The Artport Tel Aviv artist residency program is the flagship project of The Center for Young Art, a nonprofit organization founded in 2012 by Jason Arison, Chairman of The Ted Arison Family Foundation.
Artport serves as a creative, open and free haven for emerging artists who seek to unfold their story in new ways, warmly embraced with professional assistance and financial support.
Each year, a committee of advisors selects six outstanding Israeli emerging artists and two more from abroad, to benefit from the program. Each artists is granted a monthly living tuition, option of accommodation, and a private studio space with a shared gallery at the Artport arena.
To create an artistically inspiring and personally challenging atmosphere, the Artport spirit is community-oriented, encouraging collaborations with the general public and social involvement, while the artists enjoy an enriching program of master classes, professional workshops and exhibition participation.


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Satori is a luxurious gullet inspired by 1920s understated elegance and built to bespoke specifications by Claus and Jeanette Thottrup, the owners of five-star hotel Borgo Santo Pietro in Tuscany. She is available for charter in the Italy, France, Greece and Croatia.
Bringing the hotel brand's commitment to Michelin-starred farm-to-table dining to the Mediterranean seas, Satori promises a gourmet dining and sailing experience, with a galley managed by the hotel's restaurant kitchen, including an air-conditioned 250-bottle wine cellar.
Activities onboard are managed by Borgo Santo Pietro's expert concierge team arranging excursions and day trips ashore. The yacht is equipped with all manner of toys, such as Gocycle electric bikes, water-skis, a wakeboard, an Optimist Sailor, a Ringo, jet skis, sea bobs, kayaks and snorkeling equipment.
Satori has five luxurious guest rooms accommodating up to ten guests. The master suite covers 36sqm and is fitted with a king-size bed, a free-standing walnut bathtub, a lounge area and an en suite bathroom with a double shower and vanity. There are four further guest rooms; the first two span 15sqm and the second two span 11.5sqm – these cabins are fitted with queen-size beds and marble en suite bathrooms. All cabins also feature hand-made orthopaedic mattresses, a mini fridge, a safety deposit box, a phone for requesting room service, and a personal entertainment system with Apple TV, DVD with a film library, a music-loaded iPad and Wifi. One of the cabins may be converted into a dedicated spa treatment room on request, complete with a steam bath.
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Satori was built in 2017 and spans 41.5m with a beam of 7.55m and a draft of 3.8m. 5 cabins accommodate up to ten guests. She cruises at a speed of 12 knots.


Three militants including the brother of an IPS officer were killed and an army soldier was injured in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Tuesday.
Reports said that a joint team of army's 44 RR, Para Commandos and SOG launched a search operation in Shirmal after having credible input about the presence of some militants in the area.
As the joint team of forces intensified searches towards the suspected spot–the hideout inside an orchard, the hiding militants fired upon them, triggering off an encounter. There was a lull monetarily before firefight resumed, leading to the killing of three militants.
One Army man has also sustained injuries during the course of the gunfight, they said.
The bodies of the slain were recovered along with as many weapons and other arms and ammunition, they said.
The government forces blasted the hideout, the sources said.
Four militants were trapped and one of them reportedly managed to flee. However, there was no official confirmation in this regard so far.
Official sources said that among the slain include Shamsul Haq Mengnoo son of Mohammad Rafiq Mengnoo, a resident of Draggud village of Shopian district.
Shamsul Haq had left studies at Bachelors of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS) at Government College here in Zakura campus. His elder brother Inamul Haq is 2012 IPS batch officer who is posted in North East. The identity of the two other militants was being ascertained, official sources added.
A police official confirmed the killing of three militants but refused to comment about the fleeing of the fourth militant, saying the operation is still underway.


I can't wait to make these! You are brilliant, Amanda! Thank you for making it gluten free!
We sailed on the Lady of Avenel for three hours and when we reached Talisker Bay, we hiked into the hills for another three hours.
I love how low added sugar yet delicious your recipes always are! I want to try these!
Well, as they say, titles are forms of communication, aka marketing and selling points for your viewers! So, using the word "flourless" and "vegan" for this recipe is key! I was HOOKED when I saw vegan and banana in your recipe header 😀 I probably suspect that I will be hooked on this recipe once I try making it, especially if I add chocolate chips into the muffins!
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I made this without the maple syrup so I added 3 tablespoons of milk to compensate for the lack of moisture and then it ended being too wet so I added 1/4 of extra flour! The end result was dense yet delicious and satisfying. I'll definitely make these again but this time, I might add an egg to see if it changes the texture a bit.
Would this work with almond flour instead of oats?
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That's a really nice recipe on banana muffines.
These sounded fantastic, but I wanted muffins made with no added sugar. To do that I left out the maple syrup and added 3 more bananas. I also didn't have the almond butter so I substituted 4 tbsp of olive oil and omitted the milk because of the added bananas. They were the best muffins. Thanks for the recipe.
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Have you tried these yet? They look like they might be a little dry.
Hi Amanda! Do you know if I could put some oil in this? Recipes without oil always seem dry to me.


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Glenn Thomson: The Poetry of Illusion
Glenn Thomson, The Poetry of Illusion
How a humble Parisian bookshop became an epicentre for the creative arts
In the next instalment of The Culturium's guest post series, Glenn Thomson reflects upon the making of his documentary on the celebrated Parisian bookshop, Shakespeare and Company, as well as his encounters with other renowned filmmakers, artists, philosophers and poets.
Glenn is an Australian writer, musician and filmmaker who has spent a lifetime in the service of art and creativity. His mission is to empower others in finding and actualizing their own creative journey. He is signed to the French record label, Musea Records, and has released four albums of progressive electronica. Currently awaiting publication of his first novel, he is working as a co-writer on a nonfiction work with the psychologist, Dr Steven Kiely.
"… dream me and I will return to you …"
THERE WAS A point when I simply realized that to step out of the way was to allow the parade to pass. The parade is unending, multifarious, utterly engaging and benevolent. As the parade passed I realized something far more profound: I was swallowed by it. When I and it cease to be, there is simply this.
The Poetry of Illusion is a film of conversations. None premeditated, forced or contrived. A film of artists, writers, filmmakers, poets, philosophers and energy. It is the energy that lingers, occasionally provokes and, I hope, remakes. Isn't it remarkable that whatever we invest attention in renovates and remodels our being. That something so seemingly intangible and barely understood acts like an invisible sculptor, shaping and feeling its way into form.
I first arrived in Paris in August 2001. Ten days later, I had purchased a tiny apartment, feeling like some mystic circuit had been activated. I wandered a city redolent with voices and possibility. I realized there was a bargain being offered: dream me and I will return to you. My dream was tactile and clear. It was access to a vast literary tradition at a point where imagination happily dropped its second-hand clothes and offered itself as splendid life in the world.
Glenn Thomson.
© 2017, Karyn Pickering
All our intimate experience is abstraction. Why not allow this divine subjectivity the honour it deserves, instead of seeking to measure its value against what we imagine is some hard-surfaced objectivity embodied in a world of other.
I returned again and again to Paris, and her gifts accumulated: friends, possibilities, introductions, a record label signing. My life as a musician and writer unfolded in ways unplanned and unexpected. In 2009, I met the poet and painter, Panmelys. She is every bit a medium between worlds. Her art and poetry contain a living transmission of something needed and necessary that speaks with such depth and potency.
Panmelys was George Whitman's successor as host of the legendary Shakespeare and Company tea parties, held every Sunday afternoon in the bookshop. The tea parties stretched back to the 1950s (and before that in Sylvia Beach's original Shakespeare and Company). They are a communion of spirits. Open and inclusive offerings, celebrations of the power of art to transform and energize a life.
Glenn Thomson, Panmelys.
Photograph: © 2017, The Poetry of Illusion
From the very first, I was entranced by Panmelys. Her capacity to read what she called a vibration in those before her at the tea party. To generate a magical current that seduced the nervous and gifted them an experience of a lifetime. She makes poets realize they are poets.
Panmelys introduced me to George just six months before he died, aged 98. He was lying in bed, reading. His voice soft and his eyes even softer. I thanked him for curating our dreams and offering his bookshop, this centre of energy, that had sustained so many.
Years later, his radiant daughter Sylvia, who currently owns and guides Shakespeare and Company with grace and purpose, told me some 30,000 tumbleweeds—George's name for those who stayed free amongst the books—had lived in that tiny locus of wonders. George had always said he hoped they leave, "enlightened centres of the universe".
Glenn Thomson, Sylvia Whitman and Panmelys.
Panmelys and I collaborated on some music together and I edited short sequences of the tea party for her website. We could both sense something of greater scale brewing. She introduced me to René Agostini, Professor of Literature at Avignon University, a poet, musician, philosopher and expert on Celtic traditions and ancient megalithic structures, as well as translator for many of Panmelys' poems.
René is deeply committed to a path of inner purification and a wonderfully erudite authority on Shamanic, Druidic, Gnostic and Sufi traditions. All inform and elevate his poetry and music, while at the same time lifting his discourse to a revelatory level.
We decided we would make a film together. I wanted to try and generate our own locus of energy that would act as a living resource for all that may wish to enter its embrace. We were joined by my friend, the extraordinary filmmaker and artist Véronique Aubouy, whose film Proust lu has become an internationally recognized sensation, currently some 120 hours in length and capturing a page-by-page reading of À la recherche du temps perdu by over 1,200 readers.
Glenn Thomson, Véronique Aubouy.
Two works inspired: La véritable histoire d'Artaud le momo, an extraordinary oral history of Antonin Artaud, and Les heures chaudes de Montparnasse, Jean-Marie Drot's luminous, epic rendering of Montparnasse as an epicentre of art and literature. Movements and collectives have always fascinated me, especially how much is projected upon them by their audience. An act that is, in itself, a creative fuel; in some ways of far greater benefit to those that come after than the very subjects of adoration.
We filmed over the summer of 2015 and it was evident from the very first time the camera rolled (a moment captured in episode one of the podcast, Sing The Body Electric) that something was guiding and moving everyone involved. A sense of being in the service of what Panmelys calls the opaque or greater spirit, what René terms superior energies and what I might call the ground of being. The film presented a portrait of artists in relationship to this source, not simply of inspiration, but of the very works themselves.
The film also features the truly unique Lex Paulson. A man well deserving of the appellation, Uomo Universale. Lex acts as a lightning rod, conducting a synthesis of vast, classical traditions with the present opportunities and threats posed by our modernisms. He is a consummate communicator, without a trace of arrogance or elitism.
Sylvia Whitman joined the project as light bringer and dream maker. As she said just before the camera rolled, "The bookshop owns me, I don't own the bookshop." In truth, she carries the inspiration of her father to new and expanded heights. Her delicious anecdotes and radiant energy give both a history and hope for what lies ahead.
At nearly two-and-a-half-hours long, this is a salon you are free to enter and leave as will and world require. It is always welcoming and offering living insights. I am reminded of Véronique's own Proust lu and her recounting that it is impossible to experience it all at once, "You always fall asleep, or you go away, you go to eat … but it doesn't matter. It is time. It is a big parenthesis of time." Indeed it is. It is enough to answer the invitation, to join the celebration. We are saving your place.
Post Notes
The Poetry of Illusion website
The Poetry of Illusion on Facebook
Glenn Thomson's official website
Vanity Fair profile on Sylvia Whitman (French version)
Vanity Fair profile on Sylvia Whitman (U.S. version)
Written by Glenn Thomson · Categorized: Film, Literature · Tagged: documentary, french, glenn thomson, guest post, panmelys, proust lu, rené agostini, shakespeare and company, sing the body electric, sylvia whitman, the poetry of illusion, véronique aubouy, video
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A Case for Refillables?
I have a confession to make. I have always supported refillable bottles, but deep down, I never really thought the idea was economically viable in our global marketplace. However, after my trip to Ger...
I have a confession to make. I have always supported refillable bottles, but deep down, I never really thought the idea was economically viable in our global marketplace. However, after my trip to Germany — where refillables are available for nearly all beverages — (in all shapes, sizes, glass or PET), I believe the case can be made for refillables today.
What is especially impressive is that refillable glass bottles have an average of 50 lives, while refillable PET usually lasts up to 25 servings. The plastic crates last for 100 trips. This begs the question about Canadian brewers and their industry standard glass bottle that only has an average of 15 lives. Why the gap?
The difference is a cultural one. Germans are un-phased by the physical scars of reuse, like the white erosion rings that develop at the top and bottom of a glass bottle, or the many scratches that can render a PET bottle dull and opaque. Canadian brewers have no choice but to limit the potential life of an industry standard beer bottle in order to complete against their gleaming competition.
Today, in Germany, more than 85 per cent of all beer, 37 per cent of mineral water, 34 per cent of soft drinks, and 10 per cent of fruit juices are sold in refillable bottles. Refillables bear a lower deposit level of eight and 15 Eurocents (worth 13 and 24 cents Canadian) versus the 25 Eurocent deposit on non-refillables. Wholesalers play a critical role in the refillable system, by purchasing, storing and distributing full goods to retailers, and from the back end; collecting and re-distributing empty refillables back to bottlers.
In a study by the IFEU Institute in Germany, both refillable PET and glass bottles ranked more favorably compared to non-refillable aluminum cans and PET in terms of: material consumption, global warming potential, acidification and summer smog. The German Packaging Institute reports the difference in greenhouse gas emissions between all nonalcohol beverages packaged in refillable containers versus single-serve containers is over one million tonnes of CO2e.
The Herald Tribune ("Putting pollution costs on the table," April 26, 2008) examined the life cycle impact of two bottles of wine consumed in New York City. The first bottle came from California transported by truck, and the other from France shipped and then trucked. Interestingly, the California bottle resulted in almost double the carbon footprint (2,514 grams of C02e per bottle), primarily due to the impact of transportation, which accounts for a whopping 57 per cent of the total footprint. Containers (barrel and bottle) accounts for an additional 25 per cent of the footprint. While lower in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, the French wine still resulted in 1,371 grams of C02e per bottle, of which transportation accounted for 33 per cent and containers came to 35 per cent of the footprint.
As crude oil hovers at high levels, the economics of modern refillable solutions are beginning to look more attractive. Imagine the possibilities…
• Large retailers offering non-alcohol drinks on-tap, with a built-in volume counter. This would allow consumers to either bring their own container from home, or buy one in-store. Retailers would invest in an in-store carbonation/ mixing system (like those found in large bars, movie theatres etc.) and would pipe-in local water. Less costs, less shelve space, and an ideal option for high volume buyers on a budget.
• Ship foreign beverages in bulk and have them filled locally in standard refillable bottles.
• Promote local beverage production, like wine and beer, which can stimulate the economics for a refillables program in the region.
• Utilize reverse logistic (back-hauling) to eliminate additional freight associated with container transportation.
We are facing interesting times. Several municipalities and businesses are considering bottled water bans, the cost of raw materials continues to rise, and the high cost transportation is making local production more attractive. Those that are able to think beyond the classic one-way distribution model, to one that reduces energy at all stages of production, and ultimately delivers the refreshment of choice to the consumer, may indeed end-up on top.
Perhaps a case can be made for refillables. This is something that Canada can learn from Europe.
Clarissa Morawski is principal of CM Consulting based in Peterborough, Ontario. Contact Clarissa at morawski@ca.inter.net
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Elections are held in November of even numbered years, on dates authorized by laws governing municipal elections in Broward County. The City of Tamarac is divided into four Commission Districts (Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4), with one City Commissioner residing in each district. The Mayor of the City of Tamarac is elected on an at-large (City-wide) basis.
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Blind is a 2014 Norwegian drama film written and directed by Eskil Vogt. The film premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on 19 January. Vogt received the Screenwriting Award for Blind at Sundance. The film was later screened in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the 2014 Nordic Council Film Prize.

Plot
Forsaken in a brand-new apartment in Oslo, frail authoress Ingrid is trying to come to terms with losing her eyesight in mid-life. Fearful of venturing out on her own, Ingrid retreats into an elaborate fantasy bubble, on the verge of convincing herself that her architect husband is spying on her. A faint tapping or an unfamiliar sound are enough to incite her paranoia while reality and imagination begin to blur.

Cast
 Ellen Dorrit Petersen as Ingrid
  as Morten
 Vera Vitali as Elin

Reception
Blind received positive reviews upon its premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports a 92% positive score based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 7.55/10. It also has a score of 83/100 on Metacritic based on 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Scott Foundas of Variety, said in his review that "ace Norwegian scribe Eskil Vogt makes a sparkling directorial debut with an alternately tragic and playful tale of a blind authoress". Boyd van Hoeij in his review for The Hollywood Reporter called the film "an ambitiously constructed screenplay translates into a film that's easier to admire than to love". William Bibbiani from CraveOnline praised the film by saying that "Blind exists as a nebulous construction, ever shifting but ultimately centered around a lovely and funny love-quadrangle with curious characters and consistent insight. The film's curious blend of the sensual and the cerebral manages to engage even when you begin to lack confidence about whether anything is actually happening at all".

Accolades

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2014 films
2014 drama films
Films about blind people
Norwegian drama films
2010s Norwegian-language films
Films directed by Eskil Vogt
Films with screenplays by Eskil Vogt
Sundance Film Festival award winners
Films set in Oslo

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HBO Leaks 'Game Of Thrones' Episode Online Early By Accident
James Geddes, Tech Times 25 May 2016, 08:05 am
The most recent episode of HBO's blockbuster series Game of Thrones was leaked online a day early. Ironically, it was HBO itself that was the source of the leak, which emanated from the Nordic arm of the pay channel, which accidentally posted it online prior to its official airing.
HBO has gone to great lengths this year to protect its most popular series, Game of Thrones, from leaking online prior to airing in its usual Sunday night time slot. In 2015, an unqualified disaster occurred when the first four episodes of Game of Thrones leaked online in their entirety, even before the first one had officially debuted. Millions of illegal downloads of the show were reportedly sourced from various torrent sites, where fans of the series could access the pirated content.
This year, HBO took the unprecedented step of not releasing any advance screener copies of the show to the press for review, instead opting to hold a Hollywood invitation-only viewing party where select critics could watch the show in advance.
HBO has been particularly vigilant in scouring the Internet for illegal downloads of Game of Thrones episodes that have already aired, with some uploads reportedly disappearing from pirate sites only minutes after being posted. The network has even attempted to censor spoilers posted on the Web revealing upcoming plot points and other details about the show.
So, it's certainly ironic that this year's biggest leak of a Game of Thrones episode comes from the network itself. HBO's Nordic arm accidentally posted the latest episode of the show a day early on its website, and it was quickly copied by pirates who leaked the show online. The initial copies of the episode were low quality, but eventually, a 1080p version surfaced, and thousands of pirated copies were downloaded as word spread on the Internet that the leak had occurred.
"This past Sunday's episode was made available early on the HBO Nordic platform temporarily due to a technical issue, at which time it seems to have been copied. Upon learning of the incident, we used the available means to limit further access to the episode," a spokesperson of HBO said.
Once a leak like this occurs, however, there's really not much anyone can do to stop it from spreading like wildfire, especially with such a hot show as Game of Thrones. Fortunately for the network, the leak was only a day early, which limited some of the damage that might have occurred had it been further in advance of the show's actual air date.
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Q: Spring 3 NPE with LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy autoCommit I'm using Spring 3 with JPA and I'm seeing an intermittent issue in my web application.
I have wrapper for the JPA EntityManager that calls the underlying EntityManager crud methods.  I see a NPE sometimes when I call entityManager.persist(object); It looks the the database connection is lost but I'm not 100% what is the cause.  Anyone have any details on what may have caused the below exception?
Spring Version: 3.0.6.RELEASE
Spring 3 LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy.java line 416:
if (this.autoCommit != null && this.autoCommit != this.target.getAutoCommit()) {
    this.target.setAutoCommit(this.autoCommit);
}

Exception:
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
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        at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy$LazyConnectionInvocationHandler.invoke(LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy.java:376)
        at $Proxy64.prepareStatement(Unknown Source)
        at org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.getPreparedStatement(AbstractBatcher.java:534)
        at org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.prepareSelectStatement(AbstractBatcher.java:145)
        at org.hibernate.id.SequenceGenerator.generate(SequenceGenerator.java:96)
        at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractSaveEventListener.saveWithGeneratedId(AbstractSaveEventListener.java:122)
        at org.hibernate.ejb.event.EJB3PersistEventListener.saveWithGeneratedId(EJB3PersistEventListener.java:49)
        at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultPersistEventListener.entityIsTransient(DefaultPersistEventListener.java:154)
        at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultPersistEventListener.onPersist(DefaultPersistEventListener.java:110)
        at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultPersistEventListener.onPersist(DefaultPersistEventListener.java:61)
        at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.firePersist(SessionImpl.java:646)
        at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.persist(SessionImpl.java:620)
        at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.persist(SessionImpl.java:624)
        at org.hibernate.ejb.AbstractEntityManagerImpl.persist(AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java:220)
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        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592)
        at org.springframework.orm.jpa.SharedEntityManagerCreator$SharedEntityManagerInvocationHandler.invoke(SharedEntityManagerCreator.java:240)
        at $Proxy79.persist(Unknown Source)
        at myapp.api.dao.impl.GenericDAOImpl.save(GenericDAOImpl.java:50)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor100.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:309)
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        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:150)
        at org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.invoke(PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.java:155)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:172)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:202)
        at $Proxy119.save(Unknown Source)
        at myapp.api.service.impl.backoffice.StoringServiceImpl.store(StoringServiceImpl.java:89)
        at myapp.api.service.impl.backoffice.StoringServiceImpl.storeIncludedFeatureMessage(StoringServiceImpl.java:68)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor124.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:309)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:183)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:150)
        at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:110)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:172)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:202)
        at $Proxy168.storeIncludedFeatureMessage(Unknown Source)
        at myapp.api.listener.backoffice.StorableMessageListener.processNew(StorableMessageListener.java:136)
        at myapp.api.listener.backoffice.StorableMessageListener.onMessage(StorableMessageListener.java:187)
        ... 34 more

Spring Configuration:
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
        xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
        xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
        xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xmlns:hz="http://www.hazelcast.com/schema/spring"
        xsi:schemaLocation="
        http://www.hazelcast.com/schema/spring
        http://www.hazelcast.com/schema/spring/hazelcast-spring-2.5.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/util
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.0.xsd">

        <!-- Generic -->
        <context:annotation-config />
        <context:component-scan base-package="myapp.api" />
        <aop:aspectj-autoproxy/>

        <!-- JPA -->
        <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor" />

        <tx:annotation-driven />

        <bean class="org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor" />

        <bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
            <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
            <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" ref="jpaVendorAdapter" />
            <property name="persistenceUnitName" value="MyApp" />
            <property name="jpaProperties">
                <props>
                    <prop key="hibernate.use_sql_comments">true</prop>
                    <prop key="hibernate.generate_statistics">true</prop>
                    <prop key="hibernate.archive.autodetection">class</prop>
                    <prop key="hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache">true</prop>
                    <prop key="hibernate.cache.provider_class">com.hazelcast.hibernate.provider.HazelcastCacheProvider</prop>
                    <prop key="hibernate.cache.use_query_cache">true</prop>
                    <prop key="hibernate.cache.use_minimal_puts">true</prop>
                </props>
            </property>
        </bean>

       <hz:hazelcast id="instance">
            <hz:config>
                 //rest of Hazelast config here
            </hz:config>
        </hz:hazelcast>

        <hz:hibernate-region-factory id="regionFactory" instance-ref="instance"/>

        <!-- Define JPA Provider Adapter -->
        <bean id="jpaVendorAdapter" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
            <property name="showSql" value="true" />
            <property name="generateDdl" value="true" />
            <property name="databasePlatform" value="org.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect" />
        </bean>

        <bean id="dataSourceTarget" class="oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource" destroy-method="close">
            <property name="URL" value="jdbc:oracle:thin:@server:1525:name" />
            <property name="user" value="test" />
            <property name="password" value="123" />
            <property name="connectionCachingEnabled" value="true" />
            <property name="connectionCacheProperties">
                <props merge="default">
                    <prop key="MinLimit">5</prop>
                    <prop key="MaxLimit">50</prop>
                </props>
            </property>
        </bean>

        <bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy">
            <property name="targetDataSource" ref="dataSourceTarget"/>
        </bean>

        <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
            <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory"/>
            <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
        </bean>

        <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" proxy-target-class="false"/>

        <bean id="genericDAO" class="myapp.api.dao.impl.GenericDAOImpl">
            <constructor-arg>
                <value>java.io.Serializable</value>
            </constructor-arg>
        </bean>

        <bean id="springContextHolder" class="myapp.api.util.SpringContextHolder" factory-method="getInstance" />

<bean id="executionInterceptor" class="myapp.api.listener.backoffice.ExecutionInterceptor" />

        </beans>

AOP Error Handler:
package myapp.api.listener.backoffice;

import javax.jms.Message;

import org.aspectj.lang.JoinPoint;
import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.AfterReturning;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.AfterThrowing;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Around;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate;
import org.springframework.util.StopWatch;

@Aspect
public class ExecutionInterceptor extends BaseListener{
    //protected Log log = LogFactory.getLog(this.getClass());
    private String errorDestination="ErrorQ";
    @Autowired
    @Qualifier("jmsTemplate")
    JmsTemplate jmsTemplate;

    @Around("execution(* onMessage(javax.jms.Message))")
    public Object aroundOnMessage(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp) throws Throwable{
        StopWatch stopWatch = new StopWatch();
        stopWatch.start();
        Object retVal = pjp.proceed();
        stopWatch.stop();
        log.trace( pjp.getSignature().getName() + " Execution Time: " + stopWatch.getTotalTimeMillis()+" ms" );
        return retVal;
    }
    @AfterReturning("execution(* onMessage(javax.jms.Message))")
    public void afterOnMessage(){
        // logic to capture time
        log.debug("*****************************EXIT ONMESSAGE*******************************");

    }

    @Around("execution(* commit(..))")
    public Object aroundCommit(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp) throws Throwable{
        try{
            return pjp.proceed();
        }catch(Throwable ex){
            log.error( "Unexpected Error occured during database commit routing message to ErrorQ", ex);
            jmsTemplate.convertAndSend(errorDestination, ex);
            throw ex;
        }finally{
            log.trace( "Commiting Transaction...");
        }

    }
    @AfterThrowing(value="execution(* onMessage(javax.jms.Message) throws java.lang.RuntimeException)",throwing="ex")
    public void afterThrowingOnMessage(JoinPoint jp,RuntimeException ex) throws RuntimeException{
        log.trace("Unexpected Error occured during onMessage processing routing to ErrorQ");
        log.error("{{ERROR}}", ex);
        Object[] args = jp.getArgs();
        if (args!=null && args[0] instanceof javax.jms.Message){
            Message msg = (Message)args[0];
            jmsTemplate.convertAndSend(errorDestination, msg);
            log.info("Unexpected Error occured successfully routed to ErrorQ");
        }else
            log.info("Unexpected Error occured failed to route to ErrorQ");
    }
}

A: It seems that the NPE is thrown because the connection is null (variable this.target).
The connection is obtained from the DataSource a few lines before (LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy.java):
// Fetch physical Connection from DataSource.
this.target = (this.username != null) ? getTargetDataSource().getConnection(this.username, this.password) : getTargetDataSource().getConnection();

Googling I have found that Oracle JDBC driver may return a null connection in the following situation (link):

ConnectionWaitTimeout
Specifies cache behavior when a connection is requested and there are
  already MaxLimit connections active. If ConnectionWaitTimeout is
  greater than zero, then each connection request waits for the
  specified number of seconds or until a connection is returned to the
  cache. If no connection is returned to the cache before the timeout
  elapses, then the connection request returns null.
Default: 0 (no timeout)

So, I guess, a connection timeout could explain your inconsistent problem.

A: Have you got your transactions applied correctly ?
Can you show the conifg files for datasource ?
Also it look slike you are using AOP with these files
at
myapp.api.listener.backoffice.StorableMessageListener.processNew(StorableMessageListener.java:136)

myapp.api.listener.backoffice.StorableMessageListener.onMessage(StorableMessageListener.java:187)

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La Cruz Succeeds in Lowering Record Teen Pregnancy Numbers
By Noelia Esquivel
Alison Arias Huete lives in La Cruz. Her pregnancy was at 16. In May of 2017 she learned about the option of the implant and didn't think twice because before she had to pay at the pharmacy $12 per month to get the contraceptive injection. Photo: Gloriana Ximendaz
Marta Bello was frightened that Susan, her youngest daughter at age 14, would repeat the family history. Maria got pregnant for the first time at age 15, and her older daughters at ages 14 and 18. That's why she supported Susan when she had a birth control implant inserted to protect her from pregnancy for three years.
She is studying and if she gets pregnant I will have to take care of the baby. It would be a setback for her. She wouldn't be able to go out or go anywhere," Bello says.
In the series of challenges on escaping poverty, unemployment, and violence in the canton that borders Nicaragua, teen pregnancy ranks high. An analysis by The Voice of Guanacaste based on birth data from the National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC) found that in the last 11 years, La Cruz has held first place in the province with the greatest number of teen pregnancies (see map).
Generations evolution: Paola (left) gave birth for the first time at 18 years old. Her sister, Susan (center), 14, had a birth control implant a few months ago. Their mother (right) was also a teen mom at 15 years old.
But local efforts have started to change the picture of what life can look like for Susan and young girls like her. From 2017 to 2018, La Cruz was the canton with the greatest reduction in teen pregnancies in Guanacaste (see chart).
In 2017, 39 of every 1,000 adolescents (from 10-19 years old) from the canton gave birth, the eighth highest of 81 cantons in the country. In 2018, La Cruz reduced that number to 24 per 1,000 (15 teen pregnancies fewer for every 1,000 than in 2017).
Several institutions and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) began initiatives in 2016 in order to tackle the problem. While it is early to credit the initiatives to the decline, the data indicates a correlation.
According to data provided by the Costa Rican Social Security (CCSS) to The Voice of Guanacaste, in 2017 alone the local health ministry in the canton inserted 423 birth control implants in women of various ages. In 2018, some 141 girls under 21 years of age obtained the birth control device.
Changing the Chip
You always want what's ideal: girls not to have sexual relations, but that's not reality," says Xinia Obando, general practitioner at the La Cruz public clinic.
Sources consulted for this story agree on a single path to explaining the reduction. In 2015, UNFPA formed an alliance with the Costa Rican Social Security (CCSS) institute and the La Cruz health department in order to expand access to contraception in the canton with monthly injections and, best of all, the birth control implant which the country would offer to adolescents.
The CCSS was planning to expand the availability of contraception for young girls in the Huetar Atlántica and the Brunca regions, but not in Chorotega, which is also facing pregnancy challenges. For this reason, the UN decided to focus on La Cruz.
"We thought of this canton in Guanacaste (La Cruz) which has, unfortunately, been in the top 10 and shows signs of vulnerability," says UNFPA sexual and reproductive health analyst Evelyn Durán.
While access to CCSS contraception in the Atlantic and Brunca regions was only for adolescents, in La Cruz they provided it to women of all ages because, according to Durán, they didn't want to exclude anyone.
The choice of these contraception devices was based on sexual and reproductive health surveys (2010 and 2016) designed to understand which method was most used in rural areas. "We reached the conclusion that there was a high number of women who preferred long-term contraception, and for each one that used long-term one, three used injections," Durán said.
So the UNFPA planned the purchase of 6,900 injections and 450 birth control implants.
Under the accord, the UNFPA and CCSS trained all medical personnel of the seven Ebais clinics in La Cruz in two to three-day sessions throughout 2016 and 2017. They explained the different contraceptive methods, how to insert them and provided advice on family planning. Doctors say they were able to brush up on knowledge.
"When they started training, I said. 'How am I going to put an implant in a young girl?, but the reality is that teenagers have relations and they are getting pregnant," says Doctor Obando, who is now collaborates in the training of other clinics in the Chorotega region, such as Liberia and Nicoya, which are beginning to expand the availability of contraception.
Finally, in May 2017 after the training sessions, the Ebais clinics in La Cruz began offering the implants and launching further plans. Their protocol was followed carefully: When a young girl came to any type of appointment, they would talk to her about contraception, the freedom they have to choose the method they want and for it to adapt to their conditions. There was an emphasis, above all, on family planning and how to avoid unwanted pregnancy. In order to access methods here or any other Ebais in the country, children don't require parental permission.
Director Coronado says they started to announce the availability of the new methods through the Ebais's loudspeaker.
Marta Bello, Susan's mother, noticed a difference. "We didn't use to talk about contraception in the household, not even much in the hospital. That's why I am more open with them," she says.
This paints a brighter future for the socioeconomic conditions of the population. A UNFPA study shows that access to contraception reduces the number of children a mom has and that the more children a mother has the more likely she is to live in extreme poverty.
An analysis by The Voice of Guanacaste also showed that the possibility of having a salaried job reduces the likelihood of Guanacastecan mothers having more children. Meanwhile, the more kids they have the less they study in school.
When they arrived in the canton, the UNFPA formed an alliance with the Network for Children and Adolescence led by the city and made up of institutions like the Public Education Ministry (MEP), the national police, the Health Ministry (Minsa), the CCSS and the National Board for Infants (PANI). The network had already been working with adolescents on issues such as violence, sexual exploitation, and trafficking, self-esteem and family planning.
The network and the UNFPA started holding workshops on sexuality, human rights, leadership and teamwork led by kids from La Cruz. "These people then distributed information to their friends and colleagues and we helped them provide more detailed information on matters that they weren't fully up to speed on," Durán says.
They also spoke about sexuality and contraception during talks at high schools. "I explained to the kids that pregnancy means postponing life plans," says Minsa family planner Noemy Vázquez.
Zaylin Bonilla, a social worker for the local government, believes that kids can build their own future with these types of messages. "They can also break the pattern that they are typically raised with, which is drop out of high school, the boys go to work on a farm and the girls take care of the kids and become housewives."
It hasn't been easy. When the idea for implants started to reach the community, other voices arose. Noemy Vázquez remembers it clearly. "They said it was the devil's tool," she says.
There was one pastor who spoke of the devil's chip and that prevented some women from choosing it and accessing their rights," Durán.
In La Cruz Ebais, Susan said it has become more normal for her friends to talk about contraception and sexuality. "Several of them have the implant, and they talk to us about that here (in the medical center) and also in high school," she says.
"For people to talk about contraception and sexual and reproductive health also helps women take control of their own sex lives and allows us to make a different decision about how to manage our sex lives," the UNFPA advisor says.
Little by little, the inter-agency actions are starting to return hope to those who want to continue studying and being teenagers with an immediate future that doesn't include diapers or cribs. For Susan, it means playing ball and dreaming of becoming an obstetrician. "I'm interested in everything that has to do with babies," she says, but rejects the idea of having one soon.
Explainer: Why were bullfights held in Palmares but not in Santa Cruz?
Guanacastecans ask legislative candidates for proposals on development, employment, the childcare network and gender


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Genomes of these 25 species will be sequenced to mark 25th anniversary of Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
The genome of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) will be sequenced in the 25 Genomes Project
Red squirrel, golden eagle and fen raft spider among those selected
A golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
The struggling red squirrel, the iconic golden eagle, the intriguing fen raft spider and the invasive giant hogweed are among 25 species that we will soon better understand thanks to a project led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
Thousands of schoolchildren and members of the public around the world participated in an online vote to select the final five species for the 25 Genomes Project.
Now the genome – the complete set of genetic information – of each species will be sequenced, meaning scientists will unravel all the DNA instructions that enable the organisms to grow and develop.
The project marks the 25th anniversary of the institute in Hinxton, which is a world-renowned leader in the field of genomics.
Red mason bee
Founded in 1993 by Prof Sir John Sulston as part of the Human Genome Project, the Sanger Institute made the largest single contribution to the gold standard sequence of the first human genome, published in 2003, by sequencing eight of the 23 human pairs of chromosomes.
Professor Sir Mike Stratton, director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said: "Twenty-five years ago the field of genomics was a budding idea and its implications only dreamed of.
"Today the reality of genomics and biodata is that it is transforming our understanding, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, ranging from cancer and heart disease to malaria and infections.
"The science and technology that is driving this era of discovery is accelerating our understanding of the human body, but also of the world around us.
A robin
"This project has come after many thoughtful conversations around the world with regard to how many of the species on our planet could be sequenced in the coming decades – in principle, all of them.
"We are embarking on our contribution to sequencing all life on Earth."
The Cambridge Independent has reported how the genomes of Anopheles mosquitoes from locations across Africa had been sequenced by the Sanger Institute and an international consortium of research organisations to help uncover why some are becoming resistant to insecticides used in the fight against deadly malaria.
The study found millions of variations in the genomes of the mosquitoes, which helped to explain why insecticides targeting specific genes might prove ineffective.
The 25 Genomes Project could help explain some of the mysteries surrounding the selected species, which are grouped into five categories:
■ flourishing – species on the up in the UK;
■ floundering – endangered and declining species;
■ dangerous – invasive and harmful species;
■ iconic – quintessentially British species that we all recognise; and
■ cryptic – species that are out of sight or indistinguishable from others based on looks alone.
Dr Julia Wilson, associate director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said: "Through sequencing these 25 genomes, scientists will gain a better understanding of UK species, how they arrived here, their evolution, and how different species are adapting to a changing environment.
"The results could reveal hidden truths in these species, and will enable the scientific community to understand how our world is constantly changing and evolving around us.
Ringlet butterfly
"We want to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Sanger Institute in a special 'Sanger' way, and I am excited to see how the 25 Genomes Project unfolds."
Among the mysteries that the project could solve is why some brown trout migrate to the open ocean while others do not.
It might reveal more about the magneto receptors in robins' eyes that allow them to 'see' the magnetic fields of the Earth.
And it could help explain why our red squirrels are vulnerable to the squirrel pox virus, while grey squirrels – which were introduced to the UK – can carry and spread the virus to reds without becoming ill.
A turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) perched on a branch
It is hoped the work might indicate how UK species are responding to environmental pressures.
The results of all the studies will be made publicly available, providing information for future studies and aiding conservation and understanding of the species.
Key reference genomes of many species have already been sequenced, such as those of the mouse, zebrafish, pig and gorilla.
Researchers have also learnt much from reference genomes of infectious diseases and bacteria, including salmonella, MRSA, chlamydia and malaria.
A water vole (Arvicola terrestris)
The institute is partnering with other industry leaders – including Pacific Biosciences of California, 10x Genomics and Illumina – to sequence the genomes.
It will employ PacBio long-read sequencing technology from Pacific Biosciences to generate high-quality genomes.
Ken Skeldon, head of public engagement at the Wellcome Genome Campus, said: "Giving the public the opportunity to choose which species have their genomes sequenced in the 25 Genomes Project has brought new perspectives to the project.
"We are delighted to see that so many people and schoolchildren across the UK and beyond have actively engaged in online chats with the scientists and voted for the final five species."
Common pipistrelle bat
The voting for these took place over five weeks on the 'I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here' website, produced by Mangorolla CIC, and 42 UK species were in the running, each of them championed by a scientist.
Students and the public cast more than 4,000 votes and took part in more than 100 online live chats, asking species champions 500 questions about the species and DNA sequencing.
Tim Littlewood, head of life sciences at the Natural History Museum, said: "The Natural History Museum is proud to be collaborating with the Sanger Institute to celebrate their 25th birthday and also to celebrate the advances that molecular techniques such as genome sequencing can bring to the study of UK wildlife.
"The 80 million specimens we care for, from around the world, hold a wealth of genetic information that enables us to conduct innovative research, addressing global challenges.
"A focus on UK biodiversity with cutting-edge technology is particularly welcome."
The 25 species that will have their genomes sequenced are:
Flourishing species:
• Grey squirrel
• Ringlet butterfly
• Roesel's bush-Cricket
• Oxford ragwort
Floundering species:
• Red squirrel
• Water vole
• Turtle dove
• Northern February red stonefly
Dangerous species:
• Giant hogweed
• Indian balsam
• King scallop, also known as the great scallop, coquilles Saint-Jacques
• New Zealand flatworm
Iconic species:
• Golden eagle
• Blackberry
• European robin
• Red mason bee
Cryptic species:
• Brown trout
• Common pipistrelle bat
• Carrington's featherwort
• Summer truffle
Five species chosen by the public:
• Common starfish
• Fen raft spider
• Lesser spotted catshark
• Asian hornet
• Eurasian otter
A brief history of sequencing
The building blocks of DNA are called nucleotides.
Sequencing involves working out the order of these nucleotides, or bases, in DNA.
Nucleotides are formed of adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G).
A human genome, a unique sequence of DNA, is more than three billion letters long – and is found in almost every cell of the body.
The Human Genome Project, completed in 2003, revealed this genetic blueprint.
It followed 13 years of work, but the foundation for it was laid much earlier.
Augustinian monk Gregor Mendel is described as the father of modern genetics. He experimented between 1856 and 1863 with crossing pea plant varieties in his monastery garden, indicating how traits could be passed down from parents – by what we now know are genes. His work on plant hybridisation was presented in 1865.
In 1869, Swiss researcher Friedrich Miescher isolated 'nuclein' – DNA with associated proteins – from cell nuclei, although its significance lay hidden for many years. He and other scientists continued to believe it was proteins that passed on traits from parents to children.
In 1952, University of Cambridge graduate Rosalind Franklin created Photograph 51 using X-ray crystallography, which showed a pattern that indicated the helical shape of DNA.
In 1953, in Cambridge, Francis Crick and James Watson famously discovered the double helix structure of DNA – announcing it in the Eagle pub. They revealed how DNA is composed of two strands of nucleotides coiled around each other, linked by hydrogen bonds and running in opposite directions.
In their model, they showed how an A on one strand is always paired with T on the other, while C is always paired with G. They suggested this structure allowed each strand to be used to reconstruct the other – which helped explain the passing on of hereditary information between generations.
Marshall Nirenberg then unlocked the genetic code for protein synthesis in 1961.
It was in 1977 that Frederick Sanger, at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, developed a rapid DNA sequencing technique, known now as the Sanger method, to determine the order of nucleotides in a DNA strand.
In it, enzymes are used to synthesize, or create, short pieces of DNA. The reaction is brought to a stop by adding a 'terminating' base to the stretch of DNA being synthesized. Sanger did this by removing an oxygen atom.
Radioactive markers are used to tag terminating bases so they can be identified. The DNA fragments, of different lengths, are separated by how rapidly they move through a gel matrix when an electric field is applied – electrophoresis.
Sanger is one of the few scientists who has been awarded two Nobel prizes - one came for the sequencing of proteins, especially insulin, in 1958, and the other, in 1980, for the sequencing of DNA.
Today's sequencing machines have rapidly increased the speed at which the process can be completed.
In the 100,000 Genomes Project – sequencing the genomes of 100,000 people – Illumina's machines are being used. These can sequence one human genome in about a day, although the analysis takes much longer.
It involves comparing the positions of genes to a reference genome. Every person will have millions of variants, or differences, in their genome to this reference. Most will be harmless, but some could be the cause of disease. Bioninformaticians use an array of tools to whittle down the millions of variants to the handful that could be harmful.
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Linguistic ecology or language ecology is the study of how languages interact with each other and the places they are spoken in, and frequently argues for the preservation of endangered languages as an analogy of the preservation of biological species.

The term was first used in an article on the "language situation" in Arizona (Voegelin, Voegelin and Schutz, 1967). It was taken up by Einar Haugen, who pioneered a form of linguistics which used the metaphor of an ecosystem to describe the relationships among the diverse forms of language found in the world, and the groups of people who speak them.

Description
Linguistic ecology is represented by the journal Language Ecology, which describes the field as follows:

Linguistic ecology has sometimes been described as a form of ecolinguistics (e.g., in Fill and Mühlhäusler). However, some studies in language ecology refer only to language within a social context and disregard the ecological context of the living ecosystems and physical environment that life depends on, so could be considered to be more sociolinguistic in nature. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and David Harmon (2018) write that "There has been a tendency of many sociolinguists to pay only lip service to the literal sense of 'ecology' and to focus only on social concerns. They see the 'eco-' in ecolinguistics/language ecology as a relationship within and between various languages, speakers of these languages and their sociocultural and economic contexts.". Other studies, however, are relevant to ecolinguistics because they describe the association of high linguistic diversity with high biological diversity (see Bastardas-Boada 2002). The relationship between linguistic diversity and biodiversity is claimed to arise since local ecological knowledge is built into local language varieties and threatened if the local language is threatened by a more dominant language (see Skutnabb-Kangas and Harmon 2017, Mühlhäusler 1995).

See also
 Language geography
 Language policy
 Linguistic rights
 Sociolinguistics

References

Literature
Bastardas-Boada, Albert (1996) Ecologia de les llengües. Medi, contactes i dinàmica sociolingüística. Barcelona: Proa. [English translation: Ecology of languages. Sociolinguistic environment, contacts and dynamics, in Bastardas-Boada, A. (2019), From language shift to language revitalization and sustainability. A complexity approach to linguistic ecology. Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona].
Bastardas-Boada, Albert (2002) "Biological and linguistic diversity: Transdisciplinary explorations for a socioecology of languages" Diverscité langues, vol. VII.
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Lisa, I love your show. I love listening to you on KLOVE and its great to hear you on the radio again. Thank you so much for your ministry and your words. This show really spoke to me. Especially the part about choosing whether I'm going to let things bother me or not. I have really been struggling with this the last couple of weeks. Baseball games that I have tickets to getting rained out, feeling like people aren't supporting me. It was a great reminder that stuff happens that is out of our control, and only we have the power to choose how we react and how we let it effect us. Thanks again for your heart and your ministries!


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"The Gathering Basket"
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Annamarie Iver's journey begins in the fall with a backdrop of ripening apples and brilliant skies bordering a northern New Mexico apple farm. It is a story about love, about abuse, about faith and discovery.
Ghosts and wicked visions haunt Annamarie Iver's sleep.
Like a video loop gone mad, Annamarie's nightmares have followed her most of her life. Now removed from the chaos of misdirected hopes, lost loves, and ideals, Annamarie resolves to end the nighttime terror, and begins unorthodox sessions with a Taos, New Mexico shaman, Rosemary Quintana.
Rosemary guides Annamarie through four decades of life memories, making her recollect and gather her strengths, weaknesses, fears and spirituality. As Annamarie comes closer to her nightmare's genesis, another world of unimagined abuse and horror confronts and challenges her ability to face her truths.
An interview with Charmaine…
Q. What did it take to write your first piece of fiction?
A. It took endless words of encouragement from my colleagues and my husband. My biggest challenge was to make stuff up. For the last 20 years, I've written about people, places and things. All factual. After awhile, it became painfully boring and tedious. I wanted to make up some wild and crazy story and write it.
Q. So you did. What was the process?
A. I bled. I sent my first draft to two writers I respect. Both at opposite ends of the creative stick, they each said the same thing: "The idea's good, but there's much work to be done." I put the manuscript down for the summer and thought about it.
Q. Did you think about trashing the entire project?
A. Absolutely not! I spent the summer in my garden. I yanked weeds from the dirt, and words from the manuscript. I planted seeds in the soil, and new ideas into the manuscript. Thankfully, no one was around, because I did a lot of verbal character conversation and set up. I apologize for anyone who pulled into my driveway and wanted to chat, because I was into "The Gathering Basket" and nothing else.
Q. Did you finish it that year?
A. Nope. I rewrote, sent the manuscript to Sheila Cowing, who works as a professional editor, and expected her to say, "This is great. I've got a friend in New York who will love it." She didn't say that. She typed pages of thoughts and critique, and said, "There's much work to be done."
Q. Was it time to throw in the towel?
A. It crossed my mind. But I love a challenge. When I was in the PR business, I had a great idea for a billboard. The billboard company said that it couldn't be done. I took that as a challenge, and the billboard won me a regional design award. So, I continued on with developing more ideas and scenarios. And in truth, there's probably much more that could be done, but I have new projects I'm ready to tackle.
Q. So, what inspired you to write The Gathering Basket?
A. The story played in my head for years. It never jelled. When I bought a Santa Fe bookstore, I invited 10 local authors to participate in a 'book fest.' They probably thought me corny, but I had to thank each one for participating in that event, because I understood the amount of work they put into the stack of books we hoped to sell and sign. I really did. They accomplished something that I couldn't. The bookstore was a lesson. You see, I came into retail from the privileged careers of journalism and public relations. Suddenly I was a retailer, and some schlep behind a cash register. I had no idea! I mean, when I was a kid, I used to play 'store.' As an adult, who loves the written word, owning a bookstore, in Santa Fe, no less, was ideal. The bookstore was great. Santa Fe is great. Retailing sucked. Yes, some of the incidents in T, are definite "write what you know" inspired.
Q. What do you mean by that?A. For nine years I heard people whine, cry and make my life miserable because they were "dysfunctional." I wanted to say, "Dude! I come from dysfunction. What makes you think your life was so incredibly significant that it gives you the right to sour everyone else's life?" I don't accept the poor me and it's everyone else's fault scenario. Take responsibility and act with care and compassion.
I didn't sleep well during that time. The book business is tough. But I'm tougher and those nine years gave me "The Gathering Basket's" premise.
Q. So you sold the bookstore and wrote the book?
A. Basically. I had to recharge my creative batteries. They were definitely running on low. But my husband and I moved to the countryside. I experienced splendid isolation that afforded me the space to work on 'the book,' and do what I do best – research the times, people and places. But this time I could make up whatever I wanted in those times, with those people and in those places. Such fun.
Q. What are you working on now?
A. When I thought that "The Gathering Basket" was sitting and spinning, I shuffled through my boxes of clips. I found two years worth of newspaper columns that I wrote for the Antelope Valley Press in Palmdale, Ca. A story was there alongside my other essays and opines. I put in all three leaves in my dining room table and spread out everything I've ever written. It was like a giant game of solitaire and the bones of my work in progress, "We Were The California Girls."
I also have another fiction piece in the works. This one requires major research and I have about twenty books I have to study before it's completed..
Meanwhile, I keep busy with several blogs, both original and 'ghost' written.
Q. Do you sleep?
A. On occasion.


Scientists were pretty excited when they discovered you could convert light energy directly into electricity by capturing photons in semiconductors, exciting them into "excitons" (bound electron with negative charge and hole with positive), and capturing the resultant current through electrodes. Now a group of four chemists from the University of California, Riverside, has worked out a way for one photon to generate a pair of excited states rather than just one.
It's called "singlet fission," and by using it, we should be able to boost solar cell efficiency by as much as 30%, providing "Third Generation" solar power. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters published the research results in an Editor's Choice perspective article last month.
Our research got its launch about ten years ago when we started thinking about solar energy and what new types of photophysics this might require. Global warming concerns and energy security have made solar energy conversion an important subject from society's point of view. More efficient solar cells would lead to wider use of this clean energy source.
Here's the Bardeen lab's diagram of how singlet fission works to spontaneously split into two triplets, effectively dodging the efficiency barrier of the Shockley-Queisser limit.
"The exact mechanism is unknown, but it does happen quickly—at the sub-nanosecond timescale—and with high efficiency," Bardeen says. His lab's work has shown that it is very sensitive to molecular alignment and position.
Bardeen cites recent work at MIT that has already demonstrated an organic photovoltaic cell with more than 100% external quantum efficiency based on this effect. Bardeen believes we can use this effect to raise the efficiency of inorganic semiconductors.
Next steps: finding new materials that exhibit singlet fission, figuring out how to turn the triplet excitons into photocurrent efficiently, and determine how the spin properties of the electrons affect exciton dynamics.


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Carrie Mitchell
Gender equality is not only a basic human right, but its achievement has enormous socio-economic ramifications. Empowering women fuels thriving economies, spurring productivity and growth. Yet gender inequalities remain deeply entrenched in every society. Women lack access to decent work and face occupational segregation and gender wage gaps. They are too often denied access to basic education and health care. Women in all parts of the world suffer violence and discrimination. They are under-represented in political and economic decision-making processes.
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for the empowerment of women. UN Women became operational in January 2011, and offers local volunteer chapter organizations in cities around the world that you can join, network and empower others through.
"Equality for women is progress for all" ~ Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
Work & Priorities
UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide. It works globally to make the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls and stands behind women's equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on four strategic priorities:
Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems
Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy
All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence
Women and girls contribute to and have greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience, and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts and humanitarian action
UN Women also coordinates and promotes the UN system's work in advancing gender equality, and in all deliberations and agreements linked to the 2030 Agenda. The entity works to position gender equality as fundamental to the Sustainable Development Goals, and a more inclusive world.
For many years, the United Nations faced serious challenges in its efforts to promote gender equality globally, including inadequate funding and no single recognized driver to direct UN activities on gender equality issues. In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, to address such challenges. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization's goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system, which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment:
Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI)
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Coursera: International Women's Health and Human Rights, Global Diplomacy, Indigenous Studies
Women Also Know History: Promoting women historians
Nursing Clio: History of gender and medicine


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Book of 2 Timothy
Godlessness in the Last Days
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
Paul's Charge to Timothy
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.1
1. King James Authorized Version
2. Timothy by Wayne Blank - http://www. keyway.ca/ htm2002/ timothy.htm
Author of Timothy
Who was Timothy?
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Paul (1 Timothy 1:1,2)
Timothy, from the Greek name Timotheos (pronounced tee-moth-eh-us), meaning honoring God, or dear to God, was a trustworthy young disciple often closely associated with Paul.
Timothy was from Lystra (Acts 16:1) in Asia Minor, today in Turkey. His mother, Eunice, and grandmother, Lois, were Jews, and were noted for their sincere faithfulness to God (2 Timothy 1:5). Nothing is written of his father, except that he was a Greek (Acts 16:1).
Timothy is first mentioned during Paul's second visit to Lystra (Acts 16:1-2), where he was apparently converted during Paul's earlier visit there (1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 3:11). Paul certainly thought highly of him, calling him "my true son in the faith" (1 Timothy 1:2).
After Timothy received his calling as a servant (what the word minister literally means) "through a direct prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you" (1 Timothy 4:14), he journeyed with Paul through Phrygia, Galatia, and Mysia, as well as Troas and Philippi and Berea (Acts 17:1-14). He later joined Paul in Athens, and was sent by him with Silas on a mission to Thessalonica (Acts 17:15, 1 Thessalonians 3:2), and later was with Paul at Corinth (1 Thessalonians 1:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:1), and later still at Ephesus (Acts 19:22), where he was sent to Macedonia. He accompanied Paul afterwards to Asia (Acts 20:4).
After Paul was a prisoner at Rome, Timothy joined him (Philippians 1:1), where it seems he may also have been imprisoned (Hebrews 13:23). During Paul's second imprisonment, he wrote to Timothy and asked him to bring his cloak and parchments that had been left at Troas. (2 Timothy 4:13)
According to one tradition, after Paul was killed, Timothy settled mainly in Ephesus, where, after more years of faithful witness, he too was martyred.2
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Hegel's Social Ethics
Religion, Conflict, and Rituals of Reconciliation
Molly B. Farneth
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Molly Farneth's recent monograph, Hegel's Social Ethics: Religion, Conflict, and Rituals of Recognition, deploys a "post-Kantian" reading of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit as a critical and constructive tool in addressing social conflict. Sacramentally-inflected practices of recognition, Farneth argues, affirm the irreducibly agonistic character of pluralistic democracy while also pointing the way to the possibility of consensus and democratically authorized social change.
Farneth makes clear in the very first lines of her preface that this "is a book for people who care about Hegel and people who don't" (Farneth, ix). The book is neatly structured along just such lines. The first five chapters will be of interest to those "who care about Hegel," offering an account of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit focused on the concept of "recognition," as well as practices of "confession" and "forgiveness." The next two chapters will be of interest to many who otherwise might not care about Hegel. There Farneth deploys the critical apparatus she develops in the first five chapters to show the way in which Hegel's concept of recognition might be used to deal with intractable oppositions of "culture wars" by generating a form of democratic authority which more left-leaning approaches to mitigating social conflict seem to lack, on Farneth's account. To successfully write a book which manages to be of relevance both to those interested in Hegel and those who are not is surely no small feat. Hegel is widely regarded as one of the most (if not the most) abstruse and difficult writers in the whole of the philosophical canon, and it is not always clear what he means, let alone what to "do" with him. Luckily for her readers, Farneth displays an impressive command of the material and provides eminently clear expositions of major theoretical and practical issues which frame Hegel's Phenomenology.
Farneth neatly situates herself within contemporary debates on the metaphysical significance of Hegel's system, engaging critically with commentators on Hegel including Alexandre Kojève, Robert Pippin, Paul Redding, Fredrick Beiser, and others. Farneth makes her allegiances clear: she favors the deflationary, "post-Kantian" reading, and it is this metaphysically anti-realist Hegelianism that Farneth brings to bear in contemporary debates in theology, religious studies, and democratic theory. However, such debates are not the focus of the work. The deflationary reading is a starting-point for deploying Hegelian thought, rather than its own interpretive task. It should also be noted that while Farneth espouses a "post-Kantian" view of Hegel, her insights as to the value of Hegelian concepts in assessing and addressing social conflict need not stand or fall with the historical accuracy of such assessments. Despite certain points of contention, those who insist upon a more robustly metaphysical understanding of Hegel's thought will find much of value in Farneth's analyses.
The major task of the book is to employ the epistemological insights of the "post-Kantian" school of Hegel interpretation toward contemporary social and political problems, centrally the reality of social conflict in pluralistic societies, and the need to navigate and adjudicate such claims without recourse to violence or question-begging. If Robert Pippin awakened Anglo-American readers to the epistemological side of Hegelian dialectic, Farneth aims to draw our gaze back toward challenges of social conflict which Hegel's philosophy, understood in this way, can address. This leads Farneth to explore the way in which Hegelian recognition is instantiated in and developed through religious and quasi-religious rituals and practices. Farneth finds in Hegel's dialectic of confession and forgiveness a kenotic interpretation of sacramental theology that outlines the concrete social practice of recognition: acceptance of mutually reinforcing relations of accountability and authority. This last point dovetails with Farneth's strident rejection of the triumphalist Hegel championed in the influential reading of Alexandre Kojève. According to Farneth, Hegelian recognition and reconciliation does not lead to a final, stable synthesis in which such conflicts cease. Rather, opting for an "open" view of history, Farneth argues that certain forms of social conflict are ineradicable, and it is through rituals which confer and sustain relationships of recognition that social bonds strained by such conflicting normative claims can be continually renewed. As a matter of working through these conflicts, the right kind of rituals provide a sacramental touchstone: they both signify and actualize recognition and reconciliation. Such recognition-conferring gestures form the conceptual core of the book, and serve as a launching pad for Farneth's deployment of Hegelian concepts with respect to contemporary social conflict in the final two chapters where she addresses contemporary theological and political issues—specifically the "culture wars" and the generation of democratic authority.
One question that occurred to this reviewer while reading Hegel's Social Ethics was whether or not Farneth believes a non-Hegelian model of recognition can effectively generate democratic authority. Presumably the answer is no, since Farneth is eager to present Hegelian recognitive gestures as offering an alternative to the lack of democratic authority in the bureaucratic solutions of liberal elitism, the ineffectual horizontalism of the Occupy movement, and the intellectual vanguardism of radical movements such as Leninism. If there is no other plausible model for generating democratic authority, does this perhaps suggest that Farneth's interpretation of Hegelian historicity is not quite as "open" as the author claims? A second question would be to what extent the conflicts recognition can assuage are grounded in material conditions. Might a redistributive model of sacramentality might also be necessary, as a compliment to the recognitive one on offer here, especially where the material situation (lack of education, starvation, captivity, etc.) precludes or limits the possibility of recognition in the strict sense?
In summary, Farneth's book is a model of clarity and scholarly rigor. Hegel's Social Ethics should be of interest to a wide range of readers, drawing together as it does themes and problems in German idealism, sacramental theology, religious studies, postliberal theology, and political theory. Anyone concerned with issues of conflict and conflict resolution in contemporary democratic societies will find much to appreciate within its pages.
W. Ezekiel Goggin is a doctoral candidate in the Philosophy of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
Molly Farneth is assistant professor of religion at Haverford College.
Pneumenology of the Spirit, Hegel, social ethics, reconciliation, slavery, forgiveness, Greek tragedy, culture wars, AAR Annual Meeting 2019


Journey Out of Pink: The lost is found!
First thing this morning, I received a video from my Aunt. It was an inspirational video on the topic of God still answers prayer. As I watched it, my heart skipped a few beats because I know firsthand God still answers prayer in my life and does so on a daily basis.
Weeks ago, I realized I'd lost my necklace. I turned my house upside down for the past couple of weeks looking frantically for this very sentimental piece of jewelry. I'd had the necklace made over twenty years ago when my first wedding ring (from my husband Phil) had been accidentally crushed leaving only the front of the ring and diamonds in tact. Before having the necklace made from my ring, I also wanted to incorporate a diamond my daughter Laura had won at the opening of a jewelry store about the same time my ring had been damaged. My intention was to leave this necklace as an heirloom to her one day. The diamonds in the necklace probably don't total more than a carat or so but the necklace was extremely valuable to me.
Right after watching the video from my aunt this morning, I kept feeling the need to walk into my closet. Standing in the middle of my big walk in closet amidst all the racks of clothing, I felt God speak to my heart and tell me to look up. As I looked up, my eyes instantly fell on a blouse hanging on a hanger. As I looked closer, I noticed something hanging around the top of the hanger. I took the blouse down from the rack and lo and behold...my necklace was there in all its glory!
I was so thankful to have my precious necklace back but more importantly, I was thankful God used that video to prompt me to remember my prayer request from over 2 weeks back. When I'd lost the necklace and couldn't find it, I told God I knew He knew where it was even though I didn't. I knew He knew how special it was to me and I asked Him to please allow me to find it. I'd left that prayer request at His feet and this morning, He answered it.
Now I know my necklace doesn't compare to a lost sheep, especially back in Biblical times when that was their livelihood, but that necklace was precious to me and God knew it. I'm sharing all this to say, Rejoice with me over God's faithfulness! He does still answer prayer and He does still hear those little bitty heartfelt cries we send up to Heaven. 19 days after I prayed and asked for Him to show me where the necklace was hidden, He did!
And by the way, Jesus, while sharing the parable about the lost sheep wasn't just wanting his disciples to focus on the found animal. He was using that analogy to help them understand He cares about lost souls. In verse 7 of that chapter, He says this: "I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent."
Hopefully, I've given you something to smile about as you rejoice with me over my found necklace but more importantly, I hope I've given you some food for thought, too. God still hears and He still answers. Don't be afraid or embarrassed to voice your prayer needs to your Heavenly Father...no matter how small or insignificant they may seem to be. He cares about what we care about because He loves us unconditionally. And that's the best kind of love you can ever receive.