturally, working with her Rent collaborators and Next to Normal authors Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey made the return to Broadway a bit more comfortable. Menzel says, "It was important to me to be in an original piece, as I always support original material. And I would have worked with this team, frankly, if they had handed me the phone book. It's good to try to surround yourself with people you know are smarter than you, and who are going to challenge you."
Another change in Menzel's life since her last Broadway role is that she is now a mother to a four year-old son. Though doing a Broadway musical means she is around for him, motherhood presents its own challenges. She explains, "I have taken my kid on the road with me, on a tour bus. But now I'm also getting him to school in the morning, and dealing with his coming home with colds, which could get me sick. But nothing is more important than my child, and it gives you perspective. Actors can be self-absorbed, but when you have less time, you have to be result-oriented. You have to always be in the moment."
She took a similar approach to her performance of "Let It Go" at the Oscars last month. Though the live performance on national TV was nerve-wracking, Menzel says that she didn't want to"miss" the moment. She says, "I really wanted to be present. I brought my sister, and she helped me stay calm and grounded. Sometimes your best performances can be like out-of-body experiences, but this time I wanted to remember everything."


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Rays look to re-stock talent pool with MLB Draft
Published on June 10, 2017 in Sports by Bob Sparks
With far less fanfare and the hoopla that surrounds the NFL Draft, Major League Baseball will conduct the first two rounds of their version beginning Monday. The Tampa Bay Rays have the fourth overall pick.
Drafting that high, Tampa Bay has several "can't miss" prospects from which to choose. That does not guarantee the next star player, but they have had some success over the decade.
Melvin E. (B.J.) Upton was their top pick in 2002, followed by Delmon Young the next year, Evan Longoria in 2006, David Price in 2007 and Tim Beckham in 2008.
Two of the more notable first round flops came in 2009 with the pick of LeVon Washington, who did not sign, and never made it above Class A with another organization. One of the saddest failures involved 2010 first round pick Chris Sale, who also never climbed higher than Class A.
The last two first round picks, Josh Lowe and Garrett Whitley, are currently at Class A Bowling Green, Ky.
Several mock drafts project Tampa Bay selecting University of Virginia outfielder Adam Haseley, which would be a safe pick. College players have little leverage and are more likely to sign. Conversely, drafting high school players can by risky because that player has the option of going to college if he is looking for a higher signing bonus offer.
MLB.com projects Louisville two-way player Brendan McKay as their likely pick. McCay struck out 131 batters in 97 innings on the mound, while hitting 17 home runs and knocking in 56 runs at the plate. He also hit .356.
Baseball America sees the Rays making that risky high school player pick. They project Tampa Bay will go with California infielder/outfielder Royce Lewis.
In later rounds, the Rays will have several outstanding Florida-based players from which to choose. That will likely not include University of Florida pitcher Alex Faedo, who is expected to be long gone as a top-15 pick. Two two high school infielders are getting a lot of attention.
Chris Seise is a shortstop from West Orange High School in Winter Garden. Seise is ranked the 34th-best prospect by Major League Baseball Network.
He could conceivably go late in the first round or be available to the Rays with the 4th pick of the second round. The same is true for Miami high school shortstop Jeter Downs, who is ranked 35th by MLB Network.
University of Tampa pitcher Garrett Cave is MLB Network's 88th-ranked prospect while Baseball America has him at 56th. That could lead to a possible late second round or third round pick.
Other Florida-based players who could go in the early rounds include University of South Florida infielder/outfielder Kevin Merrell (a Tampa native and College of Central Florida pitcher Nate Pearson. Both are top 100 prospects.
The draft concludes Wednesday.
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Q: saving a buffered image that has been drawn on with graphics2d, java I am attempting to save a bufferedImage that I have drawn on as a new file.  I open the file, use graphics2d to draw on it (then display the image in a JFrame to make sure its working, which it does) and then saving it to a new file.
The problem is:
The file that gets saved is only the original image.  It does not contain any of the new graphics that I have drawn on it.
Here is a much simplified version of my code:
public driver() throws IOException {
        try {
            image = ImageIO.read(new File("src/mc_map.png"));
        } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
        this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight()));
        image = process(image);
    }

later in another method:
    g.draw(new Line2D.Double(road.start.x, road.start.y, road.end.x, road.end.y));
...
br.close();
        image.createGraphics();
        File map = new File("map.png");
        ImageIO.write(image, "png", map);

relevant methods:
private BufferedImage process(BufferedImage old) throws IOException {
        int w = old.getWidth();
        int h = old.getHeight();
        BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(
            w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
        Graphics2D g2d = img.createGraphics();
        g2d.drawImage(old, 0, 0, null);
        g2d.setPaint(Color.BLUE);
        g2d.drawLine(407, 355, 371, 349);
        readAndDraw(g2d);
        g2d.dispose();
        return img;
    }

    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
    }

    private static void create() throws IOException {
        JFrame f = new JFrame();
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.add(new driver());
        f.pack();
        f.setVisible(true);
    }

A: I faced a very similar problem to you very recently so here is my solution :).
frame simply refers to your JFrame that you are drawing on, width and height refer to the size of the image your are saving.
    try {
        BufferedImage saving = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
        Graphics graphics = saving.createGraphics();
        frame.paint(graphics);
        g.dispose(graphics);
        File map = new File("map.png");
        ImageIO.write(saving, "png", map);
    } catch(IOException exc) {
        System.out.println("problem saving");
    }

EDIT: If your JFrame contains anything other than the image you wish to save I would recommend adding a JPanel to your JFrame and draw to that instead. You would draw in an almost identical manner to what you are doing now but when saving you would replace frame in your code with the name of your JPanel.

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then display the image in a JFrame to make sure its working

Use Screen Image to get a BufferedImage of any component and save the image to a file.

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this is travelling Essay written in Korean. 과거 한 나라였다는 자부심과 현재의 분열된 독립 상태에 대해 다양한 반응과 감정을 드러내기도 했던 세 동유럽국가인들 중에 아직도 많은 인정과 순수한 마음들을 그대로 간직한 사람들을 만날 수 있습니다. 이탈리아를 비롯한 이 나라들을 둘러볼 기회를 갖는 것은 독특하고 아름다우면서도 신선한 매력을 지닌 세계로의 탐험이 될 것입니다.
This is travelling Essay with photos. The unique charm, with its distinctive charm of its art and culture of Italy, the quiet but prominent charm of Slovenia, the charm and beauty of Croatia's UNESCO-designated land, and the beautiful blend of Montenegro's mountains and sea, were so attractive. Having the opportunity to explore these countries, including Italy. will be wonderful.
This is travelling essay with a lot of photos. The unique charm, with its distinctive charm of its art and culture of Italy, the quiet but prominent charm of Slovenia, the charm and beauty of Croatia's UNESCO-designated land, and the beautiful blend of Montenegro's mountains and sea, were so attractive.
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Classic Arts Features Refik Anadol is Using AI to Dream Beethoven Into a New Life in Missa solemnis 2.0
The work is a collaboration between media artist and director Refik Anadol and The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Refik Anadol's Machine Hallucination (2019) Refik Anadol Studio
Music is liquid architecture; architecture is frozen music.—Attributed to Goethe
Goethe admired Beethoven's works. But Missa solemnis 2.0, a collaboration between pioneering media artist and director Refik Anadol and The Philadelphia Orchestra (April 7, 9, 10, supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage), brings Goethe's pithy saying to stunning visual and sonic life in ways the German literary giant never could have imagined.
Beethoven completed his Missa solemnis in 1823. Despite being regarded as one of his most stunning musical creations, the piece is rarely performed. 2.0 reimagines this masterwork in ways that deeply respect the music, while applying 21st-century technology to give it a vibrant new life for today's audiences.
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The composer's partner in this century-spanning project, Refik Anadol, was born in Istanbul. In 2008, while still an undergrad there, he presented his first digital art installation. He went on to create projects that turned the exteriors of buildings all over Europe into artistic canvases, coining the term "data painting" to describe using data as a pigment. After completing master's degrees in Turkey, he enrolled at UCLA to be closer to his heroes, the pioneers in media arts, and to work on what he calls "next-level concepts."
Missa solemnis 2.0 is surely one of those. When the project was first proposed, Anadol remembers thinking "Why not use Artificial Intelligence [AI] to try to reconstruct the reality of what Beethoven could imagine?"
To do that, Anadol turned to a database of 12 million images of buildings that Beethoven could have encountered in Europe. (The final presentation includes imagery representing religious spaces and iconography to create a sort of virtual cathedral for the performance of this sacred work.) He then created custom software that, in effect, allows his AI to listen to the Orchestra performing Beethoven, and "dream" an alternative architecture from the composer's time, while at the same time projecting that dream for the concert audience. (Viewers of the Orchestra's concerts on the Digital Stage had a taste of what's in store during performances of the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in the fall of 2020.)
Which comes first for Anadol, art or technology? "I got my first computer when I was eight years old. And I was clinically addicted to video games at an early age. I loved how the games let me escape from reality. I was in a virtual space throughout my childhood. So for me, there's never been a distinction between art and technology. I see a natural connection with the machine as a creative tool."
Not only that, Anadol says music has always been a key impetus in his creative life. "In all of my projects, every single inspiration has come while listening to music. I have done several projects that combine music and technology—with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, and European orchestras. Meanwhile, Yannick and The Philadelphia Orchestra were looking for a cutting-edge, inspiring, innovative approach to the classical music experience. So it was a perfect match. When they kindly asked if I'd consider a collaboration, and I met with Yannick, his vision for the Missa solemnis was so powerful."
Refik Anadol's Visions of America: Amériques (2014) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Refik Anadol Studio
Turning that vision (and Anadol's take on it) into a physical reality inside Verizon Hall has involved a lot of back and forth. "We have so many restrictions from the engineering perspective. First of all, we are imagining a major scale LED media wall, like a monolith, a data monolith, a data sculpture, going from floor to ceiling; an immersive, multi-dimensional media wall involving millions of pixels. It's very heavy. It requires next-level rigging techniques. We also have to figure out how big it should be, and exactly where to put it. So we are going step by step, but I am very confident we'll have one of the most gorgeous installation designs ever!
"Then we have to train our AI to respond to the music. Yannick made the final decisions on which recordings we should use. And then, because we have to be ready for a live performance, we also have to rehearse live with the AI. We'll be analyzing its behavior right up until the concert."
How did Yannick respond to Anadol's ideas for reimagining Beethoven? "It's amazing," Anadol says. "He's been super open-minded since day one, exploring fresh, new concepts, trusting the computers and algorithms. This is truly future-forward, cutting-edge imagination. I deeply appreciate his collaboration. We've discussed many complex ideas that are way ahead of our time at the moment, but I'm sure if there's a dialog that means we can one day make it!"
While popular culture sometimes depicts AI as a truly frightening development, Anadol completely disagrees. "I'm in love with science fiction in general. I love the idea that buildings will one day dream, and AI will become a part of architecture. I do believe our neuro-scientific capacity will go beyond what it is right now. So AI for me is a good thing. I have a very optimistic attitude. We won't destroy ourselves but become better humans. I'm not a wishful thinker, but truly, I think there's an incredible potential in AI for humanity."
How does his Artificial Intelligence compare to the peak level Human Intelligence embodied by The Philadelphia Orchestra? "Of course, what the mind of the audience will experience and what the AI 'experiences' is completely different," Anadol says. "At the end, the audience will define it and decide. But I think there's a perfect harmony with the music and the visuals when they are exactly 'understanding' each other."
Refik Anadol at work in his studio Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick
He admits, "There will also be some serendipity. We sometimes don't know what the AI will do! So there will be some unexpected beauty, some beautiful, aesthetic accidents, creating inspiring moments."
That serendipity can also be a source of stress, the kind of jitters performers can feel at a premiere. "I know Yannick and all the musicians are playing within milliseconds of perfection," says Anadol. "I'm at the mercy of the computers and algorithms in the digital realm. So the stress comes from trying to be sure that my part of the presentation is as perfect as theirs is, and that this AI doesn't make something random that we don't control. We're really on the edge of technology here, so anything can happen. But that's beautiful stress!"
Anadol notes that some critics have dismissed the idea of using AI to respond to music as "Mickey Mouse." "This is a very intelligent artform. We are creating a machine to hear the music and interpret a narrative with AI."
Speaking of Mickey Mouse, what does Anadol think of a previous grand project involving The Philadelphia Orchestra, cutting-edge technology, and bold imagination: 1940's animated triumph Fantasia?
"I always say this: We are on the shoulders of many giants. Fantasia is one of those shoulders. I was very young when I first saw it, in middle or high school. I don't even know how many times I saw it; it was just so inspiring. Now, working in this AI context with The Philadelphia Orchestra, I'm deeply honored to be close to such shoulders."
Steve Holt, managing partner at re:Write, is a veteran journalist and musician.
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It includes works by Wynton Marsalis, Terry Riley, and Reena Esmail, performed by students from the school's New York and Tianjin campuses.
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The two groups aren't just making music together, they're creating community and advocating for environmental justice.
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Starring Alex Karpovsky, of "Girls," the video for the band's new song "When You Die" is both beguiling and horrifying.
MGMT's new album, which comes out in February, continues the trend: it's called "Little Dark Age," and its newest single, "When You Die," envisions exactly that. "You die / and words don't do anything," VanWyngarden sings. "It's permanently night / and I won't feel anything." All the while, cheery melodies and a driving pulse make this state of nothingness sound hypnotic and inviting. The music video is both beguiling and horrifying. It stars Alex Karpovsky, of "Girls," as a magician. He seems to be arguing with someone in his mind. He dies, then returns, then dies again. The video uses a novel digital technique to show the surfaces of the world transforming. Sometimes everything seems flat, like a pattern in a carpet; at other moments, it's nebulous and made of stars, or biological, as though the whole universe were built from fingers or eyeballs. Later, inexplicably, we are flying through a desolate, endless landscape of mesas and canyons: this is death. The video is mystical and dreamlike, a slice of life as it unravels.
Electronic music is propulsive—the steady beat promises to take us somewhere. In some songs, it seems to go higher and higher; in others, it spirals deeper and deeper. MGMT's songs are in this second category. Their surfaces are bewitching, but it's their haunted interiors that make you want to listen again and again.
The Burlesque Performer Dirty Martini Takes it Off!
Pari Dukovic's photograph of the burlesque performer Dirty Martini accompanies Joan Acocella's piece "Take It Off." After the shoot, Pari made this short Super 8 film with the "queen of the so-called 'new burlesque,' " at The Slipper Room.
The year was mostly about figuring out how to balance a fear of the future with continued existence in the present. These albums provided a soundtrack for that process.


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Over 76 percent Indian Companies Strike by Cyber Attacks in 2018
IT managers discovered 39 per cent of their most significant cyber attacks on their organisation's servers and 34.5 per cent on its networks
More than 18 per cent threats discovered in India are on mobile devices, which is almost double than the global average. Pixabay
Over 76 per cent organisations in India were hit by cyber attacks in 2018 as IT security continued to be a major issue across the globe, global cyber security major Sophos said on Wednesday.
According to Sophos' "7 Uncomfortable Truths of Endpoint Security" survey, IT managers are more likely to catch cyber criminals on their organisation's servers and networks than anywhere else.
IT managers discovered 39 per cent of their most significant cyber attacks on their organisation's servers and 34.5 per cent on its networks.
The survey was conducted on 3,000 IT decision-makers from mid-sized businesses in 12 countries including the US, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, the UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, India and South Africa.
IT managers discovered 39 per cent of their most significant cyber attacks on their organisation's servers and 34.5 per cent on its networks. Pixabay
More than 18 per cent threats discovered in India are on mobile devices, which is almost double than the global average.
Also, 92 per cent Indian IT managers wished they had a stronger team in place to properly detect, investigate and respond to security incidents.
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"Server security stakes are at an all-time high with servers being used to store financial, employee, proprietary and other sensitive data. Today, IT managers need to focus on protecting business-critical servers to stop cyber criminals from getting on to the network," Sunil Sharma, Managing Director, Sales at Sophos India and SAARC, said in a statement.
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Barichievich set for Western States 100
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Barichievich will make 4th start in Western States 100
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South Lake Tahoe's Alan Barichievich will be one of more than 400 ultrarunners representing 16 different countries who will be tested this weekend in the 33rd annual 100-mile Western States Endurance Run.
The run, which follows the Western States Trail originally used by gold and silver miners in the 1850s, starts at the base of Squaw Valley on Saturday at 5 p.m. and ends in Auburn, in the foothills of the Sierra.
"You're traversing the Sierras," Barichievich explained. "You can't get much more difficult than that."
From Squaw Valley, runners ascend 2,550 feet over 4.5 miles to Emigrant Pass. From there, they continue west, climbing another 15,540 feet and descending another 22,970 before reaching Placer High School in Auburn.
The final cutoff time is 11 a.m. on Sunday, or 30 hours after the start of the race. Last year, 317 of the 360 entrants finished the run. This will be Barichievich's fourth start. His first start was in 2001, when he didn't finish, but then successfully completed the race in 2002 and 2003.
"Honestly, the first time I did it in 2001, I didn't know what I was getting into," said Barichievich, who wasn't able to enter the race the past two years. "I didn't really get into running seriously until my wife and I moved up here (in 1999) from the Bay Area. I would certainly like to break 24 hours. That's always my goal."
With temperatures in the Sacramento Valley and foothills expected to top 100 degrees over the weekend, this year's run should be challenging.
"It's gonna be a scorcher," said Auburn resident Tim Twietmeyer, a five-time winner who is entering his final Western States run after 24 previous starts.
Twietmeyer, who also is the president of the Western States Endurance Run Foundation, finished 11th last year in 18 hours, 31 minutes, 30 seconds. With the heat expected for this year's race, Twietmeyer has no intention of beating that time.
"Not in these conditions," he said. "You just go out there and try to survive."
Tahoe City's Robert Kronkhyte will be competing in his seventh Western States Endurance Run.
"I always enter just with the goal to finish," Kronkhyte said.
Other Tahoe-area competitors include Truckee resident Kathy D'Onofrio, who has entered the race several times beginning in 1985 and won it in 1986 and 1988, and Soda Springs' Jack Driver. Seven-time winner Scott Jurek, of Seattle, will not be competing in this year's race. Jurek won last year's race in 16:40.46.
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Google X has decided to set up its first development centre in India at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
This is Google X's first development centre outside United States of America.
In this regard, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Government of Andhra Pradesh and Google X in San Francisco, USA.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Minister of IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh Nara Lokesh and CEO of Google X Astro Teller.
Google X will bring its breakthrough Free Space Optical Communication Technology (FSOC) to implement in Andhra Pradesh Fibergrid Project in 13 districts through 2,000 FSOC links.
Google X is known for developing Waymo (driverless car), Google glass, Project Loon (internet through balloons) and other latest technologies.
"With Google X coming to Andhra, the State will see revolution in communication," said Nara Lokesh.
"The Government of Andhra Pradesh is committed to bring high speed internet and broadband connections to about 12 million households and 130000 enterprises (Government and private) by March 2019," he said.


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Me: "I'm the chaplain." Patient: "Oh God NO!"
I started our first meeting as I have hundreds of times before and since, "I'm Hank. I'm the chaplain."
The response from our new hospice patient took me aback, "Oh God, NO!"
One of the great things about being a chaplain is that, generally, people are glad to see you.
…Let me restate that: People are not glad that they are in hospice and need to see a chaplain. People who are seriously ill and dying are usually pleased to see the chaplain. My standard greeting on a first meeting is, "I am glad to meet you but sorry for what has brought us together."
An invitation to revisit my experience as chaplain
A recent "GeriPal Podcast" has caused me to reflect on my years as a healthcare chaplain. That's "GeriPal," as in geriatrics and palliative care. "Spiritual Care in Palliative Care" is discussed by three chaplain educators and trainers and the two physician hosts.
Years ago, by chance, I became part of an experiment to find out how people actually felt about the prospect of seeing a hospice chaplain. I was the only chaplain working out of the Loudoun/Western Fairfax office of the Hospice of Northern Virginia.
When a new patient came into our service, the admitting nurse would ask the patient or family, "Would you like to see the chaplain?" About 30% said, "Yes." Even at that low rate, my caseload was getting too much for me to cover adequately.
Then, something very fortuitous happened. We merged with another hospice, and suddenly, we had another chaplain to cover the whole eastern half of the region.
Now, we were looking to find a way to increase the caseload to fill this new abundance of chaplain hours. We changed from a question ("Would you like to see the chaplain?") to a simple statement from the admitting nurse — "The chaplain will be calling to set up an appointment in a few days." Bingo! We went from seeing 30% of the patients to seeing more than 75% overnight.
Why would so many people go from saying "No" to a question to so willingly accepting a call from a chaplain?
There are all kinds of reasons people said "No" to the question. Perhaps saying "Yes" implied, "I am not spiritual enough and need help." Or people think of chaplains as "religious" and "I am not religious." Or maybe accepting a visit from the hospice chaplain means, "I don't think my pastor is good enough."
Or, maybe it's the reason the man who said, "Oh God NO!" had when I introduced myself. I asked him, "Why did you respond like that?" He immediately said, "I don't want to die."
Oh my goodness. He was equating meeting the chaplain as meaning he is going to die. In his mind, you only see the chaplain when you are dying. In truth, to be admitted to hospice, he had to acknowledge that his physician was estimating that he had only six months to live. Perhaps, he had seen too many movies with a chaplain escorting a prisoner to the gas chamber or a chaplain comforting a dying soldier.
I used that first visit to assure the man he didn't have to die just yet. I told him people flunk out of hospice all the time by their condition improving. In my mind, I could explore his fear of death in a future visit. But it was not to be.
He had another stroke and never spoke another word. His pastor and I could provide general words of comfort and encouragement in the face of the fear of death, but we had no idea what he was thinking.
So, people refuse to see the chaplain because seeing the chaplain means, "I am dying." The ill-founded logic goes, "Asking to see the chaplain means I am dying. I don't want to die. Therefore, I will refuse the chaplain visits and will not die."
I wish it were that simple.
The "Serenity Prayer" Both In and Out of Jail
What word could I possibly bring to the men in jail? That was the question.
Each Wednesday afternoon, I join three other men from my church, and we sit in silent meditation with a group of inmates. These men at the Lafayette County Detention Center are awaiting trial or sentencing or transfer to another, more "permanent" place of incarceration.
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Both our leaders were going to be out of town, and so leadership had fallen to me. We always start the group with a reading, usually from the Psalms. Surely, the psalms of lament ring true to those behind bars — "My God, why have you forsaken me?"
I could have defaulted to the oft-quoted and ever-favorite Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd," but I wanted to go a different route.
I have no idea what it is like to sit in jail. Guilty or not, these men face uncertain futures and life challenges of which I know nothing. The "Serenity Prayer" came to mind. Long a favorite of those in A.A., this simple prayer has given guidance to alcoholics and addicts for generations. Heck — it has given me guidance.
Originally, it was written as a prayer for worship at a small Christian congregation in Heath, Massachusetts, in the 1930s. Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr wrote it as part of a sermon for his flock. The most common version is just three lines asking for "serenity," "courage," and "wisdom." I included these words in my book, Hard Choices for Loving People, to help those facing the end of life.
In the full prayer below you can see the influence of eastern thought with suffering as a "pathway to peace" and accepting the world "as it is." This reminds me of the current cliché, "it is what it is." These are words for all of us, jailed or free.
Here is the complete prayer:
Prayer for Serenity
by Reinhold Niebuhr
God, give us grace
to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed,
courage to change the things which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other;
living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;
taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it;
trusting that You will make all things right if
I surrender to Your will;
so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and
supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen
"God has told me my wife is not going to die!"
Posted October 13, 2021 by [email protected]
"God has told me my wife is not going to die!" That's how my new hospice patient's husband greeted me.
The nurse warned me that this was coming. The patient had breast cancer that had metastasized to the bone — a usually fatal prognosis.
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash
He went on to say, "I don't want any talk about death or dying, only hope and healing." Months before, I was asked not to return to a home where I had pushed a family to discuss possible death before they were ready.
I was wrong then, and I did not want to blow it again. As a chaplain, I was a guest in their home, so I would abide by his rules. I did say that if the topic of death came up, I would pursue it but would leave it up to them to introduce it. Until then, hope and healing.
Hope and optimism are all around us
There is hope at weddings. I have led many couples to repeat the phrase, "Till death do us part." One pair deleted this phrase from their vows. It was his third marriage and her second. Another bride asked me to remove, "for richer, for poorer."
The couples who didn't edit their vows were being optimistic. The truth is half of all marriages end in divorce.
There's hope in business. Would entrepreneurs start new ventures if they were not hopeful? Sure, they have a business plan and capital. Yet, there has got to be some self-deception, a bit of hopefulness in the face of long odds.
People who study such things call this self-deception the optimism bias. "The optimism bias is defined as the difference between a person's expectation and the outcome that follows. If expectations are better than reality, the bias is optimistic; if reality is better than expected, the bias is pessimistic."
Diversifying hope
It turns out optimists are happier and live longer than pessimists. I wrote in a previous blog about how the self-deception of the placebo effect can take away pain. With these kinds of benefits, so what if an optimist's expectations are better than reality?
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published an opinion piece, "Holding Hope for Patients With Serious Illness." It is about doctors who encounter patients or family members who are hopeful for a happy outcome in the face of a fatal illness. What do they do? They don't take away the hope but diversify it. Here is their summary:
"How can clinicians help patients hold multiple hopes? One approach may be to ask patients what they have heard about their prognosis from their clinical team. Patients could then be asked, 'Given what is coming, what are you hoping for?' It is not necessary to contest the answers nor convince patients to consider other futures. Instead, the clinician could acknowledge the response and ask, 'What else are you hoping for?' And then again, 'What else?' The point is to help patients balance and diversify their hopes, providing flexible future directions and possibilities."
"Satan is trying to get me to doubt it."
I stumbled onto this idea of diversifying hope on my own with the husband who heard a message from God. As I arrived for one visit, he was about to leave for work. He said, "Hank. You know how I said, 'God told me my wife is not going to die'? Well, I still believe that, but Satan is trying to get me to doubt it. Would you pray for me?" I said I would, and he left.
I turned to the wife, who had just found out the cancer had spread to her liver. "Do you have as much confidence as your husband that you will not die?" She burst into tears and said, "I am afraid if I die, my husband will be disappointed in me." My heart sank for them both.
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On the next visit, I sat with the two of them. I told the husband about my conversation with his sick wife. He immediately got up from his chair, took this poor woman's hand, and said, "I would never be disappointed in you. You have done all you can to fight this."
I told them I had two concerns about people in their situation not contemplating the possibility of death. One was some people, believing a patient is not dying, refuse narcotics for extreme pain. (This was not the case with these two.) My other concern was that they might miss some crucial conversations. Conversations about their love for one another, saying good-bye, or finding ways to live fully in the limited time she had left.
The couple assured me they had been doing that, too. They were still hoping for a cure, but they also hoped for enough time to say all that needed to be said. They hoped for freedom from pain by accepting pain medication.
They had already diversified their hopes.
The Spiritual Side of "Grey's Anatomy"
Posted December 16, 2020 by [email protected]
"Chaplain Dunn, we need you in the emergency room," the nurse started her call to me on a Saturday morning. "An eight-day-old baby died at his mother's breast at home and the family needs your support." This family had no minister to call. I did what I could for them. It was a sad, sad situation. A few hours later the funeral home called, and the family asked if I could conduct a graveside service for the child.
For twenty years, for one week each quarter, I volunteered as the on-call chaplain at the Loudoun Hospital Center in Virginia. During normal business hours, there was a full-time chaplain ready to handle emergencies. I almost always got a few calls each week I was on duty. Often, it was for deaths in the ER. Sometimes, it was for stillbirths or neonatal deaths. The staff knew they needed to provide spiritual support in times of crisis. Who could they call after hours?
The mysterious absence of chaplains
As I wrote in my last blog, we have been binge-watching Grey's Anatomy during the pandemic. In the over 300 episodes of Grey's Anatomy I have watched, I can't recall a time when a chaplain was on camera. Isn't that curious? Like all medical dramas, the show is filled with crises and death. Where are the chaplains? Full disclosure here: I am a chaplain and could be protecting my turf.
One past TV medical drama, M*A*S*H (1972-83), cast a chaplain in a significant role. The Mobile Army Surgical Hospital amid the Korean War might make the presence of a chaplain seem more acceptable. After all, it was the Army in the middle of a war. The chaplain, Father Mulcahy (a Catholic priest), was one of only four characters who appeared in all eleven seasons of the hit show — along with "Hawkeye," "Hot Lips" Houlihan, and the crossdressing Klinger.
There was one Grey's episode when two doctors talked about needing to get a chaplain. A patient was asking for forgiveness. He was the landlord of an apartment building that had collapsed resulting in multiple injuries and some deaths. He said he was trying to save up the money to make repairs to the structural damage the building had suffered in an earthquake. Now, people had died because of his procrastination and he wanted to be forgiven.
Dr. Ben Warren said, "The chaplain is M.I.A. and I heard there was a rabbi in geriatrics."
Dr. Leah Murphy encouraged Ben to go see the patient and act as chaplain, "All you have to do is listen and nod your head."
Dr. Warren did see the patient and told him he was not a priest. The guilt-ridden landlord said, "I just need someone to listen."
Just because the show is absent chaplains or other clergy does not mean it does not tackle some very important spiritual and religious topics. More than once did a child need life-saving medical treatment when one parent wanted to trust the doctors and the other wanted to take the child home and trust God only. Similarly, a Jehovah's Witness patient refused to accept a blood transfusion that could have saved his life but would violate his strongly held religious belief. A new intern felt compelled to use her hijab to stop the bleeding in a patient. It was later was returned to her, cleaned, by a fellow physician who knew the spiritual importance of the head covering.
Rabbi Eli, a dying patient, comforts Dr. April Kepner
For nine seasons of Grey's most of the "spiritual teaching," centers around the character, Dr. April Kepner. She starts out on the show as a conservative Christian and something of a prude. Gradually, life seems to interrupt her strongly held beliefs and morals. She loses her virginity and then recommits to a chaste life in an effort to "re-virginize." She gets married, has a child die soon after birth, gets a divorce, and has another child as a single mother. Her own painful life story and the random tragic stories of her patients causes a crisis of faith in Dr. Kepner.
The journey we're all on
Kepner's breakthrough to a more mature faith is helped by a dying patient, Rabbi Eli. He is dying because of a mistake made by Dr. Miranda Bailey. Kepner views Eli's case as just more evidence that God does not care for us. She wants a guarantee that if you are faithful good things will come your way.
The rabbi will have none of the guarantee talk. He recites a long list of faithful biblical characters who were tragic victims. Eli says it's also in "the sequel" (by which he means the New Testament). He argues that if only good things happened in these stories, the bible would not have been a best-seller.
Rabbi Eli helps Dr. Kepner through her crisis of faith
"Who are you to know why some people live and some people die?" the dying man tells Dr. Kepner. "God's not indifferent to our pain…the world is full of brokenness and it's our job to put it back together again." He asks her to tell Dr. Bailey he forgives her for her mistake. He dies confusing Dr. Kepner with his wife who is out of town. Get out the tissues.
Occasionally, the hectic scenes in Grey's O.R. and E.R. shift to the quiet of the chapel. Doctors pray, light candles, or just sit silently. Here, Kepner walks in on a distraught Dr. Bailey who is lighting a candle and seeking solace.
Dr. Kepner comforts Dr. Bailey, who made the medical mistake that led to Rabbi Eli's death
Dr. Kepner tells her, "Eli forgave you. Some things just happen, and we don't get to know why." She came to a point of acceptance and was able to comfort a fellow traveler in this seemingly unfair world. Is this not the journey we are all on?
"Grey's Anatomy" and CPR on Television
True confession: I have joined my 22-year-old daughter in binge-watching Grey's Anatomy during the pandemic. Over 300 episodes viewed and counting. I now know about "10-blade," "clear!" and the importance of declaring "time of death." Also, I never knew there was so much romance and sex going on in hospital supply closets and on-call sleeping rooms. Now I know.
Grey's Anatomy (currently in its seventeenth season) follows Dr. Meredith Grey and her fellow surgeons at a Seattle teaching hospital. She started out as a young, single intern and is now a widowed mother of three small children as well as the chief of general surgery. The show is very engaging, depicting extremely dedicated and hard-working doctors. Most are compassionate, empathetic and caring.
CPR is on TV…but it is not realistic
A staple of medical dramas is the "code." A heart monitor starts beeping loudly, a doctor starts chest compressions, another grabs the paddles of a defibrillator and yells, "Clear!" Sometimes the first shock gets the heart back in rhythm but most often it takes a couple.
While it seems like all of the cardiac arrests on Grey's are with a "shockable rhythm." In real life only about 10% of cardiac arrests are shockable. Medical journals have exposed the unrealistic depiction of CPR on medical dramas.
Why dedicate medical research to the topic? The general public develops a distorted view of the success of the procedure. In 1996, the New England Journal of Medicine looked at CPR on Rescue 911, Chicago Hope and E.R. and found survival rates vastly higher than the actual 17%. On Rescue 911, 100% of those receiving CPR survived.
In 2015 the journal Resuscitation calculated the CPR survival-to-discharge success rate at 50% for House and Grey's Anatomy. That doesn't happen in real life. But if 83% of the CPR patients died on TV, not many people would watch it and the sponsors would probably complain.
I have written before about the futility of CPR for large categories of patients. In the years between the fifth (2009) and sixth (2016) editions of Hard Choices for Loving People, the survival rate inched up from 15% to 17%. It is not that the procedure has gotten better. The clinicians are getting better at advising patients and families about who will NOT benefit from CPR. Survival rates have improved because we are doing LESS CPR.
DNR is a big deal
Occasionally on Grey's, the characters discuss "code status" — whether a patient should have a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order. (See my blog on my preference for AND — Allow Natural Death.)
On the show, it's the patient who is often ready for the docs to write the order so they can have a peaceful death. The family — or even the physicians — sometimes resist. In my experience, this is very realistic. Real-life patients usually come to the conclusion that they are dying before their families or doctors. Their own bodies tell them it is time. This is information others do not have.
The DNR is a big deal. It serves as a sign that it is time to prepare for a comfortable and dignified death. And, on this, I do give Grey's credit for getting it right.


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Q: C++ class output and sort I have a class student with parameters Number, Name, Grade  and  i have functions for input and output
  void insertdata(){
        cin>>number;
        cin>>name;
        cin>>grade;
    }
    void showdata() {
        cout<<number<<" "<<name<<" "<<grade<<endl;
    }

In the main function I'm inserting the data by this way
int n,i;
cin>>n;
student a;
for(i=0;i<n;i++){
    a.insertdata();
    a.showdata();
}

For example the progrom shows this
1 John 5
1 John 5
2 Ron 6
2 Ron 6

I want the input and output to be separate and sorted by grade:
Input:
1 John 5
2 Ron 6

Output:
2 Ron 6
1 John 5

For the sorting i'm using this
bool operator()(student const & a, student const & b) {
        return a.success < b.success;
    }

If someone can help I will be grateful
Thanks in advance :)

A: You can use a predicate to pass to std:sort. For example:
bool by_grade_decr(student const & a, student const & b) {
    return a.grade > b.grade;
}

#include <algorithm> // for std::sort
#include <vector>

int main()
{
  std::vector<student> students = ....;
  std::sort(students.begin(), students.end(), by_grade_decr);
}

A: Use the STL. Vector for the storage and the sort algorithm.
int n,i;
cin>>n;
vector<Student> storage;
student a;
for(i=0;i<n;i++){
    a.insertdata();
    a.showdata();
    storage.push_back(a);
}

sort(storage.begin(), storage.end());


EWA Aerobic Fermenter in the journal of the Polish Academy of Sciences :: AGRO-EKO spol. s.r.o.
In September 2014 was released (under the patronage of the Polish Academy of Sciences) a scientific journal called Infrastructure and Ecology of Rural Areas. It is a scientific journal published by the Commission of the technical infrastructure of Polish rural areas. The journal includes an extensive article on EWA Aerobic Fermenters as part of technological node for biological treatment of mixed municipal waste.
The article presents EWA Aerobic Fermenters which are part of the node for the biological treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW). In the sorting and processing plant of MIKI Recykling company in Krakow, selected components of MSW will be refined in EWA Fermenters using method of biological drying (biodrying). It is a fraction having a high content of biological components, but also RDF (Refuse Derived Fuels) that is dried in EWA fermenter on values required by cement plants.


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As an "ordinary" umbrella, it is worldwide not subject to legal restrictions and can therefore be worn everywhere legally . The Security Umbrella looks elegant, fits in any environment, and unlike other defensive weapons such as a stick, a baseball bat, a defensive stick or a gun, it does not provoke anyone.
Take a look at the picture on the right, this gentleman is traveling with a "regular" umbrella. It carries our "City-Safe", the shorter version of our umbrellas, especially for crowded situations or wherever there are many people, such as public transport, the city, at events etc. The Security Umbrella is completely inconspicuous.
In an emergency, this sturdy defense umbrella can be used as a defense stick or baton. Imagine this gentleman in the city with a baseball bat. That would immediately provoke attention and annoyance and possibly alert law enforcement.
In case of an emergency, you have the umbrella handy and can act immediately. This special security or defense umbrella gives you a sense of safety and through this, self-confidence. You do not look like a typical victim. Thus, the Security Umbrella serves preventively and you do not have to use it against another person.
Due to weather conditions you have to carry an umbrella anyway, from now on you and your family can use the sturdy umbrella instead.


It breaks my heart that there isn't a legal requirement to provide accessible toilets. It feels as though society doesn't care enough for my son's health and dignity.
Rachel's little boy didn't breathe on delivery and was diagnosed ten weeks later with severe brain damage. From then, she and her husband hurtled down an unmarked road of loving a child with complex disabilities and life-limiting epilepsy.
We always try to find a way of doing things that allows him to join in. He's got so much confidence as a result, so we try to encourage him to do his own thing and always be himself.


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Emile Beyer is a family estate located in the heart of the Alsace wine region. The firm of Emile Beyer is under the guidance of Christian Beyer, who represents the 14th generation of the Beyer Family of wine growers in the charming village of Eguisheim, the birthplace and very heart of Alsace wine production. Located just outside of Colmar, Eguisheim was the birthplace of viticulture in Alsace and is a village dear to the hearts of wine lovers. The region is a mosaic composed of chalky marl, sandstone and clay in varying proportions from one plot to the next. The vineyards benefit from the wealth of these diverse terroirs, which combined with the unique microclimate, enables the vine to reach its highest potential. The experience that Emile Beyer has acquired over generations enables the domaine to classify its wines by the grape varietal and also by quality, according to the location of the vines. Each different category must meet the domaine's rigorous quality standards and expectations in order to bear the Emile Beyer label. Today both modern and traditional techniques are used to produce wines of great character and finesse.
Beyer makes three "levels" of wines: the Tradition line are wines are meant to be fresh and consumed young, and to express the true varietal character of the grapes of Alsace, L'Hostellerie/Eguisheim,- a series of varietal wines produced from estate fruit that is harvested from older vines, and terroir wines- those grown in single vineyard sites and Grand Cru rated vineyards.
**Please note that of 2015 & 2016, the "Hostellerie" labeling will retire and all the varietal wines in this level will bear the designation "Eguisheim" in order to reflect the terroir of that particular village. Vine age, farming practises, vinification, and aging remain the same.


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The music I'll never tire of hearing
This week's arrangement beats to a different tempo. Club Members were asked by your Club Correspondent to put life on fermata and pluck, from their repertoire, a song or piece of music that they never tire of hearing. Here are the top six selections.
Flower Garden: Nick Lampe
'Flower Garden' sung by Nick Lampe is a harmony that Kerrie Geard never tires of hearing. It's "my youth nostalgia", says Kerrie.
During the 60s, American musician, Nick Lampe, regularly performed at The Scene in Manhattan, a nightclub on West 46th Street, New York; a club better known for the appearances of The Doors and Jimi Hendrix. Nick Lampe's single, 'Flower Garden' crept into the Go-Set Australian charts in September 1970; a relative minor success compared with Mungo Jerry's then chart topping "In the Summertime".
www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1970/19700926.html
Nick Lampe now works with disabled children in New York. "I still have my guitar, an old Martin D-18," says Nick, "It's about forty years old and is my love."
Big Spender: Shirley Bassey
Let me get right to the point! 'Big Spender' by Shirley Bassey is Mary Cunnington's number one song!
"I saw her at a cabaret in London in 1970," says Mary.
'Big Spender', released in 1967, is singularly Shirley Bassey. Although, it wasn't until the 70s, with the release of her album 'Something' that she entered the crescendo of her career. She hit a record-breaking run of performances at the Talk of the Town nightclub and her rendition of George Harrison's 'Something' struck more of a chord than the Beatles' version.
Roll Me Away: Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
"The song I never tire of hearing? That would have to be Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band's track 'Roll Me Away'," responded Chris D'Arcy. "Bob is from Detroit, Michigan and I first heard his music when I worked in Toledo, Ohio in the late 80s."
Toledo is located in northwest Ohio at the western shore of Lake Erie and borders the state of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Cleveland, Detroit and Fort Wayne are all a mere two-hour drive away. And Chicago, Pittsburgh and Niagara Falls are all within three-five hours' driving distance from Toledo.
"Whenever I hear the lyrics 'We rolled across the high plains, deep into the mountains …', I am back there, driving out on weekends to explore."
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5: Gustav Mahler
The key to experiencing Venice for the first time …
To the opening bars of the Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler, a camera lens reveals a rhythmic trail of vapour in the dawn light, drifting delicato from a steam ferry navigating the Venetian lagoon.
"That scene started my lifelong love of all of Mahler's music," says David Lea, "The first and, unfortunately, only time I went to Venice, I also arrived by ship. It was one of the most magnificent travel experiences of my life and I did so listening to that same haunting piece of music."
"'Wouldn't you just die without Mahler?', as Maureen Lipman's character Trish says in the film Educating Rita, may be a bit melodramatic but his music has certainly enriched my life."
Desperado: Linda Ronstadt
Search 'Desperado' on the web and you'll most likely encounter actor Antonio Banderas playing a do-or-die character; a former musician who has found a stygian use for his guitar case, in a movie by the same name directed by Robert Rodriguez.
Max Darby would say, "Why don't you come to your senses. Linda Ronstadt is 'Desperado'!"
"I went to her concert of hits of the 40s," says Max, "And after adding two long encores, she came out and apologised that there were no more songs prepared with the orchestra. Someone near the back yelled out – sing 'Desperado' – and after standing in silence for a while with eyes closed, she sang it without any backing. It was pure sound for such a complex song."
Do You Hear the People Sing?: Les Misérables
Perhaps it's hardly surprising that innumerable protest songs were written during the 60s. Sam Cooke: 'A Change is Gonna Come'. Aretha Franklin: 'Respect'. Bob Dylan: 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall'. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: 'Ohio'. The list goes on.
"For me," says Adrian Culshaw, "The music I never tire of hearing is 'Do you hear the people sing?' from Les Miz. Luckily I've lost count of how many times I've seen the production!"
'Do You Hear the People Sing?' is a song calling for people to overcome adversity. It's from the 1980 musical Les Misérables; an adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel based on the Paris Uprising of 1832. It is first heard as the students prepare for a night of barricades.
The finale of Club Members' 'never tire of hearing songs' concludes on a classical note! It's a song that your Club Correspondent had until recently quite forgotten but spotted on the soundtrack of the Netflix series, The Queen's Gambit. Thanks go to Kerrie Geard for her second upbeat choice – Mason Williams' 'Classical Gas'.
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A logo example of youth movement groups. Photo: Courtesy of Center of Change.
The Solomon Islands Youth for Change Social movement is encouraging eligible young voters to register for this year's national general election.
Team leader, Elwin Taloimatakwa says, the movement advocates for more young people to participate in Politics, Social and Economic Development.
He says it urges all eligible young voters throughout the country to be registered and exercise their right to vote in the coming general election.
Mr Taloimatakwa explains, this year's general election is very important for the current generation because today's leaders will determine our future; therefore young people must register to determine their leader.
He says, the movement's evaluation report indicates, many young people missed out during the 2006 election because they were not registered.
Mr Taloimatakwa urges young voters to register within the next 40 days and vote during this year's national elections.