It's not as wild as it sounds. A report from trusted Apple leaker Mark Gurman recently revealed that the company had considered doing just that with the iPhone X. That's right: Apple seriously weighed releasing a phone with no physical ports whatsoever - in 2017 (the plans, in part, were likely scuttled by Apple's severely delayed wireless charging pad). It raises questions, but most of them are not actually difficult to answer. First, though, let's address a big one: why?
For starters, Apple has corralled itself with its trademark Lightning connector, a cable with limited capabilities and a small accessory ecosystem. Its Macbook laptops have all switched over to USB-C, and it seems a given at this point that Lightning's demise is not a matter of if, but when. But does that mean a USB-C iPhone, or one that foregoes external ports entirely?
Regardless, the groundwork to abandon Lightning is being laid in other product lines as we speak. Apple's current generation of iPad Pro models utilize a secondary pogo pin system for some accessories like keyboards. The idea that the "smart connector" would eventually be able to assume other responsibilities - like faster charging and data transfer, necessary for a "Pro" level product - is not far fetched. And at that point, the Lightning port would be purely vestigial.
While not as ubiquitous as they once were, iPhone docks are still a significant business. Killing the Lightning port would be the 30-pin switch all over again.
Given the way the stars are aligning, we could see Apple forego a USB-C version of the iPhone entirely, instead opting for wireless charging and, quite possibly, a take on the iPad's smart connector. Could you imagine a $100 iPhone case explicitly designed to add back wired charging and a headphone jack to your $1000 smartphone? Because I sure can. It would also allow Apple to remain proprietary and further reduce the number of ways an iPhone could be accessed for exploitation or by law enforcement.
The nascent wireless charging infrastructure would need time to mature, certainly, but I bet this is coming sooner than most of us would expect (I would not be surprised to see it two to three generations of iPhone from now). And it probably means Apple's competitors will follow suit in short order.
Samsung, for example, has invested heavily in wireless charging, and a recent FCC filing revealed the company's most powerful charging pad ever - one that would likely rival typical wired quick chargers for speed. Samsung's bread and butter, of course, has been in highlighting what it gives consumers that Apple doesn't, so I wouldn't expect a port-less Galaxy phone any time soon. That probably won't stop other brands from trying, though.
Samsung has doggedly refused to drop the 3.5mm jack on its smartphones - so it's hard to imagine a Galaxy without a USB port.
Removing the charging and data port would free up yet more precious internal space in the smartphone, space that could be used to make the device thinner, sneak in a bit more battery capacity, and simplify the process of water-sealing. Broken connectors are also an increasingly non-trivial repair as phones become ever-more glued and gasketed together in ways that make taking them apart without causing damage difficult. Relegating wired charging to cases that transfer power from a USB cable through a set of pogo pins on the phone would make such repairs a thing of the past.
A shift wouldn't be without significant challenges. In fact, it's easy to see how removing the USB port would be viewed as hostile to consumers - because in the short term, it certainly would be. It also raises the question of just how far customers are willing to be shoved for the sake of sleekness and streamlining that tend to be the concern of aspirational product managers and engineers, not your average smartphone buyer. Apple made sure to sell its infamous headphone dongle at an oddly reasonable price ($9), and recently dropped pricing on Macbook dongles to appease unhappy customers. If the world's most valuable brand is making such concessions in order to ease consumers into a less-wired future, that probably doesn't bode well for competitors. Companies like LG, Sony, or Google would have a much harder time making such a proposition to more fickle, and less brand-loyal customers, probably making the idea of removing the USB port almost unthinkable at this stage.
No USB port wouldn't spell the end of dongles, probably just their marginalization (meaning even more inconvenience).
Which is to say, it'll probably be a long time yet before we see an Android smartphone without a USB port. Apple, as often is the case, will have to make the first move if such a shift is going to occur, and even for a company notorious for its own hubris, that's a pretty big move to make. Still, Apple's love affair with minimalism is the stuff of legend - a phone with no ports whatsoever would be a clear milestone in that realm.
Still, it's probably just a matter of time.


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Marvel's Black Panther has proven to be a juggernaut at the box office. The Ryan Coogler-directed film scored the fifth-best domestic opening weekend of all time, raking in over $201 million.
The staggering numbers added Black Panther to a Top 5 that includes Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Jurassic World and Marvel's Avengers. The film has been a strong performer globally as well, debuting at $370.5 million and surpassing $400 million based on Monday's domestic estimates, according to Deadline.
The film, which stars Chadwick Boseman as the titular character, also made waves on Sunday (February 18) by grossing $60.1 million. The figure was enough to make it the second-best Sunday gross of all time, narrowly trailing Star Wars: The Force Awakens' $60.5 million on December 20, 2015.
Black Panther has not only been a huge earner at theaters but also received rave reviews. Critics and audiences alike have showered the film with praise. It currently has a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Disney, which owns Marvel, didn't expect Black Panther to rival the widespread success of The Avengers. But Dave Hollis, Disney's President of Theatrical Distribution, noted how the film's predominantly Black cast was able to attract an underserved market.


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Q: Multi-step MFA with custom ADFS 3.0 IAuthenticationAdapter I'm setting up custom MFA providers for ADFS 3.0 by implementing IAuthenticationAdapter, I want to add another step in to the authentication process whereby, for example with email-based OTP, the user is first prompted to confirm his or her email address before the code is sent and then the user is prompted to enter the OTP, or perhaps the user is prompted to verify some mobile digits before sending out an SMS OTP, however the workflow in the authentication pipeline seems quite rigid, you get BeginAuthentication, OnError and TryEndAuthentication, but implementing additional steps seems much more involved.
So far I have some up with two possible solutions, and I'd like to hear if anyone as any comments or preferences, or hopefully a better way of doing this.

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*Call TryEndAuthentication more than once, passing a different context to represent which stage of the process should be rendered with an IAdaperPresentation.

*Add jQuery and other custom scripts as text resources to the custom provider assembly and then inject them in to the IAdapterPresentationForm.GetFormHtml method to make the form dynamic and even do some in-line AJAX calls to a separate MVC / Web API service, and do the email verification before showing the user the authentication form, such that you end up with something like this...
Here's my custom script resource (Provider.txt):
            function alertMe() {
                $("#serviceResponse").html("It Works!");
            }

And here's what I did in GetFormHtml:
            var jQuery2 = Properties.Resources.jQuery2;
            var script = Properties.Resources.Provider;

            result += "<script type=\"text/javascript\">";
            result += jQuery2;
            result += "</script>";
            result += "<form method=\"post\" id=\"loginForm\" autocomplete=\"off\">";
            ...
            result += "    <input id=\"alertButton\" type=\"button\" name=\"Alert\" value=\"Alert Me\" onclick=\"alertMe();\" />";
            result += "    <div id=\"serviceResponse\" />";
            ...
            result += "    <input id=\"continueButton\" type=\"submit\" name=\"Continue\" value=\"Continue\" />";
            result += "</form>";
            result += "<script type=\"text/javascript\">";
            result += script;
            result += "</script>";

I've not tried the first method yet, and I'm not even sure if the ADFS authentication pipeline will allow this kind of workflow.
I have tried the second method and amazingly it does work, although, as I'm sure you'll agree that from a Developer's point-of-view it's nowhere near as clean as I'd like!
So what do you think, am I missing a simple setting or interface which I could cleanly implement to do this, or is this the only way?

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Crossing borders: TravelBlog 7
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 25, 2011 | Opinion
Some borders are easier to cross than others, but the Israeli border is not among them. Participants in the "Bible Lands Study Tour" sponsored by Campbell University Divinity School learned that the hard way May 25 as we made our way from Jordan back into Israel.
The day (which happened to be Jordan's Independence Day) began with a visit to the baptism site at "Bethany Beyond the Jordan," where many believe Jesus was baptized. John 1:28, which follows the story of Jesus' baptism, says "This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing." The site bears the remains of several ancient churches built there as pilgrim sites where people could come to be baptized.
The churches were built, not on the banks of the Jordan, but by a pool formed in a tributary not many yards from the main channel of the Jordan, a place where the water would be more still and less muddy. Broken steps in the center of the photo show where fifth or sixth century believers would enter the water to be baptized. The site has recently been developed on the Israeli side, too. With soldiers looking on, a group of Greek Orthodox pilgrims visited the site as we stood on the opposite side of the river.
The site is also home to a cave traditionally associated with both Elijah and John the Baptist. A church was once built over the cave, and a monastery and baptismal pools were built adjoining it. Unfortunately, our Jordanian guide knew very little about the site, so we saw that part only from the bus.
That tweak of frustration was amplified as we drove the few miles to the border crossing, a bridge that the Israelis call the Allenby Bridge and the Jordanians call the King Hussein Bridge. Security departing Jordan was quite lax, but it still took more than half an hour to leave the country.
Security on the Israeli side was another story (and one not allowed to be captured on film). Officials pulled several of our bags aside and searched them thoroughly, taking far more time than was necessary, and leaving us to sit and wait. Three of us had bought souvenir bedouin knives in Petra, and the agents acted as if they'd never seen such a thing, though I'm sure tourists must bring them through every day. Another bag containing bed sheets bound for Bethlehem Bible College was searched, and yet another that held a bag of suspicious objects that were nothing more than metal crosses. After much frustration, we were allowed to proceed.
Our day improved dramatically when we rolled into Jericho about 3:00 p.m., more than ready for lunch at the Temptation Restaurant, so named because it faces a mountain traditionally associated with Jesus' temptation in the wilderness. The food there was marvelous, and needless to say, we yielded.
The restaurant is adjacent to Tel el Sultan, where the remains of ancient Jericho have been partially excavated. A large tower discovered there by Kathleen Kenyon dates back more than 10,000 years, earning Jericho the title of "Oldest City in the World." A view from the tel, looking over modern Jericho, shows why it has been settled for so long. A strong spring located beneath the red roof in the lower part of the picture provides enough water to make the surrounding area an oasis and giving it the additional title "City of Palms."
After a brief look at an old sycamore tree named for Zacchaeus, whose story took place in Jericho (Luke 19), we stopped at a popular shop that sells ceramics and Hebron glass.
Parts of the old Jericho road have been repaired and reopened recently, so we were able to drive a few miles out the old road and look down at St. George's Monastery, built into a cliff face near the bottom of the Wadi Qelt, so deep and dark that some locals call it "the valley of the shadow of death." Hebrew lore contends that David visited the area with his flocks and must have been inspired to write the 23rd Psalm there.
Although there's nothing more than tradition to support the story, we thought it would be meaningful to recite Psalm 23 as we stood and looked down into the dark cleft, nestled beneath the barren Judean hills, a place where one can easily turn to God for help because there's nothing else around.
We had no sooner gotten out "The Lord is my shepherd," however, than a formation of Israeli fighter jets screamed overhead on a training mission, completely drowning out our recitation. The irony of trusting military might rather than God was not lost on any of us.
The day ended with our first brief glimpse of the Old City of Jerusalem as we emerged from the tunnel at the top of the new Jericho road and circled the city as the bus' CD player blared the strains of "Jerusalem," and we were encouraged to join in singing the chorus.
Tomorrow: the Palm Sunday Road, Dominus Flevit, and the Garden of Gethsemane in the morning, then Bethlehem and a visit to our friends at Bethlehem Bible College in the afternoon. We are tired, but ready.
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My Kind of Kids -- but don't let Georgie know that
What a great prank. Too bad the stupid school is overreacting.
Students Allegedly Post Fake Snow Day
RENTON, Ohio — Two teenage girls are accused of gaining unauthorized access to their school district's Web site and posting a fake winter school closing, police said.
Edgewood City Schools Superintendent Tom York said he was perplexed when he entered the Web site to announce a one-hour delay for cold and found an announcement that school was canceled for snow _ which wasn't in the forecast.
"I didn't make that call, and I'm the guy who does, so I knew something was up," York said.
The two Edgewood High School students were charged Friday and face expulsion. The fake notice, posted Feb. 5, confused many parents and persuaded some students to stay home.


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Explaining SDRs (Special Drawing Rights)
IMF Factsheets List
Special Drawing Right (SDR)
The SDR is an international reserve asset, created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement its member countries' official reserves. So far SDR 204.2 billion (equivalent to about US$291 billion) have been allocated to members, including SDR 182.6 billion allocated in 2009 in the wake of the global financial crisis. The value of the SDR is based on a basket of five currencies—the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Chinese renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the British pound sterling.
The role of the SDR
The SDR was created as a supplementary international reserve asset in the context of the Bretton Woods fixed exchange rate system. The collapse of Bretton Woods system in 1973 and the shift of major currencies to floating exchange rate regimes lessened the reliance on the SDR as a global reserve asset. Nonetheless, SDR allocations can play a role in providing liquidity and supplementing member countries' official reserves, as was the case with the 2009 allocations totaling SDR 182.6 billion to IMF members amid the global financial crisis.
The SDR serves as the unit of account of the IMF and some other international organizations.
The SDR is neither a currency nor a claim on the IMF. Rather, it is a potential claim on the freely usable currencies of IMF members. SDRs can be exchanged for these currencies.
A basket of currencies determines the value of the SDR
SDR Value
The SDR value in terms of the U.S. dollar is determined daily based on the spot exchange rates observed at around noon London time, and posted on the IMF website.
The SDR was initially defined as equivalent to 0.888671 grams of fine gold—which, at the time, was also equivalent to one U.S. dollar. After the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, the SDR was redefined as a basket of currencies.
The SDR basket is reviewed every five years, or earlier if warranted, to ensure that the SDR reflects the relative importance of currencies in the world's trading and financial systems. The reviews cover the key elements of the SDR method of valuation, including criteria and indicators used in selecting SDR basket currencies and the initial currency weights used in determining the amounts (number of units) of each currency in the SDR basket. These currency amounts remain fixed over the five-year SDR valuation period but the actual weights of currencies in the basket fluctuate as cross-exchange rates among the basket currencies move. The value of the SDR is determined daily based on market exchange rates. The reviews are also used to assess the appropriateness of the financial instruments comprising the SDR interest rate (SDRi) basket.
Currency Weights determined in the 2015 Review Fixed Number of Units of Currency for a 5-year period Starting Oct 1, 2016
U.S. Dollar 41.73 0.58252
Euro 30.93 0.38671
Chinese Yuan 10.92 1.0174
Japanese Yen 8.33 11.900
Pound Sterling 8.09 0.085946
During the last review concluded in November 2015, the Board decided that the Chinese renminbi (RMB) met the criteria for inclusion in the SDR basket. Following this decision, the Chinese RMB joined the US dollar, euro, Japanese yen, and British pound sterling in the SDR basket, effective October 1, 2016.
The SDR interest rate (SDRi)
The SDRi provides the basis for calculating the interest rate charged to members on their non-concessional borrowing from the IMF and paid to members for their remunerated creditor positions in the IMF. It is also the interest paid to members on their SDR holdings and charged on their SDR allocation.
SDRi VALUE
Determined weekly based on a weighted average of representative interest rates on short-term government debt instruments in the money markets of the SDR basket currencies, with a floor of 5 basis points. It is posted on the IMF website.
SDR allocations and transactions
Under the Articles of Agreement, when certain conditions are met, the IMF may allocate SDRs to members participating in the SDR Department in proportion to their quotas (known as a general allocation). A special one-time allocation in 2009 enabled countries that joined the IMF after 1981 (i.e., after previous allocations) to participate in the SDR system on an equitable basis. The SDR mechanism is self-financing and levies charges on allocations which are then used to pay interest on SDR holdings.
Members can buy and sell SDRs in the voluntary market. If required, the IMF can also designate members to buy SDRs.
Criteria for inclusion in the SDR basket
Export criterion:
Issuer of currency is an IMF member or a monetary union, that includes IMF members, who is one of the top five exporters of the world.
Determined to be "freely usable" currency by the IMF:
Currency is widely used to make payments for international transactions and widely traded in the principal exchange markets
2015 SDR Review
SDR valuation and SDRi basket composition
Effective October 1, 2016, the Chinese RMB was included in the SDR basket, and the three-month benchmark yield for China Treasury bonds was included the SDRi basket.
The inclusion of the RMB in the SDR basket has diversified the basket and made its composition more representative of the world's major currencies.
Weighting formula
A new formula—assigning equal shares to the currency issuer's exports and a composite financial indicator—was adopted to determine the currency weights in the SDR basket.
Operational implications
Since October 1, 2016, the RMB is a freely usable currency and can be used in Fund financial transactions.


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Kurdistan precarious but steadfast on eve of referendum
Lydia Khalil
The allure of a referendum on Kurdish independence has overridden the practical implications and very real risks.
Photo: Younes Mohammad/Getty Images
Published 25 Sep 2017 13:46 0 Comments
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It is hard not to be sympathetic to the decades-long Kurdish struggle for independence and self-determination. The long-suffering Kurdish nation was summarily divvied up by the Sykes-Picot Agreement (a document that continues to vex the Middle East to this day) and the Treaty of Lausanne after World War I. Ever since, the dream of Kurdish statehood has been dashed, Kurdish culture and language the targets of liquidation, Kurdish people the target of massacre and genocide and Kurdish political considerations stifled by regional and international geopolitical interests. Ever since, Peshmerga fighters and astute Kurdish political leaders have been struggling for statehood.
All of the moral, emotional and democratic arguments for Kurdish national independence are there. They always will be. The referendum on Kurdish independence planned for today in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) area in northern Iraq seems long overdue.
But (and there is always a but) when it comes to Kurdish independence, the geopolitics remain as treacherous as ever; the security situation as precarious as ever; and the economic viability of a new Kurdish state, amputated off of a hobbled Iraqi state, as fragile as ever. Even as the democratic arguments for Kurdish independence remain self-evident, so too do the daunting geopolitical risks. It is this conundrum that has constantly vexed the Kurdish people in their struggle for a nationhood.
Since the 2003 Gulf War, the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has enjoyed an unprecedented level of autonomy and influence. They control their own borders, elect their own parliament, draft their own laws and maintain their own security. Without actually declaring a state, the KRG is a de facto one. It is a tribute to the savvy political tradecraft and strategic vision of Iraqi Kurdish leaders and a sign of Baghdad's dysfunction and weakness. Civil wars, the Islamic State and successive revolutions and coups have kept the region and the KRG's neighbours in a state of disoriented flux. The KRG has deftly exploited the situation to its advantage, never officially declaring statehood but creating facts on the ground and expanding their autonomy. So with an autonomous de facto state, a weak central government in Baghdad, and entrenched opposition to formal Kurdish statehood from international and regional interests, the question is: why now? Why hold a referendum at all?
Proponents of the referendum argue that the same old justifications – Turkey's seemingly intractable opposition, the lack of international support, the need to keep the territorial integrity of Iraq and the potential spillover effect – will always remain, and will not be removed by further delay or negotiations with the KRG's neighbours.
The Kurds could never rely on international support. Baghdad already withdrew budgetary support a few years ago when the KRG and the central government could not reach an agreement on sharing resource revenue. Baghdad has few cards to play. The KRG has been surrounded by security threats since its inception. Despite Turkey's warning of guaranteed retaliation, Turkey is also distracted by political and security problems. Syria is not much of state and can no longer mount serious opposition to the KRG. There will never be a perfect moment and the time is particularly ripe now, particularly off the back of a Peshmerga-assisted victory against Islamic State.
Besides, proponents argue, the referendum is not an official declaration of independence, but one step below. The referendum will only ask 'Do you want the Kurdistan region and the Kurdistani areas outside the region's administration to become an independent state?'. It is an aspirational question, not an outright declaration. There is no official timeline attached and a 'Yes' vote won't trigger any immediate moves towards independence. All an affirmative vote would do is strengthen the KRG's hand in coming negotiations with Baghdad. With Iran's tightening grip on the rest of Iraq, proponents of the referendum argue that the KRG has little time to waste before Iran's growing influence makes favourable negotiations less likely. Kurdish Peshmerga also now have de facto (though controversial) control over Kirkuk, a city the Kurds call their Jerusalem. The analogy is far from perfect, but control over this resource-rich city is central to the KRG's push for independence.
Moreover, one cannot discount the strong desire for this current crop of KRG leadership, particularly President Masoud Barzani, to be the ones to deliver independence. They are leaders of a certain age who have literally been through the wars. They have personally experienced decades of military and personal struggle, and want to be the ones to deliver independence before they are overshadowed by the next generation of Kurds, who have largely grown up in an autonomous Kurdistan.
Then there are the local political dynamics. The KRG's many successes are often hailed in the media, but there is an underlying instability that this referendum aims to mask. Barzani's term ended two years ago but he remains in his position. He runs his section of the KRG like a tribal chieftain, not a democratically elected leader. Tensions been his KDP party and the PUK and Gorran are high. Opposition figures have been persecuted. The media and civil society have been stifled. Prior to this month, parliament hadn't met for two years, ever since the leader of the opposition was barred from entering. The KRG's budget remains fragile ever since Baghdad stopped payments. The KRG, and Barzani in particular, want to distract from the economic and political troubles and allegations of corruption leveled against KRG leadership. This referendum is a perfect way to do it.
There is also a pervasive sense that, despite the many perils of declaring independence, the Kurds will never be secure as part of Iraq. The chemical attacks of Halabja are seared into the national memory. Saddam's Arabisation policy destroyed thousands of Kurdish villages and killed 100,000 people. Iraqi Kurds fear that the same chauvinistic tendencies remain.
But while the reward of statehood might be great, the risks are all too real and could quickly overshadow any victory a 'Yes' vote may bring. The UN Security Council, which failed to pass declarations against the Assad regime during six years of a brutal civil war, issued a unanimous statement expressing concern about the referendum, calling the vote destabilising. The US, the Kurds' strongest military ally, has come out against it. Iran, Turkey and Iraq announced on Friday that they would consider 'countermeasures' if the KRG goes through with the vote. Turkey has begun military exercises along the Turkey-KRG border. And the KRG is being guilt-tripped into calling off the referendum because it could affect ongoing operations and regional cooperation against Islamic State.
But the referendum is going ahead and a 'Yes' vote will be the likely outcome, despite the many Kurds who are sceptical of the timing. An affirmative vote won't result in immediate independence, but it will result in swift retaliation.
Nevertheless, the allure of Kurdish independence has overridden the practical implications and very real risks. The Kurds have a poetic saying that 'the Kurds have no friends but the mountains'. Since World War I, no one has agreed to Kurdish statehood, despite purported sympathies. The Kurds' allies have routinely abandoned them and their adversaries remain steadfast. The unrealistic and audacious vision of Kurdish statehood is reflected in those mountains: precarious but steadfast.
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Leading the prevention of global health threats
Australia can showcase the importance of international cooperation to stop the spread of pathogens.
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The Asian Development Bank was once an indispensible institution and should seek to be so again.
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Australia is overdue to respond to the deterioration of the mental and physical health of refugee children on Nauru.


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Robert Gehrke: The vaccine rollout must work better than Utah's early coronavirus response
Gov.-elect Spencer Cox should appoint someone to lead the vaccination effort.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Gehrke.
By Robert Gehrke
| Dec. 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
| Updated: 7:07 p.m.
Within the next few weeks, Utah will get its first batch of coronavirus vaccines — roughly 64,000 doses that will be given to front-line health care workers.
Then, over the next few months, hundreds of thousands more will start to roll in, with priority given to nursing homes, police, firefighters and (hopefully) teachers.
Such a large-scale distribution, taking place simultaneously all across the country, may well be among our greatest logistical challenges.
It will take time and we'll have long, grueling months between now and then, but for now it is our glimmer of hope heading into a long, dark winter. There is urgency to get it distributed; it is critical to get it right.
And on that point we need to learn from the missteps we experienced early in Utah's pandemic response.
Remember when the head of the state Health Department was sidelined due to health problems, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox was put in charge of the COVID-19 task force that hasn't really formally existed in six months; then he kind of disappeared during the election and Jefferson Burton became the face of the response?
That was confusing.
Meanwhile, you had Kristen Cox, the governor's head of budget, working behind the scenes and the Legislature chiming in from time to time, and Jess Anderson, the head of the Department of Public Safety, leading the Unified Command — which wasn't even stood up until nearly four weeks into the pandemic.
It was disjointed and hard to track — and that's not me saying it. All of this was laid out in an audit by Republican State Auditor John Dougall, showing no one taking responsibility for key decisions.
Then, after Burton left, Rich Saunders was brought in to lead the Health Department and the Legislature changed the law to let him stay on even though he didn't have the required public health experience.
It's no wonder what we've ended up with were constantly muddled messages — going in big on worthless hydroxychloroquine and tracking apps that never worked; metrics created and discarded; a color-coded system that tells people things are fine when the danger is rising; school guidelines that turn out to be mere suggestions; a Unified Scoreboard that only occasionally gets updated (publicly, at least) then replaced; gathering restrictions never intended to be enforced get rolled out with emergency cellphone alerts and then rolled back just as quickly.
Maybe internally things have been great, purring on like a machine lubed to perfection with hydroxychloroquine and essential oils. But from the public's standpoint, you can understand why people are confused.
The leadership on the vaccine rollout has to be focused and the message clear.
To that end, the incoming Cox administration should move quickly to appoint someone who answers directly to the new governor to spearhead the effort and make sure it goes off without a hitch.
That means coordinating with the pharmaceutical companies, federal agencies and local health departments; handling the prioritization of who gets it and when; and leading the messaging and the logistics of making sure we get the doses where they need to be, as soon as possible.
Don't call it a "czar," or the anti-vaxxers will lose their ever-loving minds, but someone who can take clear leadership of the day-to-day operations. We need a clear leader who is in charge.
There are probably dozens of people who could do it — someone like Brian Shiozawa, a physician, former state senator and regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It could be Rich McKeown, who was Mike Leavitt's chief of staff as governor and when Leavitt was President George W. Bush's HHS secretary. Or how about Erin Fox, director of drug information at the University of Utah?
Another lesson we should learn from our early missteps is that well before we start actually vaccinating Utahns, we need to lay the groundwork in underserved communities.
When the pandemic erupted, we were too slow to focus preventive measures and informational outreach to minority communities, and they paid a price. At one point, Hispanic and Latino Utahns were five times as likely to contract the coronavirus as whites. Through time and effort, the rates have been brought down closer to the overall average.
National studies have shown that Black and Latino adults have lower rates of vaccination than whites. So if you have a community with generally lower vaccination rates and higher COVID-19 infection rates, they can't again be an afterthought when it comes to rolling out the vaccine.
Finally, there will be the inevitable debate over to what extent the government should be able to require people to get vaccinated — and this, no doubt, will be one of the most hotly debated topics in the upcoming legislative session.
How should we respond?
For now, we shouldn't.
Over the next four to six months, there will be enough people who want a vaccine who can't get it, so there's no point wasting our time trying to convince people who read the latest Bill-Gates-mind-control-hoax-pandemic blog that they should remove their tinfoil hats and step away from the computer for a bit.
Vaccinations for school students aren't an issue yet and likely won't be for a while. The vaccine has not been approved for children and studies are just getting underway to make that possible. Will employers be able to tell employees they have to get vaccinated? Will people have to get vaccinated to travel on an airplane or maybe visit Disneyland?
Those are bridges we'll have to cross at some point. For now, we need a laser-focus on the job ahead and the opportunity to have a summer where life can start getting back to normal.
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Recently, through various news outlets and publications, this focus has been particularly sustained in Italy, France and Argentina.
There is no doubt that the protection of children and youth against sexual violence remains a central problem in the Church, and in society. Catholics who closely identify with the Church and its mission remain deeply disturbed by this.
Faced with this horror, complaining is understandable, but the words of the pope call for firm conclusions and commensurate action.
Only when an abscess is cut open and drained can the healing process begin. Without doubt, this process has started very late, after decades, and has not progressed everywhere at the same speed. This is explained somewhat by the fact that the Catholic Church, with its global network of institutions, presents a mix of attitudes and methods adopted to uncover and prevent the sexual abuse of minors.
The universal commitment of the Church to prevent sexual abuse has encountered very different cultural situations. Regarding this challenge, it need only be noted that the Catholic Church has about 1.3 billion followers spread throughout 200 countries, and cannot be construed as a monolithic unit. For example, among these Catholic structures, there are more than 220,000 schools operating in multiple economic, legal, and cultural contexts.
The same applies to about 1450 Catholic universities, hundreds of thousands of kindergartens, nursery schools, centers for care of the disabled and for social assistance, hospitals, shelters, and so on.
In some countries – for example, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Austria – in reaction to the scandals, the Church has introduced very detailed preventative measures and provides professional training and regulations for employees at every level and in every sector.
But there is also a strong passive resistance which in various local churches moves in the opposite direction with respect to the commitment to discover, intervene in, and prevent sexual abuse. Already from this simple fact, you can see that – contrary to what is perceived and portrayed from the outside – the Catholic Church, at least in this regard, does not have hierarchically structured guidelines or a supervisory structure that would be normal in public administration or in the economic sector.
However, given what has become clear in the universal Church, the balance has finally shifted slowly but firmly in the right direction.
Church leaders at the highest levels, above all Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, have asked us to face seriously the issue of sexual abuse of minors committed by clergy. Even before becoming pope, the then-Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, had made a number of significant decisions to tackle cases of abuse.
The statute of limitations was extended, in order to protect victims, and abuse against people with mental disabilities likewise came to be considered a crime.
Pope Francis has continued and intensified the line of his predecessor, especially with the establishment of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (Pontificia Commissio pro Tutela Minorum). He created, at the level of the universal Church, the structural and material conditions needed to accelerate, with consistency and efficiency, the protection of children throughout the Catholic Church, establishing the commission as a consultative body on this issue.
The pope has welcomed some proposals of the commission, such as, for example, holding a day of prayer for those who have been victims of abuse, and instituting criminal proceedings against those bishops and religious superiors who silenced or ignored abuse. We have started down the right path, but it is a long and demanding one.
Back in 2011, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had urged all episcopal conferences to draw up Guidelines for Cases of Sexual Abuse. Large religious orders have also engaged in this task. They must explain, among other things, what is done in individual countries to prevent abuse, how to act with regard to those who have suffered abuse, what legal action to take against the culprits, and what needs to change in priestly formation to prevent abuse.
We continue to ask why there are no uniform guidelines for the whole Church. It should be said in this regard, first of all, that the juridical norms apply, of course, throughout the Catholic Church.
This includes the procedures which each bishop must follow in every part of the world in the same way. This starts with a preliminary investigation, and, if it is concluded that the accusations are founded, the case must be submitted to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, where it is decided at which level the next steps are to be taken.
Naturally, it would be desirable that these criminal trials take place in the territory of origin. This would facilitate a faster and more transparent process.
But this is prevented by the fact that in few local Churches are there canonists in sufficient numbers and properly trained, with a specialization in penal law, and therefore the process cannot be carried out by those with the required expertise. Also worth considering is that the centralization of processes can help prevent the possibility of cover-up by local superiors.
Aside from what for better or worse is the same for all for the universal Church, it should be reiterated that in certain countries we find very different starting situations with regard to cultural views on abuse and its prevention. This includes how sexuality, emotions, and relationships are lived to how they are spoken of or even if they are talked about.
The Catholic Church is present in traditionally Confucian countries such as South Korea, and in very conservative countries, as regards sexual relations, such as largely Hindu India. It is in thousands of African cultures, and among the indigenous peoples of the Andean countries.
The meeting of the Christian faith with these many faces of humanity is called inculturation. This influences the celebration of the liturgy and issues with which the Church engages more deeply, such as how to act – or not – towards the thorny issue of sexual abuse of minors committed by clergy.
Almost six years since the exhortation by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, five of the world's 112 episcopal conferences have not yet even established a project to develop their Guidelines for Cases of Sexual Abuse. These are predominately West African, francophone conferences.
Also in the realm of civil and criminal law we find different ways of dealing with cases of abuse by state institutions, and this is known to influence the course of action of the Church. An issue frequently debated – and sometimes it happens that in the same country there are different federal states with different norms – is the level of obligation for the individual citizen or for certain professionals to report cases of abuse to the proper authorities.
It ranges from the unconditional obligation for those who suspect abuse to report to the police, to intermediate positions – countries where doctors or psychologists can report to the police or report to governmental social services, who may in turn decide whether to report to the police – to states in which there are no specified norms. We must add that in many countries, even when the norms are fixed and defined on paper, they are not considered really binding.
The figures are, in fact, quite high: 10-15% of boys and 15-20% of girls under the age of 18 are exposed to violence or sexual assault.
In most Southern countries of the world, those who hold positions of responsibility must take the lead in recognizing the problem. In some areas, the idea persists that the sexual abuse of children by clergy is a problem only of the decadent liberal countries of the West.
Let us take a concrete example: the question of prevention and the protection of children from the perspective of the bishops of the Philippines, and of religious superiors in Rwanda.
In a world of such violence, suffering sexual assault is a crime not much different than others. Rather, sexual abuse is considered apart of a broader suffering of children and youth.
First of all, we must continue to deal with cases of abuse in the Church, in society, and in families; it would be an illusion to believe that we can completely eradicate the evil that is done to children only with preventative measures. Second, ongoing commitment to this is a natural consequence of the way Jesus behaved with children. This alone should urge those who have responsibility at all levels to do everything possible to protect children.
In a particular country where Christians make up a small minority and are persecuted by extremists of all kinds, the religious sister who directed an orphanage discovered that a teacher had sexually abused some of the girls. On the basis of her own conscience, bearing in mind the laws of her own country, and considering the obligations toward European sponsors, she wanted and needed to denounce this abuse.
Specific prevention programs tend not only to prevent sexual crimes, but also, and above all, make broadly known the conditions, contributing factors, and consequences of sexual abuse, and urge all to act accordingly. In this field, the Church, with its educational, academic, charitable, and pastoral institutions could exercise leadership on a global scale, not only for other religious communities, but for all possible types of bodies and governments, as it does already today in some countries, especially in the global South.
The Centre for Child Protection (CCP) – which carries out its mission at the Pontifical Gregorian University thanks to the generous support of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, and the missio of the Aachen diocesan Kindermissionswerk (the child welfare organization of the Catholic Church in Germany) – is dedicated to the prevention of the abuse of minors.
The CCP promotes the work of prevention, primarily in those countries where, so far, little has been done. It also forms people to work for this purpose locally; it offers help for the protection of children and young people to those men and women working in the ecclesial context in parishes, schools, and kindergartens.
How can I tell if a child suffers or has suffered abuse? What can I do to help? What can I do to find out who is guilty? What can I do to create a safe space for children and for young people in a parish or a Catholic school? Combatting sexual abuse is a Herculean task, which requires the collaboration of nearly everyone in the Church and in society.
It is a matter of changing how we see and how we act, which, as we know, happens only slowly. This is why the CCP is dedicated to formation: with teaching and training (also available in an e-learning platform, with a certificate in Safeguarding of Minors), research, and the organization of conferences.
The CCP does all this in close collaboration with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, especially in the formation of candidates for priesthood and in the formation of leaders in the Church. The CCP intends to offer a lasting impetus to prevention work in the Church, at the universal level, and as a platform for the exchange of ideas and best practices in the prevention of abuse, which extends to all countries and continents.
The message of the God of Jesus Christ is the source and strength for this activity, and so reflection continues on the core of the gospel. For God loves above all the small and the vulnerable: "Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." (Mk 10:14, Mt 19:14, Lk 18:16).
.Pope Francis, "Take the Gospel without Tranquilizers: A Conversation with the Superiors General", in Civ. Catt. 0117, 8-17.
cfr. Daniel Pittet, La perdono, padre, Milan, Piemme, 2017.
.For more information on the CCP, see www.childprotection.unigre.it.


As a writer, I often ponder many thoughts and ideas. Lately, all I can think about is the concept of perspective. What is it? What does it mean? How do we gain perspective? Isn't everything we do tied to our experiences and our own filters on the world so how can we gain a new OR change our perspective without changing who we are?
When it comes to perspective on the world as I am often perplexed as I am constantly coming up against two very conflicting ideas on how to describe it.
First, I am told that I am important. That my ideas and my needs are non-negotiable. My opinion is the most important for me. I should accept nothing less than to be heard. MY needs are important and I don't have to stand for anything that I don't like. I am told to STAND UP for myself and to BE MYSELF no matter what. I am told to embrace everything that I want to be and want to achieve. Living this way will bring me to my truth and this is the winning combination that will bring me ultimate joy.
I am ALSO told that I need to be more compassionate, care about others and put others needs BEFORE mine. I need to be the bigger person and I need to go the extra mile and I need to let others enjoy what they like regardless of what I like. I should find happiness in bringing others joy. I should be flexible in what I offer and be more understanding of others. I need to be selfless and give to others before I consider my OWN needs. Living this way will bring me to my truth and this is the winning combination that will bring me ultimate joy.
Do I become demanding and stand firm in what I want an I need or do I give effortlessly to others and derive joy from their happiness?
I still don't know the answer – as a matter of fact as the events of the modern world unfold I am more conflicted than I have ever been on this subject. Each side is gaining more and more steam and attention and, to be honest, both make compelling arguments and success stories. As someone who sits on the fence, this is not helpful.
As such, I try to walk a delicate balance between the two. I try to both be understanding AND assert myself when there is something that I want to go after. This has been a struggle for me my entire life and I am just now starting to be able to articulate the division and understand that there are two opposing sides. For a long time thought these existed as one, which is why I was never fully satisfied, as I now believe you have to pick a side. I continue to try to figure out which gives me more joy? The jury is still out.
I often listen to those that teach tranquility, stillness and inner joy. Their teachings often say the biggest joy you can receive is to give to others. I always hear that you are far happier giving than receiving HOWEVER I also frequently hear that you should "get what you deserve" and I am entitled to go after what I need and want in life. These statements sit with me and I wonder – which direction will bring me more success, happiness and inner peace? Again, the jury is still out.
The quest to figure this out has become all-consuming. It is consuming my thoughts and my ideas. It has become such a curiosity within me that most of my quiet moments are spent contemplating this very fact and trying to come up with answers – any answers. So far I draw no parallels and have no clarity on the subject. Sad, but true.
I have to be honest – I have often felt forgotten, ignored or that I deserve more. I have been upset or frustrated when I have to give in or when what is best for me is the last consideration. I have felt joy when I got something I worked hard for. When I beat out my competition and when I was recognized for trial tasks. I have also engaged in a number of charitable ventures and felt great joy over giving back and seeing the faces of those that benefit from my donations, sacrifices, hard work or a simple gesture of kindness. I have experienced frustration and extreme satisfaction on both sides – so what is the answer?
I will continue to seek answers – and also to gather insights from a confusing culture that teaches that both giving and taking are the right way to achieve success and a joyful heart.
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ELADC engages in trickery. First off, we are tricked into expecting a Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock movie—wrong! Yes, they are in the movie, but just a bit. It's not really their movie; ELADC is really about the kid.
The kid is Oskar, played by the precocious Thomas Horn. Horn is one of the best kid actors since Haley Joel Osment amazed us in "The Sixth Sense." His character is charming, articulate, intelligent, sweet and likeable. He'd better have all those qualities, because he's in practically every scene.
The movie is manipulative in that Oskar's dad (Tom Hanks) is killed in the terrorist attacks on 9/11. We hear his voicemail messages. We see images of the burning WTC buildings. Having seen replays of the event—and revisited some of the emotions of that fateful day—on the recent 10th anniversary of the attacks, we are primed to have a stronger emotional empathy for Oskar and his quest. I blame the novelist (on whose book the script is based) for tying this story to 9/11.
When the story is finally resolved, cue the tear ducts.
Also in the movie are Sandra Bullock as Oskar's mom, Max Van Sydow as his "grandfather" and John Goodman as his building's doorman.


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Q: Problem with deploying GeoServer on Payara/GlassFish server I've got a problem with deploying geoserver-2.21.0.war on GlassFish 4.1 and Payara 5.2022.2 servers - as far as I'm concerned the error is the same.
There is no problem with geoserver-2.5.war on GlassFish 4.1.
How can I address this problem?
Below fragment of stacktrace from Payara server:
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gwcCatalogConfiguration' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-gwc-2.21.0.jar!/geowebcache-geoserver-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'rawCatalog' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'rawCatalog' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.21.0.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:342)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:113)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:706)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:197)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1361)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1208)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:556)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:516)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:324)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$$Lambda$1844/997791989.getObject(Unknown Source)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:322)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:311)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:897)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:879)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:551)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:401)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:292)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:103)
    at org.geoserver.platform.GeoServerContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(GeoServerContextLoaderListener.java:22)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:5175)
    at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModule.contextListenerStart(WebModule.java:681)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:5753)
    ... 74 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'rawCatalog' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.21.0.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    ...
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    ...
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    at java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList$COWIterator.set(CopyOnWriteArrayList.java:1185)
    at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:234)
    at org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl.addListener(CatalogImpl.java:1763)
    at org.geoserver.catalog.ResourcePool.setCatalog(ResourcePool.java:274)
    at org.geoserver.catalog.ResourcePool.create(ResourcePool.java:232)
    at org.geoserver.catalog.ResourcePool.create(ResourcePool.java:458)
    at org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl.(CatalogImpl.java:121)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:408)
    at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:207)
    ... 109 more
]]

[2022-08-01T14:43:32.543+0200] [Payara 5.2022.2] [WARNING] [] [javax.enterprise.web] [tid: _ThreadID=213 _ThreadName=admin-thread-pool::admin-listener(6)] [timeMillis: 1659357812543] [levelValue: 900] [[
  java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gwcCatalogConfiguration' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-gwc-2.21.0.jar!/geowebcache-geoserver-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'rawCatalog' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'rawCatalog' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.21.0.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gwcCatalogConfiguration' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-gwc-2.21.0.jar!/geowebcache-geoserver-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'rawCatalog' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'rawCatalog' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.21.0.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    ...
]]

[2022-08-01T14:43:32.544+0200] [Payara 5.2022.2] [SEVERE] [] [javax.enterprise.system.tools.deployment.common] [tid: _ThreadID=213 _ThreadName=admin-thread-pool::admin-listener(6)] [timeMillis: 1659357812544] [levelValue: 1000] [[
  Exception while invoking class com.sun.enterprise.web.WebApplication start method
java.lang.Exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gwcCatalogConfiguration' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-gwc-2.21.0.jar!/geowebcache-geoserver-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'rawCatalog' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'rawCatalog' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.21.0.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    ...
]]

[2022-08-01T14:43:32.544+0200] [Payara 5.2022.2] [SEVERE] [NCLS-CORE-00026] [javax.enterprise.system.core] [tid: _ThreadID=213 _ThreadName=admin-thread-pool::admin-listener(6)] [timeMillis: 1659357812544] [levelValue: 1000] [[
  Exception during lifecycle processing
java.lang.Exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gwcCatalogConfiguration' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-gwc-2.21.0.jar!/geowebcache-geoserver-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'rawCatalog' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'rawCatalog' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.21.0.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    ...
]]

[2022-08-01T14:43:32.545+0200] [Payara 5.2022.2] [SEVERE] [] [javax.enterprise.system.core] [tid: _ThreadID=213 _ThreadName=admin-thread-pool::admin-listener(6)] [timeMillis: 1659357812545] [levelValue: 1000] [[
  Exception while loading the app]]

[2022-08-01T14:43:32.545+0200] [Payara 5.2022.2] [SEVERE] [AS-WEB-GLUE-00192] [javax.enterprise.web] [tid: _ThreadID=213 _ThreadName=admin-thread-pool::admin-listener(6)] [timeMillis: 1659357812545] [levelValue: 1000] [[
  Undeployment failed for context /geoserver-2.21.0]]

[2022-08-01T14:43:32.559+0200] [Payara 5.2022.2] [SEVERE] [] [javax.enterprise.system.core] [tid: _ThreadID=213 _ThreadName=admin-thread-pool::admin-listener(6)] [timeMillis: 1659357812559] [levelValue: 1000] [[
  Exception while loading the app : java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gwcCatalogConfiguration' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-gwc-2.21.0.jar!/geowebcache-geoserver-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'rawCatalog' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'rawCatalog' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.21.0.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException]]

[2022-08-01T14:43:32.717+0200] [Payara 5.2022.2] [INFO] [] [org.glassfish.admingui] [tid: _ThreadID=214 _ThreadName=admin-thread-pool::admin-listener(7)] [timeMillis: 1659357812717] [levelValue: 800] [[
  Exception Occurred :Error occurred during deployment: Exception while loading the app : java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gwcCatalogConfiguration' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-gwc-2.21.0.jar!/geowebcache-geoserver-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'rawCatalog' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'rawCatalog' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Payara/payara5/glassfish/domains/domainSG/applications/geoserver-2.21.0/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.21.0.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CatalogImpl]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException. Please see server.log for more details.]]


Led by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), H.E. Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, the National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday held a consultative meeting with the Party's 2019 election governorship candidates, state chairmen and state secretaries at the Party's National Secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria.
*Observed a minute silence in honour of the late Chairman of the Cross River State chapter of the Party, Dr. Mathew Achigbe who died recently in a ghastly auto crash.
*Frowned at attempts by some Party leaders to polarise the Party in some states following post-primary disputes.
*Resolved that Party leaders must campaign for ALL candidates of the Party (Presidential, governorship and legislative positions). A situation where leaders engage in selective support by picking and choosing candidates to campaign for and support was declared anti-party.
*The Enugu state chairman, Ben Nwoye distanced the state chapter from the condemnable actions and utterances of a Senatorial aspirant in the state, Mr. Osita Okechukwu.
*Called on governorship candidates to run an issue-based campaign based on the unprecedented achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration which is evident in all the states of the federation.
*Urged the Party's governorship candidates to run an inclusive campaign by bringing onboard former aspirants. The Party's governorship and other stakeholders were also encouraged to domesticate ongoing peace and reconciliation efforts undertaken by the National Working Committee (NWC).
*The consultative meeting passed a vote of confidence on the National Working Committee (NWC) led by the National Chairman, H.E. Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole. The NWC was urged to continue its effort to protect the best interest of the Party and pursue efforts to achieve peace and reconciliation in the Party.


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Researchers work to map human epigenome
Researchers work to map human epigenome (research)
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Researchers and their colleagues from across the globe have made a major leap forward in understanding how the human body's trillions of cells develop from a single genetic template, and how those genes interact with the environment.
By mapping the epigenome (a series of unique chemical compounds inside each cell type that tell the genome what to do) researchers hope to understand how genes are switched on and off in different cell types in response to different environmental and chemical signals, with important implications for understanding normal human development and diseases such as cancer. This effort is as big if not bigger than the Human Genome Project.
Today, a collection of 41 coordinated papers have now been published by scientists from around the world, moving global research in the field of epigenomics a major step forward. Scientists from the BC Cancer Agency, UBC and SFU published three of the papers.
One of the great mysteries in biology is how the many different cell types that make up our bodies are derived from a single cell and from one DNA sequence, or genome. We have learned a lot from studying the human genome, but have only partially unveiled the processes underlying cell determination. The identity of each cell type is largely defined by an instructive layer of molecular annotations on top of the genome – the epigenome – which acts as a blueprint unique to each cell type and developmental stage.
Unlike the genome the epigenome changes as cells develop and in response to changes in the environment. Defects in the factors that read, write and erase the epigenetic blueprint are involved in many diseases. The comprehensive analysis of the epigenomes of healthy and abnormal cells will facilitate new ways to diagnose and treat various diseases, and ultimately lead to improved health outcomes.
The collection of 41 coordinated papers published by scientists involved in the International Human Epigenome Research Consortium (IHEC) sheds light on these processes. A set of 24 manuscripts has been released as a package in Cell and Cell Press-associated journals, and an additional 17 papers have been published in other high-impact journals.
These papers represent the most recent work of IHEC member projects from Canada, the European Union, Germany, Japan, Singapore and the United States. The collection of publications showcases the achievements and scientific progress made by IHEC in core areas of current epigenetic investigations.
The Canadian contribution to the project is coordinated through the Canadian Epigenetics, Environment and Health Research Consortium Network (CEEHRC).
"We are well on our way towards accomplishing our primary goal to create high quality reference maps of the epigenome for the scientific community," said Martin Hirst, chair of the IHEC international scientific steering committee and the CEEHRC network lead. Hirst is also a Scientist with the BC Cancer Agency and associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UBC. "Now that a baseline picture of the epigenome is taking shape, we can start to integrate information about the effects of the environment, aging and disease on the epigenome."
Hirst and colleague Connie Eaves, distinguished scientist at the BC Cancer Agency and a professor in UBC's Department of Medical Genetics, published today in Cell Reports the first epigenetic profiles of normal cell types in human breast tissue. This information will help scientists understand how normal mammary glands develop and serve as a comparator for diseased tissues. Hirst's group also published another study in Cell Reports today that reveals novel methodology for analyzing the epigenomes of stem cells.
A team led by Marco Marra, distinguished scientist at the BC Cancer Agency and director of Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, used similar methods to identify epigenetic changes that are thought to contribute to the development of a rare childhood cancer called malignant rhabdoid tumour. This study was published in Cancer Cell earlier this year and is highlighted in the IHEC release as one of the 41 ground-breaking epigenomics papers.
"This trio of manuscripts provides important insights into how epigenetic information is encoded during normal human development and how it becomes deregulated in disease," said Hirst. "While the data and analysis represent significant advancements in their own right, the findings are much more significant when integrated within a global effort to understand the role of epigenetics in complex human disease."
Agencies/Canadajournal
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