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JOHN Graham nike air max 2017 rabais , who captained the All Blacks in three of his 22 test s and later became president of the New Zealand Rugby Union, has died at age 82.

New Zealand Rugby confirmed Graham died on Wednesday as a result of cancer. Graham was a flanker who made his test debut against Australia in 1958 and toured South Africa in 1960, playing in two test matches. On his return to New Zealand he said: “If we had any conscience and feeling for humanity air max 2017 rabais , we should not have been touring South Africa.” He remained an outspoken opponent of sporting ties with South Africa during the apartheid era. Graham played in every All Blacks test between 1961 and 1964 and captained New Zealand in his last three tests, succeeding Wilson Whineray. He was NZRU president in 2005 and manager of the New Zealand cricket team from 1997 to 1999.

JAKARTA， March 14 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will hold events in several Australian cities to promote yacht tourism in waters of world's largest archipelago country so as to vibrate the nation's maritime tour， would eventually contribute efforts to meet targets in national tourism sector.

Indonesian Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said on Tuesday that government-organized yacht tour promotion events were scheduled in Geraldton， Hillary and Mandurah from March 19 to 26 and in Freemantle and Darwin from April 6 to 9.

Those events were highly expected to grab part of Australian yachters who used to spend their activities in Indonesia's neighboring countries of Singapore， Malaysia and Thailand.

"Why can't we shift their activities here， we are the world's largest archipelago country. We have more attractions than those countries，" the minister said here， citing to Indonesia's prominent marine tour destinations which popular among international celebrities.

Among those destinations， which mostly in eastern region， were Wakatobi， Raja Ampat， Halmahera， Takabonerate， Buton， Selayar， Sumbawa isles and Lombok.

The minister said Australia has huge potentials as marine tourism is popular tour activities among Australians with thousands of people joined many yacht clubs in several coastal cities.

Indonesia can tap huge benefits from yacht parking fees and spending of Australian yachters who may sail across Indonesia's waters for months.

Tourism Deputy Minister for International Marketing I Gde Pitana said that besides offering more interesting destinations， Indonesia also has award winning snorkeling and diving sites.

"Indonesia's Raja Ampat earned CNN's award for of best snorkeling site in the world in 2015， the second best was Labuan Bajo. In 2017 the influential Dive Magazine awarded Indonesia as world's best and most favorite diving destination，" Pitana said.

Yachters don't need to worry about lengthy procedure to enter Indonesian with yachts as the present government has simplified the CAIT (Clearance Approval for Indonesia Territory) procedure， making them able to get the CAIT document in three hours from the previous three weeks before the entrance， Pitana added.

Alibaba Group on Monday announced its plan to provide unique QR codes for 10 billion products on its shopping platforms by the end of this year as part of efforts to protect intellectual property.

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Also, the QR codes help build connections between products on Alibaba's platforms and consumers, which will facilitate member marketing efforts.

Wang Xiruo nike air vapormax grise homme , the vice president of Alibaba, said the company would further expand the scope of its program to enable traditional enterprises to understand the whole process from manufacturing to selling and give consumers a clear picture of every step in the delivery of the goods they buy.

Last week, Paris-based Kering Group nike air vapormax blanche homme , whose luxury brands include Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, filed a lawsuit against Alibaba in a New York court over counterfeits sold via its e-commerce shopping platforms Taobao and Tmall.

Alibaba has dismissed the suit as baseless and says it plans to fight the case. "We continue to work in partnership with numerous brands to help them protect their intellectual property and we have a strong track record of doing so," it said in a statement on Monday.

Newly crowned world champions New Zealand have already been installed as evens favorites to win a third successive title in Japan in four years nike air vapormax noir homme , and the -nations of the northern hemisphere woke up on Sunday knowing the gap is as big as ever.

Saturday's 34-17 victory over Australia in a memorable final secured back-to-back titles for the sport's superpower, who have now won 14 successive World Cup matches since their shock 2007 quarterfinal defeat by France.

"The greatest team ever? Possibly. For the moment let's just all agree that this is the best team in World Cup history," former All Blacks captain Sean Fitzpatrick wrote in The Sunday Times. "This is the most meticulous nike air vapormax rabais , best-prepared team in rugby. This is not just about skills but game management, which told in the last 15 minutes when they snuffed out any chances of what would have been a remarkable Aussie fightback.

"The world, particularly the northern hemisphere nike air max 2017 bleu homme , will now be wondering how they can close the gap - I wouldn't be getting your hopes up."

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