China's Detrimental Obsession with Cutting Costs // The Mark Bao Weblog.
China is the manufacturing capital of the world. With over 800 million workers, its workforce is the largest in the world. The obvious answer to manufacturing anything anywhere is China. Because of one reason: it is cheap.
…due to the arbitration of cost of living and currency value.
Currency value drives the low manufacturing expense. Workers work for dollars a day. Their living expense is lowered, because of the low cost of goods in their country. The low cost of goods in China makes less money for the people selling the goods, which is okay because they don't need much to live up on either. It's a vicious cycle. If you go to any city in China, your one dollar will get you far more than what it would in the United States.
Even still, cutting costs is something that is still being done. However, the cutting of costs leads to many, many downsides with its quality, workers, Chinese residents, and China as a whole.
The lower costs to production lead to lower quality goods. Products made from cheap materials are rampant in China. Unfortunately, the words "Made In China" is sometimes associated with low-quality goods. And in some cases, it is fitting.
Although the quality of goods is decent in exports, the quality of goods for consumption in the nation itself is a completely different story. The production of products for use internally by China is governed by an extremely aggressive cost-cutting strategy. There have been, however, incidents with exported Chinese goods that are indeed low quality, and unless the clients of the manufacturers change, nothing in that area will ever change.
Throughout the years, there have been cases of anything extremely awful happening with exports to the United States or other purchasing companies, including a few large incidents that are usually few and far in between. However, as previously stated, the story is different when dealing with Chinese goods.
I rarely go to China these days. I love the country, but the quality of goods there is something to take note of. Although the risk is low, I'm extremely wary of the low quality of goods produced in China. I try to avoid buying manufacturered goods and foods and instead opt for direct-from-farm food.
There are two foodstuffs that I try to avoid from manufacturers at all costs: meat and milk. Those to have been through many internal incidents (since they are rarely exported, to the best of my knowledge.) Milk is very different in China than in other places.
The inspection problem is rampant in China. Many times, I do not even opt for the direct-from-farm milk produced by farmers and delivered directly to the door. At China's massive size, reach, and traditional village and individual autonomy, it is virtually impossible to impose laws and inspections upon the farmers that produce the foods. One does not, for example, know even if pasteurization had been performed on the milk. With farmers barely getting by every year, it is not difficult to imagine the cost-cutting that farmers may take part in.
Manufactured is not better, nor does it give much more confidence to the informed consumer. Although one may say that manufactured milk is more regulated and less autonomous in terms of government intervention, that argument has some merit, but not much. The government seems not to care much about its own people and inspections, though I imagine exist, are not powerful enough. Nor does the government want them to be powerful enough: the more interventions, the higher the cost for the manufacturers, the higher cost for the consumers, and thus, less money exchanges hands, cutting off the blood supply of the national market. Like the small individual farmers, the manufactuers have a will to cut costs.
The problem with laissez-faire economics and market ideals is this very idea. China, despite its socially Communist connections, is a very much based on laissez-faire economics and markets. This is not because the government pushed for this. It is because in a normal capitalist society like that of the United States, United Kingdom, or any other established power, interventions exist in the trajectory of capitalism. With a free market, none of these interventions exist, effectively giving the corporation more power than the government. A normal established capitalistic society has these interventions to protect both their power in their respective nations as well as the well-being of their customers. These are inspections and regulations such as with the FDA.
The difference here is that American manufacturers deal with these inspections and imposed regulations. Thus, the quality of goods is directed by the government, who does have the power to change the regulations and tell manufacturers to comply or get out. Interestingly, China has some power in this as well, despite its extensive size. There is little will to do so, though.
Labour is a huge problem in the nation. Few laws really govern the rights of workers in China. Even still, such laws are rarely followed, given the large extent of the nation. The working conditions in China are notoriously miserable. Cramped areas, hard, fast-paced, dangerous work, in any sector of work, be it manufacturing, mining, buliding, anything.
It is difficult to gauge the quality of working condintions in China. The problem is with the indifferent mindset of consumers: we know that someone produces the goods that we purchase. But do we care about their conditions? Are they just not simply replacable, behind-the-scenes workers?
This disappointing mindset is the block for change towards responsible and ethical working conditions.
Though there seems to be some reports of manufacturing factories being not as bad as they seem, one has to understand that, especially in this economy, the amount of manufacturing work that is outsourced to China is increased every day. They are pushed to produce and produce more. It is most likely true that the amount of new clients and new manufacturing contracts to China outpaces the improvement of working conditions in China.
Interestingly, labour is one thing that can be changed, at least for manufacturers that serve 1st world clients. That's my next article.
Very well thought out article, I agree whole-heartedly. It's a shame the labourers are so taken advantage of, the world need to ease up on consumption before it's too late.
Who and where to condense this summer on furlough, portion your information.
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Escore de Gleason (também conhecido como escala ou pontuação de Gleason) é uma pontuação dada a um câncer de próstata baseada em sua aparência microscópica. O escore de Gleason é importante porque escores maiores estão associados a piores prognósticos, já que são dados a cânceres mais agressivos. Para determinar o escore de Gleason, uma peça de tecido prostático deve ser obtida por meio de biópsia. Isto é realizado através da remoção da glândula (prostatectomia) ou retirando-se uma amostra da glândula através de uma agulha introduzida pelo reto.

Cálculo
O escore de Gleason varia de 2 a 10. Um escore de 2 está associado com o melhor prognóstico, enquanto o escore de 10 com o pior. O escore final é uma combinação de dois escores diferentes, que variam cada um de 1 a 5. Os escores de Gleason estão associados com as seguintes características:

 Grau 1 - A próstata cancerosa se parece muito com o tecido normal. As glândulas são pequenas, bem-formadas e muito próximas.
 Grau 2 - O tecido ainda possui glândulas bem formadas, mas elas são maiores e possuem mais tecido entre cada uma.
 Grau 3 - O tecido ainda possui glândulas reconhecíveis, mas as células são mais escuras. Em uma magnificação maior, algumas destas células deixaram as glândulas e estão começando a invadir o tecido circundante.
 Grau 4 - O tecido possui poucas glândulas reconhecíveis. Muitas células estão invadindo o tecido circundante.
 Grau 5 - O tecido não possui glândulas reconhecíveis.

Um patologista examina a amostra da biópsia e fornece um escore baseado em dois padrões. O primeiro chamado de grau primário, representa a maior parte do tumor (deve ser maior que 50% do padrão total observado). O segundo - grau secundário - está relacionado com a minoria do tumor (deve ser menos que 50%, mas no mínimo 5% do padrão total do câncer observado). Estes escores são então somados para se obter o escore final de Gleason. Por exemplo, uma amostra de próstata pode exibir dois padrões diferentes, a um é atribuído o número 2 e ao outro é atribuído o número 3. O escore final de Gleason neste caso seria 5.

Dessa forma se pode classificar em:
Pontuação 4 ou menor (G1): Células bem diferenciadas, bom prognóstico, pouco risco de complicações. Pode ser um achado acidental em uma cirurgia para remover parte da hiperplasia benigna de próstata. Acompanhar anualmente.
Pontuação 5 a 7 (G2): Células moderadamente diferenciadas, prognóstico menos previsível. O paciente pode-se decidir se quer remover a próstata para evitar complicações ou não.
Pontuação 8 ou maior (G3): Células muito irregulares, invasor, câncer de alto grau. Mau prognóstico por maior risco de complicações e metástases, a próstata deve ser removida.

O escore de Gleason é usado para ajudar a avaliar o prognóstico de homens com câncer de próstata. Junto com outros parâmetros, o escore de Gleason é incorporado a uma estratégia de estadiamento do câncer de próstata que proporciona um prognóstico e ajuda a guiar a terapia.

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Este sistema de pontuação é nomeado em homenagem a Donald F. Gleason, M.D., um patologista do Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Hospital que o desenvolveu com outros colegas na década de 1960s.

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A new guy is chased by a secret government organization while kicking butt with startling precision in The Bourne Legacy, a movie that is attempting to see if you can have a Bourne movie without Jason Bourne.
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I guess I buy the premise that the Bourne movies can exist without Matt Damon. I can even buy that Bourne, the character, isn't necessary for us to be in the Bourne universe. What's important — the name of the sulky spy trained to be a deadly super soldier or the amount of punching, kicking and exploding-stuff that he does? This movie doesn't completely leave Bourne behind — he's talked about constantly — and so it doesn't fully commit to the franchise's next-generation protagonist either.
Not that you really need to remember all of the details (thankfully, because there are a lot of them), but the timeline of this movie appears to overlap some with the last Bourne movie. Newbie Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) is a chemically altered, government-trained soldier-spy-type on the order of a Jason Bourne. He is somehow on the outs with the program (everything is ominously called a "program") and has been sent on a training exercise in the wilds of Alaska. Scenes of him trekking through the wilderness give the story back in Washington a chance to unfold: Due to the actions of Jason Bourne, the government, as personified by a guy named Eric Byer (Edward Norton) and occasionally by a guy named Mark Turso (Stacy Keach), decides to shut down the program, which is CIA for "kill off all the superagents." (Honestly, I had to rely totally on IMDB for names here. The movie makes very little effort to explain who these people are and what their role is. I thought of them as "Shadowy government guy Edward Norton" and "other guy.")
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Rated PG-13 for violence and intense action sequences. Directed by Tony Gilroy with a screenplay by Tony Gilroy & Dan Gilroy, The Bourne Legacy is two hours and 15 minutes long and is distributed by Universal Pictures.


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South Face of Lhotse in Winter
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A six-member team of Japanese climbers, assisted by a Korean expedition and Sherpa climbers, completed the steep South Face of Lhotse in Nepal but could not reach the summit of the 27,940-foot peak. The Japanese, led by Osamu Tanabe, had attempted the South Face twice before, reaching 25,000 feet in 2001 and 27,000 feet in 2003.
After a warm-up climb on Shishapangma in the fall, the Japanese established base camp next to the Korean expedition on November 13. Fixing ropes up the face in heavy snow and high winds, they followed the route claimed to have been soloed by Slovenian Tomo Cesen in spring of 1990 until about 26,250 feet. There, they angled right to a couloir between Cesen's line and the route followed by a Russian team that made the first confirmed ascent of the face in the fall of 1990. Because they diverted from Cesen's line on the upper face, they did not have the opportunity to search for evidence of his famous solo climb.
On December 27, Tanabe, Takahiro Yamaguchi, and Pemba Chorten Sherpa completed the couloir, and Yamaguchi topped out on the face at 3:35 p.m. However, there was too little daylight remaining for the exhausted team to continue the 40 vertical meters to the summit. They retreated and made it back to their high camp by 9:15 p.m. after a 15-hour day.
Date of Ascent: High point reached December 27, 2006
Source: Tokai Section of Japanese Alpine Club, through Tamotsu Nakamura.
French Pair Climbs Nuptse's South Face
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The Extension of the Exclusive Deal with Wanda Cinema Line includes Doremi 2K & 4K IMB/ShowVault servers throughout China
Doremi announced today the exclusive sale of 350 digital cinema servers to China's Wanda Cinema Line — the world's largest cinema operator. Wanda Cinema Line has 100 premium cinemas with plans to have more than 1,000 screens across China by the end of 2012. They will add another 35 cinemas with 350 screens in China by the end of 2013. The acquisition of Doremi's Integrated Media Block (IMB) with ShowVault digital cinema servers will supplement their continued rapid expansion across Asia.
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About Wanda Cinema Group: Wanda Group was founded in 1988 and operates in five major industries, including commercial properties, luxury hotels, tourism investment, cultural Industry, and department store chain. The company has assets of 250 billion yuan ($40 billion) and an annual income of 140 billion yuan ($22.2 billion), and pays 20 billion yuan ($3.2 billion) in taxes. The company now operates 55 Wanda Plazas, 34 five-star hotels, 814 cinema screens, 46 department stores and 51 karaoke outlets across the country. By 2015, the company aims to increase its assets to 300 billion yuan ($44.8 billion) and income to 200 billion yuan ($31.7 billion), and pay 30 billion yuan ($4.8 billion) in taxes, becoming a world-class enterprise. Wanda Cinema Group Directory page
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A female pedestrian was seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Myton Road on Monday evening.
Two ambulances, a paramedic officer and a BASICS Doctor attended the scene of the incident, which took place at about 5.15pm.
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package applier

import (
	bosherr "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/errors"
	boshlog "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/logger"

	bpagclient "github.com/cppforlife/bosh-provisioner/agent/client"
	bpdep "github.com/cppforlife/bosh-provisioner/deployment"
	bptplcomp "github.com/cppforlife/bosh-provisioner/instance/templatescompiler"
	bppkgscomp "github.com/cppforlife/bosh-provisioner/packagescompiler"
)

const applierLogTag = "Applier"

type Applier struct {
	depJob   bpdep.Job
	instance bpdep.Instance

	templatesCompiler bptplcomp.TemplatesCompiler
	packagesCompiler  bppkgscomp.PackagesCompiler

	agentClient bpagclient.Client
	logger      boshlog.Logger
}

func NewApplier(
	depJob bpdep.Job,
	instance bpdep.Instance,
	templatesCompiler bptplcomp.TemplatesCompiler,
	packagesCompiler bppkgscomp.PackagesCompiler,
	agentClient bpagclient.Client,
	logger boshlog.Logger,
) Applier {
	return Applier{
		depJob:   depJob,
		instance: instance,

		templatesCompiler: templatesCompiler,
		packagesCompiler:  packagesCompiler,

		agentClient: agentClient,
		logger:      logger,
	}
}

func (a Applier) Apply() error {
	a.logger.Debug(applierLogTag, "Applying empty state")

	emptyState := NewEmptyState(a.instance)

	_, err := a.agentClient.Apply(emptyState.AsApplySpec())
	if err != nil {
		return bosherr.WrapError(err, "Applying empty spec")
	}

	// Changes local copy of an instance
	a.instance.CurrentState, err = a.agentClient.GetState()
	if err != nil {
		return bosherr.WrapError(err, "Getting state")
	}

	a.logger.Debug(applierLogTag, "Finished applying empty state")

	// Recompile job templates since current instance state might have changed.
	// e.g. dynamic IP could now be set
	err = a.templatesCompiler.Compile(a.depJob, a.instance)
	if err != nil {
		return bosherr.WrapErrorf(err, "Compiling templates %s", a.depJob.Name)
	}

	a.logger.Debug(applierLogTag, "Applying job state")

	jobState := NewJobState(
		a.depJob,
		a.instance,
		a.templatesCompiler,
		a.packagesCompiler,
	)

	jobApplySpec, err := jobState.AsApplySpec()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	_, err = a.agentClient.Apply(jobApplySpec)
	if err != nil {
		return bosherr.WrapError(err, "Applying job spec")
	}

	a.logger.Debug(applierLogTag, "Finished applying job state")

	return nil
}

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Aaron Beard | Associated Press | December 16, 2015
College football: North Carolina aiming for program-record 12th victory
Behind The Seams: North Carolina Argyle
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina didn't lose a game for three months, rolled to lopsided wins against instate opponents and won a division title before falling short in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.
Yet the No. 10 Tar Heels are still driven by the possibility to add another milestone to a historically successful season, even as they juggle some coaching duties on their high-scoring offense.
The Tar Heels face No. 18 Baylor in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 29 with a chance to set a program single-season record with 12 victories, not to mention secure the program's first top-10 finish nationally in nearly two decades. To do that, they'll have to win without assistant head coach for offense Seth Littrell, who was recently named head coach at North Texas after directing one of the nation's top attacks.
They opened bowl practices Saturday.
"It's been smooth for us," right guard Landon Turner said Tuesday at the team's bowl news conference. "It's definitely noticed with Coach Littrell being gone. We all love Coach Littrell and I'm more than ecstatic for him and his new head coaching job. . But at the same time, we haven't noticed too much of a drop-off just because of the relationships of the coaches and what we want to do as an offense is pretty clear."
The Tar Heels ranked 11th nationally in scoring offense (40.9 points) and averaged 486.9 yards per game. Head coach Larry Fedora wasn't ready to commit exactly who would be in charge of play-calling duties with Littrell gone, noting only that graduate assistant Andrew Mitchell would take over Littrell's position duties at tight end for the bowl.
RELATED: The complete college football bowl schedule
Fedora built his coaching reputation during stints as an offensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee, Florida and Oklahoma State before earning his first college head-coaching job at Southern Mississippi.
"We're game-planning the same way we always have an offensive staff," Fedora said. "Right now I haven't really finally decided how it's going to go down in the game. I think that I'll probably be more involved than I have been, but that doesn't mean I'll be making all the calls. I've got guys on our staff that can handle it without a problem."
The possibilities include quarterbacks coach Keith Heckendorf, as well as receivers coach Gunter Brewer and offensive line coach Chris Kapilovic — with the last two sharing the title of co-offensive coordinator. Brewer and Kapilovic have been with Fedora throughout his four-year stint in Chapel Hill.
The only offensive assistant Fedora seemed willing to rule out was running backs coach Larry Porter because he also handles special teams. Fedora said he doesn't have a timetable for when he'll hire Littrell's permanent replacement.
The Tar Heels (11-2) are coming off a 45-37 loss to No. 1 Clemson in the ACC title game, denying them the program's first ACC title since 1980. But the Tar Heels are only the fourth team in the program's long history to reach 11 wins, the second team to go 7-0 at home and the first to put together an 8-0 record in ACC regular-season play.
All season, Fedora opened meetings by telling his team "Coastal champs, state champs" to emphasize their goals. The goal now is to cap a memorable season with that record 12th win.
"We've been aware," quarterback Marquise Williams said. "Coach Fedora mentions it every day, probably every second."
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HomeNational / InternationalTeen in video says he sought to calm tension
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January 21, 2019 News National / International Comments Off on Teen in video says he sought to calm tension
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A teen at the center of a video confrontation with a Native American organizer of a march in Washington, D.C., says he did nothing to provoke anyone and sought to calm the situation.
The student identified himself in an email Sunday evening as junior Nick Sandmann of Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky. An official working with the family confirmed Sandmann's identity, speaking on condition of anonymity because the source didn't want to distract from the teen's statement.
Sandmann says students were waiting at the Lincoln Memorial for buses to return to Kentucky on Friday when four African-American protesters there began insulting them.
The Native American, Nathan Phillips, told The Associated Press he approached the Kentucky students to keep the peace between them and the third group of protesters. Videos show Sandmann standing very close to Phillips and staring at him as he sang and played the drum. Other students — some in "Make America Great Again" hats and sweatshirts — were chanting and laughing.
Sandman says the students began yelling "school spirit chants" to drown out the protesters and he did not hear students chant anything "hateful or racist at any time."
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package org.apache.vaadin.ui.table.filter;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.tepi.filtertable.FilterGenerator;

import com.vaadin.data.Container.Filter;
import com.vaadin.data.util.filter.Compare;
import com.vaadin.data.util.filter.Or;
import com.vaadin.server.Page;
import com.vaadin.ui.AbstractField;
import com.vaadin.ui.CheckBox;
import com.vaadin.ui.Field;
import com.vaadin.ui.Notification;

/**
 * Created by tringuyen on 10/24/16.
 */
public class DemoFilterGenerator implements FilterGenerator, Serializable {

    @Override
    public Filter generateFilter(Object propertyId, Object value) {
        System.err.println("Custom Filter Requested (with value) for PropId: "
                + propertyId);
        if ("id".equals(propertyId)) {
            /* Create an 'equals' filter for the ID field */
            if (value != null && value instanceof String) {
                try {
                    return new Compare.Equal(propertyId,
                            Integer.parseInt((String) value));
                } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) {
                    // If no integer was entered, just generate default filter
                }
            }
        } else if ("checked".equals(propertyId)) {
            if (value != null && value instanceof Boolean) {
                if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(value)) {
                    return new Compare.Equal(propertyId, value);
                } else {
                    return new Or(new Compare.Equal(propertyId, true),
                            new Compare.Equal(propertyId, false));
                }
            }
        }
        // For other properties, use the default filter
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public Filter generateFilter(Object propertyId, Field<?> originatingField) {
        System.err.println("Custom Filter Requested (with field) for PropId: "
                + propertyId);
        // Use the default filter
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public AbstractField<?> getCustomFilterComponent(Object propertyId) {
        System.err.println("Custom Filter Component Requested for PropId: "
                + propertyId);
        // removed custom filter component for id
        if ("checked".equals(propertyId)) {
            CheckBox box = new CheckBox();
            return box;
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public void filterRemoved(Object propertyId) {
        Notification n = new Notification("Filter removed from: " + propertyId,
                Notification.Type.TRAY_NOTIFICATION);
        n.setDelayMsec(800);
        n.show(Page.getCurrent());
    }

    @Override
    public void filterAdded(Object propertyId,
                            Class<? extends Filter> filterType, Object value) {
        Notification n = new Notification("Filter added to: " + propertyId,
                Notification.Type.TRAY_NOTIFICATION);
        n.setDelayMsec(800);
        n.show(Page.getCurrent());
    }

    @Override
    public Filter filterGeneratorFailed(Exception reason, Object propertyId,
                                        Object value) {
        /* Return null -> Does not add any filter on failure */
        return null;
    }
}


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Gottfried Mind (* 25. September 1768 in Bern; † 7. November 1814 ebenda) war ein Schweizer Inselbegabter und Zeichner, der sich auf Kinder- und Tiermotive spezialisierte. Aufgrund seiner gelungenen Katzenzeichnungen wurde er als Katzen-Raffael bekannt.

Leben

Mind wuchs in einfachen Verhältnissen auf, war körperlich behindert und geistig zurückgeblieben. Er fiel schon als Kind durch seine Begabung im Zeichnen und Schnitzen auf. Um 1775–1780 lebte er in Johann Heinrich Pestalozzis Erziehungs- und Arbeitsanstalt Neuhof in Birr, wo er im Bereich der bildenden Kunst eine Begabung zeigte, aber weder das Schreiben noch das Rechnen erlernen konnte. Nach der Schliessung des Neuhofs 1780 nahm ihn die Familie des Berner Malers Sigmund Freudenberger auf, in dessen Atelier er zunächst als Kolorator und Zeichner arbeitete. Nach Freudenbergers Tod arbeitete Mind weiter in dessen Atelier. Mind starb im Alter von 46 Jahren an einer Lungenkrankheit.

Werk

Mind zeichnete vor allem ländliche Genreszenen mit Kindern sowie Haustiere, insbesondere Katzen. Er wies ein überdurchschnittliches Erinnerungsvermögen für visuelle Eindrücke auf und zeichnete fast nie nach der Natur, sondern nach der Erinnerung. Seine Katzenbilder zeichnen sich aus durch anatomische Genauigkeit und Einfühlungsvermögen in das häusliche Leben der Tiere, die er z. B. beim Jagen, Spielen oder Schlafen darstellte. Die französische Malerin Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun prägte den Spitznamen Katzen-Raffael für ihn.

Literatur
 Der Katzen-Raphael, Künstler-Anekdote von Josef Meßner, Bohemia Nr. 73, 29. Mai 1846.
 Der Katzen-Raphael. XII Blätter Katzengruppen. Radiert von L. Bellon, E. Eichens, F. Hegi, A. Hüssener, R. Reyher und A. Schrödter. Nebst einer kurzen Lebenskizze Mind's und der Novellette Der Katzen-Raphael von Franz Freiherrn Gaudy. Verlag E. H. Schroeder Berlin 1861.

 Franz Wiedemann: Der Katzenraphael. Lebensbild eines seltsamen Künstlers. 2. Auflage. Oehmigke, Leipzig 1887.
 Adolf Koelsch: Gottfried Mind, der Katzen-Raffael. Versuch eines Lebensbildes. Montana, Zürich und Stuttgart 1924.
 Walter Ueberwasser: Der Katzen-Raphael. In: Du: kulturelle Monatszeitschrift, Band 3, Heft 1, 1943, S. 21–23.
 Katzen. Texte aus der Weltliteratur. Hrsg. von Federico Hindermann. Mit Illustrationen von Gottfried Mind. Manesse im dtv, München 1994 ISBN 3-423-24044-X.

Weblinks

 [ Mind unter den berühmten Berner Künstlern, mit weiteren Links]
 [ Mind unter den bildenden Künstlern mit Katzenmotiven]

 Bestände zu Gottfried Mind im Katalog der Burgerbibliothek Bern

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I love that track. Not because of the lyrics (they don't interest me), but because of the music. Ian's singing, Ritchie's guitar work, Ian's drum fills - everything. I don't know why Blackmore hated it. In Chris Charlesworth's Illustrated Biography I've read that Ritchie, Roger and Ian Paice didn't like the vocals - so perhaps it wasn't just Blackmore's decision not to put it on the album.
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Published 11:05 am Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Arthur Ray Tharpe Sr., 87, of Keysville, died Wednesday, May 31, 2017.
He was a Korean War combat veteran, proudly serving his country in the United States Army. He worked as a fuel truck driver at Jenkins Oil Company in Keysville for many years until his retirement. Arthur Ray never met a stranger and thoroughly enjoyed talking to everyone.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 39 years, Selma Duffer Tharpe, and his second wife of 16 years, Pearl Townsend Tharpe. He is survived by three children, Arthur Ray Tharpe Jr., of Farmville, Michael Dale Tharpe (Tammie), of Charlotte Court House, and Elizabeth Ann Newman (Bob), of Natural Bridge; six grandchildren, Christopher Tharpe (Josie), Jessica Allen, Cody Evans, Jordan Newman, Katelyn Newman, Brianna Newman; four great-grandchildren, Johanna, Isabella, Natalie, Sydney; four siblings, Harvey T. Tharpe, of Charlotte Court House, Cecil Tharpe (Mary) of Clover, Jane Binford (Herbert Jr.) of South Hill, Nancy Smith of Kenbridge. Special family friends include Donnie Hinson of Keysville and Carla of The Woodland, Inc. in Farmville.
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Il Giro d'Italia 2003, ottantaseiesima edizione della "Corsa Rosa", si svolse in 21 tappe dal 10 maggio al 1º giugno 2003, per un percorso totale di 3 489,5 km. Fu vinto dall'italiano Gilberto Simoni.

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Tappe

Squadre e corridori partecipanti

Resoconto degli eventi
Dopo il primo arrivo in salita il Giro sembrò incanalarsi verso una lotta serrata fra Garzelli e Simoni. Quest'ultimo però strappò la maglia rosa al rivale nella tappa appenninica con arrivo a Faenza, e da lì controllò agevolmente la gara, aggiudicandosi anche tre tappe. Petacchi si aggiudicò sei tappe, le prime per lui al Giro, eguagliando il Cipollini del 2002. Ultimo Giro per Marco Pantani, che dopo due stagioni buie riuscì a fare una buona corsa classificandosi quattordicesimo, dopo essere rimasto a lungo nelle prime posizioni.

La gara si aprì con le tappe per i velocisti: Alessandro Petacchi vinse a Lecce, Catania e Avezzano tenendo la maglia rosa per sei giorni, poi il simbolo del primato passò a Stefano Garzelli, primo sul Terminillo davanti a Gilberto Simoni. Si tornò in pianura e questa volta il re delle volate fu, come nel 2002, Mario Cipollini, che con i due successi di Arezzo e Montecatini Terme (18 e 19 maggio) eguagliò e superò il record assoluto di 41 tappe vinte al Giro, primato detenuto da Alfredo Binda.

Il giorno dopo a Faenza la tappa andò al norvegese Kurt Asle Arvesen; Simoni attaccò però a sorpresa sul Monte Casale, staccò Garzelli e lo superò nella generale prendendogli la maglia rosa. Poi, sulle Alpi, consolidò il primato vincendo le tappe dello Zoncolan (monte inedito al Giro, affrontato dal versante di Sutrio) e dell'Alpe di Pampeago, guadagnando in entrambe lo occasioni una quarantina di secondi sul rivale. Intanto Petacchi vinse sui traguardi di Marostica, Pavia e Asti e aggiunse altre tre tappe al bottino del Giro 2003 (alla fine saranno sei i suoi trionfi).

Si tornò sulle Alpi, in Piemonte. La tappa di Chianale, sotto la pioggia, risultò decisiva: sulla discesa del Sampeyre Marco Pantani, in quel momento decimo, e Garzelli caddero, e al traguardo Simoni, secondo dietro a Frigo, riuscì a guadagnare loro 16'01" e 5'10" rispettivamente, ipotecando la corsa (quel giorno 34 atleti conclusero fuori tempo). L'indomani Pantani tentò più volte di andare all'attacco, ma Simoni gli rimase a ruota e anzi andò a batterlo sull'arrivo di Cascata del Toce. Fu quella l'ultima prestazione di livello per Pantani – chiuderà il Giro al quattordicesimo posto – prima della morte, avvenuta nel febbraio 2004. Simoni invece salì sul podio finale con Garzelli e il giovane ucraino Jaroslav Popovyč, terzo.

Dettagli delle tappe

1ª tappa
 10 maggio: Lecce > Lecce – 201 km

Risultati

2ª tappa
 11 maggio: Copertino > Matera – 177 km

Risultati

3ª tappa
 12 maggio: Policoro > Terme Luigiane – 140 km

Risultati

4ª tappa
 13 maggio: Terme Luigiane > Vibo Valentia – 170 km

Risultati

5ª tappa
 14 maggio: Messina > Catania – 176 km

Risultati

6ª tappa
 16 maggio: Maddaloni > Avezzano – 222 km

Risultati

7ª tappa
 17 maggio: Avezzano > Monte Terminillo – 146 km

Risultati

8ª tappa
 18 maggio: Rieti > Arezzo – 214 km

Risultati

9ª tappa
 19 maggio: Arezzo > Montecatini Terme – 160 km

Risultati

10ª tappa
 20 maggio: Montecatini Terme > Faenza – 211 km

Risultati

11ª tappa
 21 maggio: Faenza > San Donà di Piave – 222 km

Risultati

12ª tappa
 22 maggio: San Donà di Piave > Monte Zoncolan – 185 km

Risultati

13ª tappa
 23 maggio: Pordenone > Marostica – 155 km

Risultati

14ª tappa
 24 maggio: Marostica > Alpe di Pampeago – 162 km

Risultati

15ª tappa
 25 maggio: Merano > Bolzano – Cronometro individuale – 42,5 km

Risultati

16ª tappa
 26 maggio: Arco > Pavia – 207 km

Risultati

17ª tappa
 28 maggio: Salice Terme > Asti – 117 km

Risultati

18ª tappa
 29 maggio: Santuario di Vicoforte > Chianale – 175 km

Risultati

19ª tappa
 30 maggio: Canelli > Cascata del Toce – 239 km
Risultati

20ª tappa
 31 maggio: Cannobio > Cantù – 133 km

Risultati

21ª tappa
 1º giugno: Milano > Milano – Cronometro individuale – 33 km

Risultati

Evoluzione delle classifiche

Classifiche della corsa

Classifica generale - Maglia rosa

Classifica a punti - Maglia ciclamino

Classifica scalatori - Maglia verde

Classifica Intergiro - Maglia azzurra

Classifica a squadre - Trofeo Fast Team

Classifica a squadre - Trofeo Super Team

Note

Bibliografia

Collegamenti esterni

Ciclismo nel 2003
Giro d'Italia


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         class="net.sf.ehcache.distribution.RMICacheManagerPeerProviderFactory"
         properties="peerDiscovery=automatic, multicastGroupAddress=230.0.0.1,
         multicastGroupPort=4446, timeToLive=32"/>

    <cacheManagerPeerListenerFactory
        class="net.sf.ehcache.distribution.RMICacheManagerPeerListenerFactory"
        properties="hostName=localhost, port=40001,
        socketTimeoutMillis=2000"/>

</ehcache>

This file is included in a number of my web applications (within a JAR, whcih is then packaged into the WAR's WEB-INF/lib directory), all of which are deployed on the same JBoss instance.  I would like all the applications to use the same ehcache.xml configuration and thus share data in the same cache.  However, many times when I try and deploy all of these applications on this game instance, I get the below error …
2016-04-25 15:21:41,007 ERROR [net.sf.ehcache.distribution.MulticastRMICacheManagerPeerProvider] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 128) Error starting heartbeat. Error was: Can't assign requested address: java.net.SocketException: Can't assign requested address
        at java.net.PlainDatagramSocketImpl.socketSetOption0(Native Method)
        at java.net.PlainDatagramSocketImpl.socketSetOption(PlainDatagramSocketImpl.java:74)
        at java.net.AbstractPlainDatagramSocketImpl.setOption(AbstractPlainDatagramSocketImpl.java:310)
        at java.net.MulticastSocket.setNetworkInterface(MulticastSocket.java:554)
        at java.net.MulticastSocket.joinGroup(MulticastSocket.java:320)
        at net.sf.ehcache.distribution.MulticastKeepaliveHeartbeatReceiver.init(MulticastKeepaliveHeartbeatReceiver.java:88)
        at net.sf.ehcache.distribution.MulticastRMICacheManagerPeerProvider.init(MulticastRMICacheManagerPeerProvider.java:95)
        at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.doInit(CacheManager.java:479)
        at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.init(CacheManager.java:395)
        at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.<init>(CacheManager.java:270)
        at org.hibernate.cache.ehcache.EhCacheRegionFactory.start(EhCacheRegionFactory.java:69)
        at org.hibernate.internal.CacheImpl.<init>(CacheImpl.java:49)
        at org.hibernate.engine.spi.CacheInitiator.initiateService(CacheInitiator.java:28)
        at org.hibernate.engine.spi.CacheInitiator.initiateService(CacheInitiator.java:20)
        at org.hibernate.service.internal.SessionFactoryServiceRegistryImpl.initiateService(SessionFactoryServiceRegistryImpl.java:46)
        at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.createService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:234)
        at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.initializeService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:208)
        at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.getService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:189)
        at org.hibernate.internal.SessionFactoryImpl.<init>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:240)
        at org.hibernate.boot.internal.SessionFactoryBuilderImpl.build(SessionFactoryBuilderImpl.java:465)
        at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.build(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:881)
        at org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(HibernatePersistenceProvider.java:135)
        at org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(HibernatePersistence.java:50)
        at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:290)
        at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:310)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1573)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1511)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:521)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:458)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:293)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:290)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:191)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1119)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:924)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:479)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:410)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:306)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:112)
        at io.undertow.servlet.core.ApplicationListeners.contextInitialized(ApplicationListeners.java:187)
        at io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl.deploy(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:195)
        at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentService.startContext(UndertowDeploymentService.java:100)
        at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentService$1.run(UndertowDeploymentService.java:82)
        at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
        at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:320)

My question is, how can I instruct each web application to use the same second level cache and ehcache configuration?

A: Try packaging the WAR's together into a single composite EAR project. You also will likely want your ehcache.xml file to be outside your packaged EAR (but still on the classpath), so that it can be configured separately by environment (Dev, Test, Prod, etc.)


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CILT CONDUCTS THE PB KARANDAWALA MEMORIAL LECTURE JOINTLY WITH CMM.
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Sri Lanka held their 24th P.B. Karandawala Memorial Lecture on 24th January at Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian & Research Institute. The lecture was conducted jointly with Company of Master Mariners. Family members of late Mr Karandawala were present at the talk.
The late Mr. P.B. Karandawala was widely regarded as a pioneer in developing the maritime sector in Sri Lanka. He had the rare distinction of being the Chairman of three state transportation entities that focus on three different modes, The Ceylon Shipping Corporation, Air Ceylon and Ceylon Transport Board, during the 1970s. He established the National Shipping Line and structured around it several independent organizations to provide the support it needed in its nascent years, such as the Freight Bureau, the Ceylon Shipping Lines, the Port Services and the Colombo Dock Yard. He was known as a leading Economist from the Central Bank and later went onto serve the United Nations as a Shipping and Sectoral Economic Adviser to many developing countries.
The title of the memorial lecture was "Contribution of International Shipping and Maritime community towards sustainable development" which was delivered by Capt. Peshala Medagama who is a CMILT and a CMM. He is an IMO consultant and Asst. Vice President International Relations, Foreign Projects and Local Branches and Consultant, Department of Marine Simulation, CINEC Maritime Campus.
In his speech he mentioned about 17 UN sustainable development goals and how the maritime community is working towards sustainable development. Amidst the global challenges that we face, Sri Lanka has committed to achieve these targets set for SDGs by 2030, he said.
He further elaborated that shipping is the life blood of the global economy and in future it will become as the most environmentally friendly mode of freight transport than transporting goods by planes or trucks due to lowest carbon foot print per unit of cargo transported thereby ships of future becoming smarter, greener & faster. In concluding the speech, he reiterated that shipping industry has an important role to play in helping to achieve the aforesaid goals before end of 2030. Q&A Session was moderated, by Council member Mr Ibrahim Saleem, CMILT.
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Willie Nelson's Weed Line Photobombs Governor McAuliffe
By Jackie Kruszewski @jackiekru
@Bioannie1
Between Willie Nelson and Gov. Terry McAuliffe sits a can labeled Willie's Reserve.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe hung out with Willie Nelson on Saturday night, but did he neglect to enforce the laws of the state he governs?
McAuliffe doesn't know whether marijuana was present, his spokesman, Brian Coy, tells Style. And besides, he says, the governor doesn't know what pot looks like.
At least that's what Coy told The Richmond Times-Dispatch, which reported on the photo Monday: McAuliffe "wouldn't know marijuana or related paraphernalia if it walked up and shook his hand."
McAuliffe visited the country star in his trailer during Fair Aid 2016 in Bristow. "The governor swung by unannounced just to say hi to the performer," Coy says.
In a picture posted on Twitter by @Bioannie1 — Nelson's wife — a jar labeled Willie's Reserve is visible on the table between them. That's a line of marijuana products launched by the singer and songwriter this year.
The governor has expressed his support for legalizing medical marijuana but remains opposed to recreational use. Nelson long has been an advocate for full weed legalization. Coy says the governor is aware of Nelson's stance: "They disagree on that."
Possession is a misdemeanor in the commonwealth. Asked whether Nelson should be arrested next time he's in Virginia now that he is known to possess it, Coy says they "don't have any comment on that."
A 2015 study by the Drug Policy Alliance, based on state data reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shows that arrests for marijuana possession in Virginia increased by 76 percent between 2003 and 2013. During that period, such arrests decreased nationwide.
The study showed a racial disparity, with a 106 percent increase in state arrests of blacks and a 44-percent increase of whites. In 2013, black Virginians accounted for nearly half of the arrests for marijuana possession, despite making up only 20 percent of the population.
But data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, gathered between 2002 and 2009, suggests that marijuana use rates are similar among white and black Virginians — 11.3 percent of blacks and 9.1 percent of whites report using the drug.
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Q: quill : drop content at the position under the pointer In some editors, when you want to drag and drop a piece of text from outside it, the cursor follows the mouse pointer and you can drop at the position of the mouse pointer, the cursor being below it.
In my case, I have a problem because the text is dropped where I set the cursor position before dragging the text (taken from outside the editor), whatever the actual position of the mouse pointer at the moment of dropping. The text cursor in the editor is not following the mouse pointer.
Do you think I made a mistake somewhere in my code, i.e. is there a simple way to achieve that behaviour ?
Thanks (again) !


Zillow.com says there are 6,089 homes for sale in the county we want to live in, but I am having trouble finding one that like. It is probably a good thing our house hasn't sold. Now that we are wanting to downsize, I just don't want another house that looks like our current one, even if it's smaller.
Found this one awhile back... Both my daughter's LOVED this house....but, it was in the wrong county (high taxes) and the Master Suite was too small.
I guess I am looking for a house that has the feel of our house back in California.
Here's a scanned photo of it. Absolutely LOVED that house even though it was only 1,535 square feet. I don't think I could downsize that much! My master closet was large, though!
I loved gardening even then. I used to grumble when I had to buy 6 bags of mulch! LOL!!! We get 30 yards delivered now!
This is my playhouse when I was a little girl. We brought it with us to North Carolina 10 years ago. I guess my love for a Cape Cod style house was set when I was 5 years old.
I showed you this house last month... It definitely fit the bill and was a great price...I'm just not sold on the location. The Master Bath and closet are a little small, too.
The lot is over an acre with lots of trees. It has 2 different 2 car garages!!! There is a separate 2 car garage with living quarters above. Oldest daughter would love that. But, (and it's a big but!) the house needs a total design fix! Every room needs paint and new flooring. It is so ugly inside, I am afraid to go see it! Not sure if we are up for it. Plus the house color ... and that stone!!! Yuck.
It's 2,500 sq feet plus the space above the second 2 car garage. This house doesn't look like it could be that large.
I have already started playing with what could be done to the exterior without spending an arm and a leg.
Definitely would have to paint it a lighter color, too.
Those are my thoughts for today...Do you have a favorite style of house? Do you have a preference for what size the house is? Neighborhood or no neighborhood? New or Old?
I am not crazy about huge homes...hard to make them feel cozy. I like the size of our home..it is perfect for us...the boys each have their own rooms, we have a guest room and there is a small bonus room which is theirs to hang out, play video games and watch TV. I love wood and stone homes, and a front porch is a must. When the boys leave, we will probably stay here, as they will still be coming home etc....so for us it was perfect all the way around. I loved that one home with the great landscaping that is now off the market...that is cute.
That is our fear, we will get ready to down size and won't find anything we like. We have deiced if we can't find what we want within a reasonable amount of time we will just build and get exactly what we want. Good luck!
We are definately "no neighborhood" people! But I totally love manicured neighborhoods. I love all styles of houses but really want a brick house again, like the one we built ourselves. This vinyl siding home we have now and I imagine even cement siding requires a lot of powerwashing maintiance to keep it looking clean. Not fun! For me its all in the layout not so much the size, but above all else is location,location,location! Being where I want to be takes priority over all else, as we are living proof now!
I like looking at houses. I'm sure you could whip that last one into shape with all your design skills!! Can't wait to see where you end up.
I just love looking at houses! I'm a "neighborhood" person. Our neighbors are some of our best friends. I like all sorts of houses but I tend to lean to the more traditional. I guess that's why my house has a porch & columns!
I would love to have live on some land overlooking the ocean or a marsh, but we love having a neighborhood with kids around for Jemma to play with. I love the traditional lowcountry style homes with big front porches. Of course, I have a tiny one, but that will change! We downsized some and even though I have moments where I hate it, this is really a nice size for us, but I do love a big house!
I'm partial to the last home even if it does need some special touches. It has good bones and the property is to die for. With your talents in the landscaping you will make it even better! Someday with Grandchildren you will appreciate a yard for them to play in and not worry about getting near a busy street! Ahh, I've jumped ahead a long way into the future!


Bharti Airtel on Saturday launched its fourth generation (4G) trials, exclusively for its existing customers here, a company statement said.
As part of the initiative, customers across the city can now avail a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at 3G \rices.
"The company will use this trial phase as an opportunity to gather valuable customer feedback around the quality of its 4G services and assimilate these market insights into Airtel's wider agenda of building a world-class 4G network infrastructure for the city," the statement said.
"We want our existing customers to be the first ones to enjoy the Airtel 4G experience and are offering them a free upgrade to Airtel 4G at the same price as 3G," said Bharti Airtel's Ashok Ganapathy, hub chief executive officer of Mumbai, Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat.
The company said to avail this offer, existing customers with 4G ready mobile devices can walk into any of Airtel's retail touch-points across Mumbai and upgrade to a 4G SIM.
Airtel has also announced go-to-market partnerships with Samsung and Flipkart to proliferate 4G devices.
Earlier in April 2012, Airtel had launched India's first 4G service in Kolkata.


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Our location puts you on the way to The Kruger National Park, and a trip here is a must when you hunt with us. Our lodge is located on the boundary of the park, and we offer guided day trips into the park daily. Please do not think of this magic place, as a commercialized park where the animals are not wild.
A trip to the Kruger National Park can be done over three days, with two over night stays. An easy add on to a 7 day hunting safari.


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Q: Calendar 'date(byAdding:to:options:)' is unavailable after Swift 4 update How do I use the new way? What is this wrappingComponentsif the previous call was passing Options(0)?

'date(byAdding:to:options:)' is unavailable: use
  date(byAdding:to:wrappingComponents:) instead

wrappingComponents: If true, the component should be incremented and wrap around to zero/one on overflow, and should not cause higher components to be incremented. The default value is false.

A: The documentation for NSCalendar date(byAdding:to:options:) states the following for the options parameter:

If you specify no options, overflow in a unit carries into the higher units (as in typical addition)

The documentation for Calendar date(byAdding:to:wrappingComponents:) states the following for the wrappingComponents parameter:

If true, the component should be incremented and wrap around to zero/one on overflow, and should not cause higher components to be incremented.

This implies that false will cause higher components to be incremented.
So it would seem that for the Calendar date(byAdding:to:wrappingComponents:) you would want to pass false to be the same as the old function with no options.


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"I am really interested in macro level social work and changing systems to allow all people to freely and fully participate in democracy."
MSW student, Colleen Kristich, grew up near Syracuse, N.Y. and received her Bachelor's degree in psychology from Houghton College. A woman of many passions, Kristich also studied environmental biology and spent several years getting some work experience before settling on pursuing her passion related to social justice. As she moves toward graduation in May, Kristich already appreciates the tangible skillset provided by UB's MSW program as well as the person-in-environment perspective it offers.
Driven to stand up for those who do not always have a voice of their own, Kristich says "I am really interested in macro level social work and changing systems to allow all people to freely and fully participate in democracy." She has specific interest related to criminal justice reform and had opportunity to get some firsthand experience with the legal system during her foundation year field placement at the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo.
In her advanced year field placement, Kristich has been able to get even more hands-on experience working with the Partnership for the Public Good. She elaborates, "I've been able to be more involved in ongoing campaigns to change policies relating to bail reform and bringing language access to Buffalo for speakers of other languages…it's been really exciting." Kristich especially values the field experience offered by UB's MSW program because it directly relates to the type of work she wants to do after graduation. She is open minded and says she could "start out almost anywhere on some type of progressive social issue campaign" and hopes to one day direct a non-profit or run a statewide campaign.
While reflecting on her experience in the program so far, Kristich expresses an appreciation for the real world experience professors bring to the classroom. She goes on to say their experience is "really varied depending on what professor you're talking to. They might have done research with people experiencing homelessness or they might have personally been affected by addictions." Kristich specifically singles out a valuable experience she had in Dr. Bowen's class where she was able to conduct a community analysis in Buffalo's Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.
As a student who has a desire to get involved, Kristich was also part of the first ever Social Impact Fellows program. She was paired with an MBA student and together they worked with the Matt Urban Hope Center to implement social enterprise as a way to intervene in lives of vulnerable people. Colleen and her partner actually came in second place, securing prize money for Matt Urban.
Through her varied experiences in the program, one of Kristich's biggest takeaways is how resilient people can be. She says, "we talk about trauma a lot and that's important, but the other side of trauma is resilience…I've learned people are more resilient than they are given credit for. It's an encouraging and uplifting thing to discover."
As she puts together the pieces she's obtained from the MSW program, Kristich is beginning to solidify her conceptualization of her career goals. She shared a quote she heard that she feels summarizes her viewpoint around the need to avoid just talking about problems but also take action: "a vision without a task is just a dream, a task without vision is drudgery, but a vision combined with a task is the hope of the world." Like many of UB's students, with the skills and perspective provided by the MSW program, as well as her own personal drive and sense of justice, Kristich is well equipped to - at least in a small way - work with others toward a world full of hope.
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Tell Us: Are Anti-Google T-Shirts a Good Look for Microsoft?
Microsoft isn't playing nice and Google isn't thrilled about it. Though, it doesn't appear to be boiling over with rage, either.
Courtesy of Microsoft, you can now drink your morning coffee out of a mug emblazoned with Google's logo and the fighting words "Keep Calm While We Steal Your Data," while lounging around in a range of anti-Google t-shirts (or a hoodie, if you're cold).
The move to sell anti-Google merchandise is a brazen continuation of Microsoft's "Scroogled" campaign, which criticizes Google for scanning users' emails in order to serve up personalized ads, among other complaints.
Yesterday, Google responded with a barbed formal statement from its spokespeople: "Microsoft's latest venture comes as no surprise; competition in the wearables space is really heating up." The message was quickly followed by a string of cheeky comments from Google employees.
The responses underscore the idea that while Microsoft is busy organizing attack campaigns, Google is busy, well, being Google and working on innovations like Google Glass.
But is Microsoft's new line of merchandise -- which consumers are expected to want enough to pay for -- a smart strategy for dealing with the competition? Most items have already sold out, but does the move make Microsoft seem a little ... desperate? Take our poll below and let us know what you think.
What do you think about Microsoft's line of anti-Google merchandise?


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Marine and Aviation Cover protects your business for any damage caused to your goods while in transit, or if the goods don't arrive at all. This cover can be for international or local transits.
When shipping internationally it is very important to understand what International Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS) apply as this can have a major impact on any claims made.
Why do I need Marine and Aviation?
If your business imports or exports goods or you send products around New Zealand, then you need this cover. If any of your goods in transit go missing or get damaged, you won't be out of pocket.


Stone Temple Pilots is the seventh studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. It is the second consecutive self-titled album by the band and was released on March 16, 2018. The album is the first to feature lead singer Jeff Gutt, and the first without original singer Scott Weiland, who died in 2015. The first single from the album, "Meadow", was released on November 15, 2017. A second single, "Roll Me Under", was released on January 31, 2018 to announce the album's release and the band's 2018 tour. A third single from the album, "The Art of Letting Go", was released on February 22, 2018 and a fourth single, "Never Enough", was released on March 8, 2018.