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Q: SQL Image DataType - C# Display Output I have an image data type in my table. When I query using SQL Server Management Studio, I get the following in my results window, both grid and text.
0x255044462D312E320D0A0D0A332030206F[Truncated for Length]
I am attempting to replicate this in a little c# program.
However, when I use either SqlCommand or LINQ I get the output:
JVBERi0xLjINCg0KMyAwIG9iag0KPDwNCi9FIDIxODgyDQovSCBbIDExNTAgMTUxIF0NCi9MIDIyM[TRUNCATED]
Any thoughts to what I need to do to get the 0x25... output to display? I have tried doing byte[] conversions and Encoding, but can't seem to find the right one.
If I am not clear, please let me know.
Edit:
I am not trying to display the image, just the 0x25...
Thoughts?

A: string forDisplay = "0x" + BitConverter.ToString(yourByteArray).Replace("-", "");

A: AFAIK, .Net does not include any methods to print an arbitrary byte array as a single hex number.  (Until .Net 4.0's System.Numerics.BigInteger)
However, you should be able to write
"0x" + BitConverter.ToString(bytes).Replace("-", "")

Note that this is incredibly inefficient; if you want to do this in real code, use a StringBuilder in a loop. EDIT:  Like this:
public static string ToHexString(this byte[] bytes) {
    var builder = new StringBuilder(bytes.Length * 2 + 2);

    builder.Append("0x");

    for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
        builder.Append(bytes[i].ToString("X2"));

    return builder.ToString();
}

2nd EDIT: Here's a new version which really is faster.  (Yes, I know you don't need it; here it is anyway)
private static char ToHexDigit(int i) {
    if (i < 10)
        return (char)(i + '0');
    return (char)(i - 10 + 'A');
}
public static string ToHexString(byte[] bytes) {
    var chars = new char[bytes.Length * 2 + 2];

    chars[0] = '0';
    chars[1] = 'x';

    for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++) {
        chars[2 * i + 2] = ToHexDigit(bytes[i] / 16);
        chars[2 * i + 3] = ToHexDigit(bytes[i] % 16);
    }

    return new string(chars);
}


Alcohol abuse is an epidemic in the United States that needs to be addressed.
Despite being legal and widely available, alcohol is recognized as one of the most harmful drugs of abuse. Excessive use has a dramatic impact on a person's social responsibility and behavior.
A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry found that the rate of alcohol use disorder, or what's more commonly known as "alcoholism", has risen by a shocking 49 percent in the first decade of the 2000s. One in eight American adults, or 12.7% of the U.S. population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder, according to the study.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 88,000 people a year die of alcohol-related causes, more than twice the annual death toll of opiate overdose.
Underage drinking has declined in recent years but adult consumption has increased across all demographics. The jump was especially large for older Americans, minorities and people with lower levels of education and income.
The share of adults who reported any alcohol use, high-risk drinking or alcohol dependence or abuse increased significantly between when surveys were conducted in 2001-02 and in follow-up surveys during 2012-2013. Researchers personally interviewed tens of thousands of people with similar questions, offering a robust, nationally representative look at how American drinking habits have evolved in the 21st century.
The number of adults that have reported excessive drinking during 2012-13 has risen to 12.6%, compared with 9.7% in 2001-02.
That 3-percentage point increase may not seem like a huge jump, but given an adult U.S. population of about 250 million, it represents roughly 7 million more people binge drinking at least once a week.
The increase in alcohol abuse or dependence was even greater: Some 12.7% of respondents reported such behavior in the 2012-13 period, compared with 8.5% in 2001-02. That percentage increase is roughly equivalent to 10.5 million people at the current population.
There's no single explanation for the increase. Researchers point to economic stress in the aftermath of the Great Recession; more easily available alcohol at restaurants and retailers; and the diminished impact of alcohol taxes. As a percentage of average income, alcohol is cheaper today than at any point since at least 1950.
Clearly this is an extreme problem for America but how can you test for it and what can you do about it?
While the size of the problem is now evident, we need to acknowledge what the problem is. Excessive drinking is the slippery slope in to alcoholism.
Excessive drinking is defined by the World Health Organization to be drinking more than 60g of alcohol per day (slightly lower for women), for simplicity, a definition of average units per week is used. To define the point at which drinking becomes excessive, a general cut-off of under 60 units per week for men and under 55 units per week for women, which equates approximately to 4 or 5 pints of beer, 1 to 1.5 bottles of wine or one third of a bottle of spirits per day.
Anything more than this will be considered excessive and is a problem that will need to be addressed.
So how do we differentiate between excessive drinking and acceptable drinking?
The testing used to identify excessive alcohol consumption depends on the application or purpose of the testing. For example, whether we are assessing levels that would impact on health, safety or social responsibility, although clearly these are all interrelated.
There are two types of tests that can be used.
Direct markers: These are produced as a direct result of exposure to alcohol and are therefore very specific to alcohol use. The two routine direct tests provided look for EtG (Ethyl Glucuronide or ethanol) and FAEE (Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters) in a person's hair. FAEEs are a metabolite of Ethyl, measured in hair to cover a 3 or 6 month history. For certain circumstances, alcohol and EtG can also be tested in urine to cover from 1 and up to a 4 day history.
Indirect markers: These are produced as a response to the toxicity of alcohol, causing impairment of normal body functions, particularly impairment of the liver. The routine indirect tests recommended are Blood tests for Liver Function Test's, Carbohydrate deficient transferrin, Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase-Carbohydrate deficient transferrin ratio and Mean corpuscular volume, generally to cover a 3 to 8 week history.
However, these markers can be influenced by other factors and are therefore not specific to alcohol and do not always respond to excessive alcohol use.
Recommended to test for Alcohol in the system is the combined profile of blood tests and hair tests, these should be selected for all new cases where there is no reliable previous alcohol testing history.
Where this profile identifies potential issues or where on-going monitoring for alcohol use is required, then best practice is to carry out at least two further tests at 4 to 6 and 8 to 12 weeks or on a rolling 6 weekly basis for as long as required.
It is proven that following this alcohol testing profile is the most reliable way to differentiate excessive from acceptable drinking and a case can then be resolved in a short and controlled time scale. This saves costs and ensures decisions are taken on the most reliable and clear evidence available.
Testing body hair is also helpful in addition to scalp hair where scalp hair is shorter than optimal or where repetitive use of hair treatments may have compromised the reliability of the testing.
If a patient has a needle phobia or poor veins local topical anesthetic can be used and if necessary extra fine needles to minimize discomfort and ensure most blood collections succeed without causing anxiety.
If you end up needing a test for Alcohol and it comes back positive you may have Alcoholism. If this is the case you need to contact your doctor as soon as possible to get help with your addiction.
Overcoming an alcohol addiction starts with a qualified treatment center that can help address underlying and co-occurring disorders. Because of alcohol's prevalence throughout our culture, recovering alcoholics are constantly bombarded with triggers. Treatment centers have to be equipped to help the recovering individual find effective ways to manage triggers and cravings.
There are many treatment centers for alcohol addiction recovery throughout the United States.
Getting alcohol out of the addicted person's system is the first part of recovery. People with a severe alcohol addiction can experience intense withdrawal symptoms. A supervised alcohol detox is usually necessary for people addicted to alcohol to prevent potentially fatal complications. Shaking, sweating, seizures, hallucinations, and even death are possible alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
One of the benefits of treatment is medical management of the physical aspects of addiction. Using prescription drugs in combination with treatment boosts the recovery success rate to 50 percent.
Ask for friends and family to support you in the recovery process; chances are, they'll be proud of you for taking control of your life again. External support groups include Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), which originated the 12-step program and now has approximately 2 million members, as well as SMART Recovery, a growing support group based on cognitive behavioral therapy.
If you suspect that you, or someone you know, suffers from Alcoholism contact us right away.


The Indian government has heavily slashed the prices of coronary stents. Will patients with heart conditions benefit from it?
In a landmark step to break the long-run nexus bet ween the medical devices industry and hospitals, the Union government has slashed the prices of life-saving coronary stents by up to 85 per cent. Stents are small, expandable mesh-like tubes that are inserted into the narrowed arteries of heart to treat coronary artery disease (CAD). In a notification issued on February 14, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has capped the prices of bare metal stents (BMS) at Rs 7,260, and their advanced variants, the drug-eluting stents (DES), at Rs 29,600. Unlike BMS, DES emits a drug over time to help keep the blockage from recurring.
Announcing the notification, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar said that at this rate, and after including 5 per cent value added tax and other taxes, the average price of BMS will reduce to Rs 7,623 from Rs 45,000, and that of DES will reduce to Rs 31,080 from Rs 1,21,000. This will result in a gross relief of Rs 4,450 crore a year for cardiac patients in the country, said Kumar.
Estimates show CAD is responsible for 90-95 per cent of the cardiovascular deaths in the country. At least 61.5 million people suffer from CAD, says a 2015 report of the National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. While NPPA's bold move has been appreciated by patients' groups and activists, a concern remains: will patients benefit from NPPA's price cap?
Before announcing the order, NPPA had conducted a market survey of stents at the behest of the Rajya Sabha and published the report on its website in January. The report exposes the nexus between manufacturers, distributors and hospitals. For instance, patients are charged more than Rs 1 lakh, and at times Rs 1.98 lakh, for a DES, which costs only Rs 5,126 to the importer. Of the different parties involved in the business of stent, hospitals pocket the maximum profit; some charge a hefty 654 per cent margin over the original cost of stents.
Cardiologist and president of the Indian Medical Association K K Aggarwal says with the slashed stent prices, the cost of angioplasty procedure should go down by at least Rs 1 lakh. But only time will tell whether the benefit will trickle down to patients, he says.
While announcing the order, Kumar has also expressed apprehensions on the ultimate effect of the order. He said that he would write to MoHFW to ensure that hospitals do not increase the price of angioplasty procedure, doctor's fee and prolong the patient's stay in hospital to recover the curtailed cost of stents.
The NPPA order already has a few safeguards to ensure this. It directs hospitals and nursing homes to bill the patients separately, detailing particulars of costs, name of the maker and batch details. Industry, as expected, has decried the decision. Pavan Choudary, director general of the Medical Technology Association of India, says the move will impact innovation in the still nascent industry. It will also dissuade manufacturers from selling DES in India, which will deprive patients of the most advanced and cutting-edge technologies, he says, adding that the NPPA order should have fixed different prices for different stents.
However, the NPPA notification has a provision for superior products, including DES, under which makers can claim separate prices by providing clinical evidence of their product's "superiority".
Sulagana Chattopadhyay, editor of Geo graphy and You, who petitioned the Rajya Sabha to investigate the nexus, says from her personal experience that patients are often needlessly suggested to undergo angioplasty only because doctors and hospitals want more profit. According to MoHFW, 473,000 stents were implanted in India in 2015—up from 135,000 in 2010. This shows the growing importance of stents and also the eagerness of hospitals to implant stents for monetary benefit, says Chattopadhyay, adding that the capping of stent prices is just 10 per cent of the total work needed to provide relief to patients.
Agrees Malini Aisola of the All India Drug Action Network, a non-profit that works for access to medicines. She says regulating stent prices is just the first step. The government needs to implement policy measures, such as regulating the rate of angioplasty procedures. It is also important to monitor hospitals. While NPPA can monitor the prices being charged for stents, MoHFW must start regulating hospitals. There is also a need to develop standard operating protocol, based on which the prices of angioplasty procedures can be fixed. Regular audits should be conducted for these procedures along the lines of auditing systems in the US and the UK, she adds.
Chattopadhyay says the government should also develop literature that will help patients take the right and informed decision. For example, the literature should help them decide what to do if there is an areterial blockade of 70 per cent or inform them about the life of a stent. All hospitals must provide these literature to patients, she suggests.
Now that the government has capped the price of stents, patients can choose hospitals based on the procedure cost and the doctor's fee, says Sundeep Mishra, cardiologist and editor of Indian Heart Journal. He adds that the government should now cap the prices of other medical devices.
This story was published in the March 1-15, 2017 issue of Down To Earth magazine.


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Why it's legit to call gluten allergy a 'disability'
By Elisa Bosley January 30, 2013
After the recent ruling classifying celiac and gluten intolerance as a disability, reactions included outrage and disgust–proving that a lot of people still don't understand the severity of this kind of condition.
Earlier this week I wrote about the December 2012 settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Lesley University that ruled to define severe food intolerances, including celiac disease, as a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Under a 2009 revision, the ADA now includes any impairment that "substantially limits activity."
Reactions were (and continue to be) all over the map. "Absurd," "nanny-state overreach," and "laughable" were just a few of the comments I heard. (Add your opinion below!)
Think that food sensitivities don't meet that ADA standard? Ask someone who deals with it every day.
A personal example: When my adult GF son accidentally ate sushi rolls with gluten in them, he got so sick that he missed a week of work. When he was a student at Stanford, before his gluten sensitivity was diagnosed, his increasing sickness caused him to miss and eventually drop classes.
I'd call that a substantial limitation of his activity. (And yes, I was more than a little annoyed that while we were paying the same for his dining-hall meal plan as everyone else was, he couldn't eat most of the food.)
Then there's the fact that people with severe food intolerances can suffer debilitating migraines, crippling joint pain, even infertility. The key word there is debilitating: In other words, un-abling, making something impossible that would be possible for a fully healthy person.
I'm not talking about people who give up gluten or some other food simply because they've heard it will help them lose weight (thanks but no thanks, Lady Gaga).
But for those people who deal with true food allergies (peanuts and shellfish, for example), sensitivities (such as gluten), and celiac, I think this ruling opens up the conversation in a new and impactful way. It astonishes me how many people still don't understand the seriousness and pervasiveness of food intolerances. Clearly, the Lesley University outcome will raise the awareness factor, and it remains to be seen how it impacts other food providers, like restaurants.
What's your experience with food intolerance? Is calling it a disability helpful or not?
Elisa Bosley
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Well I thought to discuss an 50 problem web challenge, interesting. There is no admin.php on the server, but there is flag.php on
the server. We have a login option in which the username is given, and password hash is given , but there is salt involved.

Ya correct whats so interesting, its intresting because here <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9484757"
see this article.All those md5 value which start with 0e, are chossen as equal in php,because they're being parsed as floats and getting converted to 0.0. So we can say md5('240610708') == md5('QNKCDZO').

<?php

$admin_user = "pr0_adm1n";

$admin_pw = clean_hash("0e408306536730731920197920342119");

function clean_hash($hash) {

    return preg_replace("/[^0-9a-f]/","",$hash);

}

function myhash($str) {

    return clean_hash(md5(md5($str) . "SALT"));

}

function generateRandomString($length = 10) {

    $characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';

    $charactersLength = strlen($characters);

    $randomString = '';

    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {

        $randomString .= $characters[rand(0, $charactersLength - 1)];

    }

    return $randomString;

}

for ($i = 0; $i < 100000000; $i++) {

    $result = generateRandomString(8);

    if (myhash($result) == $admin_pw) {

        print("woo!");

        print($result . "  " . myhash($result) . "\n");

    }

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Q: How to set Apache HTTP 503 error code instead of HTTP 500 on PHP error any ideas how to replace Apache HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) error by HTTP 503 (Service Unavailable) on PHP error once PHP error displaying is off? This is much better option to inform spiders to back to the site soon...
P.S.
would be great to be able to append Retry-After to the 50x error codes if possible...
cheers,
/Marcin

A: I assume you are referring to PHP's new  (since 5.2.4) default behaviour of throwing a 500 if an error occurs, and no other output is being made.
AFAIK, that behaviour is hard-coded, you won't be able to change that without changing PHP itself.
The easiest way may be setting up a custom error handler, and having that throw a 503 for you:
header("HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable");
echo "--- error message here -----";
die();

A: I wonder if you could do something like an Apache
Redirect 503 /error/500 /maintenance.html

on an
ErrorDocument 500 /error/500

directive?

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Riot are making 'Teemo's Adventure', focused on the League of Legends champion
We've been hearing rumblings for ages about a second game from League of Legends developers Riot Games, and a new entry fresh off a list of games approved for sale in China suggests that game will be called 'Teemo's Adventure.'
Check out the full list of upcoming PC games.
As Asian games market analyst Daniel Ahmad translates, the game is listed as a joint venture between Riot and Tencent as developer and publisher. It's listed as PC game only. This all comes from the GPC approved games list, and the appearance here suggests we'll hear something official before too long.
Teemo is a League of Legends champion, and one with a fair bit of notoriety among LoL players for his dangerous damage output alongside a low barrier to play him effectively. We've known Riot's had a new project in the works for some time, and their subsidiary Radiant Entertainment has mentioned they've got something to announce "when the time is right."
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After a wet couple of months, we have finally got on top of the winter prep before flowering: weeding, spreading a nutritious layer of mulch on all the plants, giving a good dose of bio-fertiliser and worm juice to stimulate the nutrient flow, and we have started harvesting.
Even in winter, it's hot work. Matt came up with this refreshing, revitalising smoothie to keep us going. Add your favourite seasonal fruit, but don't forget the key ingredient – a dash of vanilla extract.
Use blender (preferably with ice crushing mode) to crush ice. Add other ingredients and blend until thick and smooth. If the mix is not viscous, add more juice to taste.
For garnish, add sprig of mint and serve in tall iced glass.
Makes enough for 2 adults with a big thirst!
1. For those who do not eat ice cream, or don't want the massive calorie hit, the ice cream can be substituted with 4 tablespoons of Mungalli Creek yoghurt and 1 tablespoon of local honey.
2. If no apple juice is available, low fat Misty Mountains milk can be substituted.
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1. Look for a subject. Is there a noun or a pronoun that is performing some action, or possessing something, or being something?
2. Look for a verb. Is the subject doing something, having something, or being something in the sentence?
3. Ensure that the word group is not a dependent clause. A dependent clause contains a noun and a verb but begins with a word that creates dependence, such as because, when, which, or that. Such words are called subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns.
Notice that the above examples leave the reader with a question. What cannot be understood? What happens when winter comes? A good way to spot dependent clauses, and sentence fragments in general, is to ensure that you can understand what is happening in the sentence, and that you are not left with questions.
Note: In imperative (command) sentences, the subject is usually "you," and is not written or spoken. This subject is called an "understood" subject. For example, if a writer were asking someone for a drink, the writer might say, "Go get me a soda." It would be awkward to say, "You go get me a soda," or, in another example, "You, grab your purse and you do not forget your jacket."


Can someone with bad credit cosign a personal loan?
I have good credit but a thin history. The only person that can cosign for me has not so great credit but has a long history. I know typically a cosigner needs good credit and to be in good standing but if I have the good credit and just need someone with history, would that work? Nerd wallet said a cosigner can... show more I have good credit but a thin history. The only person that can cosign for me has not so great credit but has a long history. I know typically a cosigner needs good credit and to be in good standing but if I have the good credit and just need someone with history, would that work? Nerd wallet said a cosigner can help fill in the blanks, does that only apply if they have good credit?
Sorry no. A co-singer has to qualify.. someone with a long history of bad credit is not going to be able to be co-signer.
Of course not. The idea of a co-signer is to have someone who can step in and make the payments. For this, that person needs to have a good credit history and sufficient income such that they could get the loan themselves. Someone with bad credit does not qualify.
To be a co-signer you need to meet certain criteria - so GOOD credit and the ability to pay their own living expenses PLUS your repayments if necessary. In many cases a co-signer is required to be a homeowner too.
Personal loans are the toughest to get.
People with good credit often can't qualify for one.
no, to cosign they have credit good enough to be eligible to get the loan themselves, or what would be the point?
They can, but it most likely won't get approved, especially an unsecured personal loan.
The lender probably won't allow the loan unless someone (person taking out loan or cosigner) has good credit. You can ask the bank if they'd allow it (if the credit isn't that bad) but expect a no. Still no harm in asking.
Sure, anyone can be a co-signer. But that doesn't mean the bank will accept it. Each bank is allowed to decide for themselves who they want to loan money to.
I have good credit but a thin history. The only person that can cosign for me has not so great credit but has a long history. I know typically a cosigner needs good credit and to be in good standing but if I have the good credit and just need someone with history, would that work? Nerd wallet said a cosigner can help fill in the blanks, does that only apply if they have good credit?
Should I get Capital One or Bank America for my first credit card?
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"With a voice that rises up and sits somewhere between Adele and John Legend, Ritter exposes his listeners to a harmonious concoction of acoustic tenderness, gospel soul, Kentucky country, and expressive rock," Caleb Murphy said, describing the soul of Ritter's music. Murphy is the founder of Musicateur Magazine — an independent, local music magazine in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and is a fellow musician based in western Pennsylvania.
Ritter's new album, Stereo of Steel, is available both on iTunes and on Ritter's website. Vinyl is also available on the website. He began writing songs in 2004, and released his first album, The Horse Fell Lame in 2009; and Gather Round also in 2011.
In addition to the album debut, Ritter most recently hosted an album release party in Louisville at Headliners Music Hall on September 24, 2016. Brooks Ritter has played at several music festivals, including Seven Sense Festival, Bicentennial Fest, and Folk Fest.
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Branding and marketing agency takes time out to bring professionals from fashion, film, and the arts & entertainment industries together for monthly networking events.
Los Angeles, CA. May 29, 2014 - It's hard to make it in Los Angeles, but HypeLife Brands is trying to make it just a bit easier. Each month for the last two months, the SoCal-based branding and marketing agency has used its promotional toolkit to bring together creatives from varying industries – fashion, film, arts & entertainment – with one simple goal in mind: to get to know one another.
Agency founder, Curt Cuscino, has always been a connector, and a big part of what HypeLife Brands does each day is connect the brands they represent with the right consumer base. But now he's taking the same principles and practices to the people of LA.
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Andrzej Węgierski herbu Belina (inne formy nazwiska: Andrzej Wengierski, , pseud. Adrianus Regenvolscius, ur. 16 listopada 1600 w Ostrorogu, zm. 11 stycznia 1649 w Orzeszkowie) – polski działacz reformacji, kaznodzieja protestancki, duchowny Jednoty braci czeskich, rektor gimnazjum w Lesznie, historyk reformacji, poeta, tłumacz, minister zboru we Włodawie (1633–1648) podlegającego dystryktowi lubelsko-chełmskiemu Kościoła kalwińskiego, senior kalwińskiego okręgu lubelskiego (od 1644 r.).

Rodzina i młodość
Pochodził z drobnoszlacheckiej rodziny wywodzącej się z Węgierek i od kilku pokoleń związanej z reformacją. Ojcem Andrzeja Węgierskiego był Wacław, a braćmi kalwińscy kaznodzieje: Tomasz, Jan, Wojciech oraz Maciej Węgierski. Pierwsze nauki pobierał w przyzborowej szkole w Ostrorogu, a następnie w gimnazjum braci czeskich w Lesznie i Schönaichianum w Bytomiu Odrzańskim na Śląsku (1614–1620). Po powrocie do kraju praktykował jako kaznodzieja u boku swojego brata Tomasza, wówczas ministra w Barcinie, a następnie krótko przebywał w Gimnazjum Akademickim w Toruniu (1621–1623). Wyższe nauki pobierał na uniwersytecie w Lejdzie.

Działalność duszpasterska i naukowa
Był kalwinistą. We wrześniu 1622 r. został na synodzie w Ostrorogu ordynowany na diakona i katechetę, a następnie skierowany do Kwilcza jako pomocnik tamtejszego ministra i kierownik miejscowej szkoły przyzborowej. W 1625 r. objął w Opolu Lubelskim obowiązki kaznodziei u Barbary z Leszczyńskich Słupeckiej (córki Andrzeja, żony Stanisława Słupeckiego, kasztelana lubelskiego). W 1627 r. na koszt Jednoty odbył podróż edukacyjną do Lejdy, Franeker i Groningen, gdzie studiował teologię oraz poznawał ówczesną historiografię. Do Polski powrócił w 1629 r., by objąć obowiązki ministra i rektora szkoły w Lesznie.

4 października 1629 r. ożenił się z Dorotą Orliczówną, córką konseniora wielkopolskiego Samuela Orlicza.

Na wezwanie Rafał Leszczyńskiego, wojewody bełskiego przybył 5 listopada 1633 r. do Włodawy, by za zgodą objąć obowiązki tamtejszego ministra i seniora. W tym czasie sytuacja zboru w należącym do Leszczyńskiego miasteczku nie była łatwa, ponieważ oprócz zwolenników kalwinizmu, znalazła tu schronienie znaczna grupa pobiałogórskich emigrantów czeskich. Spośród wyznawców konfesji protestanckich była tu też grupa luteran. Na tle jurysdykcji Jednoty braci czeskich z jednej strony i lubelskiego Kościoła kalwińskiego dochodziło początkowo do niesnasek, które zostały zakończone porozumieniem.

Andrzej Węgierski szybko zdobył uznanie wśród protestantów dystryktu lubelskiego, uczestnicząc w synodach i konwokacjach całej prowincji małopolskiej. Sam był też gospodarzem zjazdów kalwińskich we Włodawie w l. 1639, 1642 i 1644. Uczestniczył także w konwokacji generalnej Kościołów kalwińskich Korony i Litwy oraz braci czeskich, której rezultatem było ujednolicenie liturgii obu wyznań protestanckich. Ostateczne porozumienie zawarto we Włodawie na spotkaniu zainaugurowanym w 22 września 1634 r.

W 1634 r. Węgierski został mianowany pisarzem dystryktowym, a w 1643 r. synod w Bełżycach powołał go na konseniora dystryktu lubelskiego. 21 kwietnia 1644 r. na synodzie w Kocku wybrano go jednogłośnie seniorem kalwińskiego okręgu lubelskiego.

Twórczość
Po roku 1630 podjął współpracę z Janem Amosem Komeńskim, m.in. tłumacząc na polski jego Janua linguarum reserata (Drzwi języków otworzone, Gdańsk 1633). Prócz pracy duszpasterskiej Węgierski wiele uwagi poświęcał przygotowaniom do colloquium charitativum oraz zbliżeniu wyznaniowemu braci czeskich i kalwinów. We Włodawie napisał też trzyczęściowego Kaznodzieję (Kaznodzieja osobny, Kaznodzieja domowy, Kaznodzieja zborowy) oraz dzieło swego życia Historię reformacji w krajach słowiańskich wydaną anonimowo w 1652 r. pod tytułem Systema historico-chronologicum Ecclesiarum Slavonicarum per provincias varias praecipue Poloniae, Bohemcae, Lituaniae, Russiae, Prussie, Moraviae etc. distinctiarum. Utwór, który ukazał się po śmierci autora, nie wzbudził początkowo odpowiedniego zainteresowania. Dzięki emigrantom braci polskich w Holandii dzieło zostało ponownie wydane (Amsterdam 1679) i wzbogacone o materiały do dziejów unitarianizmu w Polsce. Do dziś stanowi jedno z najważniejszych źródeł do dziejów reformacji tej części Europy.

Ważniejsze utwory
 Gamelia pio coniugio... Johannis Wegierski... et Susannae Petriciae, Toruń 1623, drukarnia Frisian (5 wierszy z okazji zaślubin; jeden porusza zagadnienie małżeństwa księży)
 Disputatio theologica de conciliis ecclesiasticis, Lejda 1628, drukarnia B. i A. Elzewirowie
 Generalis confessio doctrinae ecclesiarum reformatarum, brak miejsca wydania 1645 (wyznanie wiary zredagowane na Colloquium charitativum w Toruniu, w roku 1644)
 Kaznodzieja osobny... II. Kaznodzieja domowy... III. Kaznodzieja zborowy, Gdańsk 1646, drukarnia Hünefeld; wyd. następne: Królewiec 1706 – Kaznodzieja osobny wyd. poprzednio oddzielnie: Baranów 1642, drukarnia J. Twardomęski (śpiewnik i podręcznik modlitewny; zawiera wiele szczegółów naświetlających poglądy religijne i społeczne braci czeskich)
 Systema historico-chronologicum ecclesiarum Slavonicarum per provincias varias, Utrecht 1652, drukarnia Johann a Waesberge; wyd. następne rozszerzone pt. Liberi quatuor Slavoniae reformatae, Amsterdam 1679, (wyd. pod pseud.: Adrianus Regenvolscius; praca zawiera dzieje braci czeskich i stanowi jedną z najwcześniejszych prób ujęcia dziejów reformacji w Polsce do roku 1650 na tle europejskim).

Przekłady
 J. A. Komenski Ianua linguarum reserata, Gdańsk 1634 (przekł. polski wraz z oryginałem łacińskim); wyd. następne: zob. Estreicher XIX, 441 nn.

Schyłek życia
Mimo aktywności Węgierskigo oraz protekcji ze strony kolejnych kalwińskich właścicieli Włodawy (Leszczyńscy, Rafał Buczacki) na kondycji zboru włodawskiego odbijała się pogarszająca się sytuacja protestantów w Rzeczypospolitej. W dodatku w 1648 r. doszło do wybuchu powstania Chmielnickego, w trakcie którego Włodawa ucierpiała od jednego z podjazdów kozackich. Spłonął kościół reformowany, plebania, większość księgozbiorów. Sam Węgierski wraz z żoną i 3 młodocianymi synami oraz najcenniejszymi książkami opuścił Włodawę na wieść o zbliżaniu się nieprzyjaciela. Znalazł schronienie w rodzinnej Wielkopolsce, w Skokach. Jednak przeziębiwszy się podczas pogrzebu w niedalekim Orzeszkowie, zmarł 11 stycznia 1649 r. Pochowany został w Skokach 7 lutego 1649 r.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 A. Węgierski, Libri quattuor Slavoniae reformatae, Varsoviae 1973,s. 419-420
 H. Gmiterek, Andrzej Węgierski – nadbużański intelektualista z XVII w., [w:] Życiorysy w trzy kultury wpisane. Włodawskie biografie, red. M. Bem i A. Duszyk, Radom – Włodawa 2008, s. 73-84
 J. Tazbir, Andrzej Węgierski – historyk słowiańskiej reformacji, [w:] Ars historica. Prace z dziejów powszechnych i Polski, Poznań 1979, s. 603-616
 W. Urban, Epitalamia i epitafia pastorskiej rodziny Węgierskich w XVII w., [w:] Wesela, chrzciny i pogrzeby w XVI-XVIII w., red. Henryk Suchojad, Warszawa 2001, s. 167-172
 W. Urban, Rola braci Węgierskich w podtrzymywaniu protestantyzmu polskiego, [w:] Religia, edukacja, kultura. Księga pamiątkowa dedykowana Profesorowi Stanisławowi Litakowi, red. M. Surdacki, Lublin 2002, s. 47-51
 Bibliografia Literatury Polskiej – Nowy Korbut, t. 3 Piśmiennictwo Staropolskie, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warszawa 1965, s. 385-387

Linki zewnętrzne
 Dzieła Andrzeja Węgierskiego w bibliotece Polona

Duchowni braci czeskich w I Rzeczypospolitej
Ludzie związani z Lesznem (I Rzeczpospolita)
Ludzie związani z Włodawą (I Rzeczpospolita)
Polscy działacze reformacyjni
Polscy pisarze nowołacińscy XVII wieku
Andrzej Węgierski
Pedagodzy I Rzeczypospolitej
Biskupi i superintendenci protestanccy
Duchowni kalwińscy I Rzeczypospolitej
Historycy I Rzeczypospolitej
Szlachta czeskobracka w Polsce
Szlachta kalwińska w Polsce (I Rzeczpospolita)
Urodzeni w 1600
Zmarli w 1649
Polscy duchowni kalwińscy
Polscy superintendenci ewangelicko-reformowani
Ludzie urodzeni w Ostrorogu

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jose-jwk-use(1)

jose-jwk-use(1)

NAME

  jose-jwk-use - Validates a key for the specified use(s)

SYNOPSIS

jose jwk use -i JWK [-a] [-r] -u OP

OVERVIEW

The jose jwk use command validates one or more JWK(Set) inputs for a given
set of usages. This will be validated against the "use" and "key_ops"
properties of each JWK.

By default, if a JWK has no restrictions an operation will be allowed.
However, by specifying the -r option you can ensure that a JWK will not
be allowed unless it explicitly permits the option.

In normal operation, jose jwk use will fail if any of the JWKs do not
validate. However, if the -o option is used jose jwk use will instead
write a JWK(Set) containing all of the input keys that validate. If no JWKs
validate, the command will fail.

OPTIONS

-i JSON, --input=JSON

Parse JWK(Set) from JSON

-i FILE, --input=FILE

Read JWK(Set) from FILE

-i -, --input=-

Read JWK(Set) standard input

-u sign, --use=sign

Validate the key for signing

-u verify, --use=verify

Validate the key for verifying

-u encrypt, --use=encrypt

Validate the key for encrypting

-u decrypt, --use=decrypt

Validate the key for decrypting

-u wrapKey, --use=wrapKey

Validate the key for wrapping

-u unwrapKey, --use=unwrapKey

Validate the key for unwrapping

-u deriveKey, --use=deriveKey

Validate the key for deriving keys

-u deriveBits, --use=deriveBits

Validate the key for deriving bits

-a, --all

Succeeds only if all operations are allowed

-r, --required

Operations must be explicitly allowed

-o FILE, --output=FILE

Filter keys to FILE as JWK(Set)

-o -, --output=-

Filter keys to standard output as JWK(Set)

-s, --set

Always output a JWKSet

EXAMPLES

Examples of both success and failure from a private and public key:

$ jose jwk gen -i '{"alg":"ES256"}' -o prv.jwk
$ jose jwk pub -i prv.jwk -o pub.jwk
$ jose jwk use -i prv.jwk -u sign
$ echo $?
0
$ jose jwk use -i pub.jwk -u sign
$ echo $?
1

AUTHOR

Nathaniel McCallum <npmccallum@redhat.com>

SEE ALSO

jose-jwk-gen(1)

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What is a soul? Who has a soul? Where does a soul reside? Is a soul eternal?
The soul has been the center of great philosophical and religious discussions since time immemorial.
The Torah is sprinkled with three words that help define the soul: nefesh, ruach and neshama.
Their individual meanings have evolved throughout the Tanach
as we have wrestled with defining the innate source of spirituality.
In this visual expression, the Kabbalistic interpretation was chosen,
focusing on the first three ascending levels of the soul.
Each word stands on its own in design and concept but is also an integral part of the triptych.
Nefesh: At this basic, animalistic level, body and soul are one.
Man was created from the dust of the earth and G-d breathed soul into him.
The nefesh painting shows the paths from the earth below and from the breath of G-d above.
Ruach: This level of the soul connects nefesh to higher realms.
Meaning spirit and wind, ruach's energy enables the nefesh to ascend.
The ruach painting embodies the major movement in the triptych, connecting the paintings on either side.
The dot of the vav is the center of the total design, reminding us that G-d is the center of all things.
Neshama: This is the highest level our souls can attain within the framework of our understanding.
At this level, a soul strives to connect with G-d using intelligence, awe and "rapture of the heart."
The golden circle in the neshama painting symbolizes G-dliness.
The brilliant red expresses that this level is closest to G-d.
A spiral runs through all three paintings. Much like a staircase, it travels both ways.
G-d's breath descends to implant the soul in the body.
The soul ascends to G-d through actions, emotions, and thought.
MORDECHAI AND VAYECHI
(Torah Parasha and Bar/Bat Mitzvah's Name)
VAYIKRAH
(Torah Parasha)
MALACHIM
"In the name of Adonai, the G-d of Israel:
May the angel Michael be at my right,
and the angel Gabriel at my left;
And in front of me, the angel Uriel,
and behind me the angel Raphael…
and above my head the Shechinah."(Divine Presence, feminine aspect of G-d.)
Angels are referenced throughout Hebrew Biblical and Rabbinic literature.
Their physical attributes, purposes and appearances are diverse.
Malach means messenger.
These messengers deliver information, instructions, visions and prophesies.
Many stories in Torah include angels, such as the binding of Isaac and Jacob wrestling the angel.
In the Talmud, it is said that Michael, Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael surround and protect G-d's throne.
Sometimes, in the nighttime Shema, a prayer is included
that positions these four angels in order to protect us as we sleep.
In both instances, these Malachim were chosen for their specific strengths and abilities.
There is a powerful alignment between what happens on high and what we pray for in this world.
In this image, each angel is symbolized by a ribbon, emanating from Malachim,
to the right, left, front and back.
The letter aleph within the word is painted red to represent G-d.
The numerical gematria for this letter is one.
As we say in the Shema, "...Adonai Elohenu, Adonai Echad." The Lord, our G-d, The Lord is One.
Gematria was developed by those who practiced Kabbalah to aid in mystical interpretations of texts.
The Kabbalistic tradition also tells us that these angels possess and deliver
spiritual energy from the One.
The curves extending beyond the ribbons, can be seen as contrails of energy encompassing our souls.
The metallic gold beam above the word is the conduit that serves several purposes.
It directs us to the Shechinah above. It allows the angels to bring messages from the Divine to us.
It carries our energy upward to the higher worlds of spirit and the Source.
ZACHOR
(Holocaust Memorial)
COMMISSIONED/ CUSTOM PAINTINGS USING HEBREW WORDS
(GIVEN NAME, FAMILY NAME, TORAH PARASHA, SHTETL, ETC)
The Hebrew word for prayer is Tefillah.
Just as it would be impossible to fully explain prayer in a few, short paragraphs,
it is impossible to express its meaning on one canvas.
For that reason, I have chosen to examine the root (shoresh) of the word,
which explains the presence of a second lamed in the painting.
Pay, Lamed, Lamed is the root.
When we look at other words in the Torah with the same root,
we find words that mean to judge and thinking. It is here that we discover
what the purpose of Tefillah is meant to be.
Through the regular act of self-examination, we have the opportunity
to change ourselves, rather than petition G-d to change things for us.
Thus, prayer can be seen as a gift, instead of an obligation.
In this visual expression, the metallic colors of the letters brighten up at the center
where the root word is located. The canvas is divided into three shades of purple:
amethyst, lilac and aubergine.
They represent the times of the day when it is our duty to pray.
A column of the fiery colors of the spectrum,
symbolizes the Creator meeting us with our authentic words of prayer.
To quote Rabbi Jonathan Sacks,of blessed memory,
"...Prayer is where G-d meets us, in the human heart,
in our offering of words, in our acknowledged vulnerability."
CHESED
The Hebrew word, Chesed, is often defined as loving kindness.
According to Kabbalah, it is one of ten sefirot: emanations or qualities of G-d.
In this visual expression, the word Chesed is approached from a mystical perspective.
'Peace and Love' and 'Be Kind' are not new concepts. They have ancient roots.
The Jewish prayer for peace is Oseh Shalom Bimromav...
"May He who makes peace on high, create peace for us and all of Israel and we say Amen."
Daily services as well as the Kaddish prayer, end with this powerful petition.
Considering these words begs the question, "What peace does G-d make in the heavens?
Theere is a Midrash that tells us G-d keeps peace between the angels Michael and Gabriel.
Michael represents Chesed, Gabriel represents Gevurah (strength, discipline, judgment).
Keeping the peace between these two attributes creates a balanced union.
The sefirot have assigned colors and signs.
Chesed is white, represented by water. Gevurah is red, represented by fire.
G-d uses a third attribute, Tiferet (beauty, balance) to create peace between the two.
Tiferet is purple and is physically placed between them as mediator.
Look closely and you will see a scale with Chesed and Gevurah and their colors/signs evenly balanced.
Tiferet forms the base of the scale.
Design-wise, the flames of fire and waves of water are aesthetically similar.
Color-wise, the blues from the water and the reds from the fire create the purple of Tiferet.
MEZRITCH
(Genealogy:Shtetl Names)
Urban Abstracts
IMAGES AND TEXTS
Dvarim
KAVOD
(Honor, Tribute)
NEFESH, RUACH, NESHAMA
KADOSH, KADOSH, KADOSH
"Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts, whose glory fills the entirety of the earth."
(Isaiah 6:3)
This phrase appears in the Kedushah (the holiness prayer), the third of nineteen
prayers in the collection called the Amidah. The prophet Isaiah, envisioned G-d seated
on a throne surrounded by angels (seraphim) attending to Him and praising His Name.
The Kedushah entices us to enter the world of this angelic vision,
reminding us that we are part of something greater in the heavenly realm.
It is a magical moment in the service when we say Kadosh three times, reaching up to the heavens on our toes with each utterance, purposefully trying to emulate the angels
as they praise our Lord on high.
In this visual expression, amid an atmosphere of clouds and angels' wings,
the word Kadosh, is painted three times.
The progression of gold beams, highlights the choreography of the prayer,
with our feet together at the base of the first word.
The words become more saturated in color as they ascend.Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh
HINENI
HERE I AM
The Akedah (The Binding of Isaac) is probably the most studied story in the Torah and certainly, one of the most dramatic. It is traditionally chanted on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. In it, G-d asks Abraham to take his son to Mt. Moriah as a sacrifice. It is Abraham's tenth and final trial. The word Hineni means 'Here I am' and is said by Abraham three times in this story. The meaning of Hineni is not a simple response to being called by name. Abraham is acknowledging that he is fully present and ready to do what is asked of him.
In this painting, the word Hineni is front and center in a vivid red against a silver backdrop.
It sits atop a silhouette of Mt. Moriah.
Red also outlines the path up the mountain that Abraham and Isaac followed.
'Here I am.' There is no consideration of the past or future.
In order to highlight the importance of being completely in the moment,
the design is darkened out above and below.
Two bands of ocher form an arc above Hineni, representing the repetitions of the word.
This arc turns into a ram's horn to reference the ram that was sacrificed in place of Isaac.
A ram's horn (shofar) is sounded at the New Year.
The arc, resembling a rainbow, also reminds us of G-d's promise
to Noah when He placed a rainbow in the sky.
After the sacrifice is made, G-d offers promises and blessings to Abraham and his offspring.
INEFFABLE
The tetragrammaton 'Yud, Hay, Vav, Hay' is the ineffable Hebrew Name of G-d.
It is beyond description, not to be uttered.
According to Jewish Mysticism, there were 4 stages of G-d's creation of the world, beginning with a spark of inspiration.
From there, the concept developed. Emotional involvement led to the formation of a concrete plan.
The final stage was the action: Creation.
This 4-staged process is analogous to the 4 spiritual worlds of Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah and Asiyah.
Asiyah is the physical (and lowest) world in which we live. It is in this world, that Adonai
commanded us to build a sanctuary for Him so that He could dwell among us. (Exodus 25:8)
A spiral is the eternal sign of the creative and organizing principle of the universe.
It is the intuitive symbol of spiritual development. When two spirals are intertwined,
they become a double helix, a twisted ladder that enables descending and ascending.
As one spiral descends through the four worlds, the other spiral ascends to expand
the soul's levels of consciousness, from Nefesh, Ruach, Neshamah, Chaya to Yechida.
This journey allows the soul to travel from the physical world, through heightened levels
of emotion, understanding, and knowledge of truth without ego.
Ultimately, the soul bonds with the Holy One.
The double helix is the symbol for DNA, the genetic formula that makes us who we are.
By examining G-d's stages of creation and the soul's levels of consciousness,
we are able to complete the code by adding the spiritual dimension.
 Remember.
This painting serves as a visual tribute to the lives lost in the Holocaust. The stripes of the camp uniforms and the barbed wire are overt associations that are embedded in our collective memory. The flames, reminiscent of yahrtzeit candles, serve as reminders that we must never forget. The color fades out of the image from top to bottom, alluding to fading memories as the Holocaust takes its place in history. Yet, the brightness of the flames and the word, enliven and inspire our spirit to remember.
MARLENE BURNS
TESHUVAH
Teshuvah, though commonly defined as repentance, literally means to return.
It is one element of our spiritual process, together with charity (tzedakah) and prayer (tefillah)
during the ten days of repentance between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur .
According to gematria (Hebrew numerology), the word Teshuvah has a value of 713.
Perhaps by design, 713 is also the number of letters in a mezuzah text.
This visual expression of Teshuvah illustrates the connection between the two.
The core of the painting with fiery oranges and blues shows the starting point
of the process of returning, with the acknowledgment of our sins.
As we do the work, the movement begins to spiral, moving upward
toward the Source, in a path of blue with metallic flowing lines.
The letter shin in the word teshuvah is attached to a golden rectangle, reminiscent of a mezuzah.
A shin, representing G-d's name, Shaddai, is placed on the front of a mezuzah case.
Another stylistic shin is tucked into the path, as a reminder of our goal in this process.
In the image, two lines of gold and blue run through the letters of the word,
echoing the colors used for the mezuzah and the path of teshuvah.
A mezuzah, affixed to the doorpost, reminds us of G-d's presence in our lives and our homes.
For both, we are returning to our source of strength, safety, comfort and peace.
SHADDAI
UPON THE DOORPOSTS OF YOUR HOUSE
In the first paragraph of the Shema "Hear, O Israel, The Lord is Our G-d, The Lord is One"),
we are commanded to write these words upon the doorposts of our house and upon our gates.
The Shema and its first two biblical paragraphs from Deuteronomy ( 6:4-9 and 11:13-21 )
are calligraphed on a piece of parchment (klaf) by a scribe (sofer) and placed inside a case.
The word Mezuzah means doorpost, but commonly refers to the parchment and case
that are vertically affixed to the right doorpost, on a diagonal slant toward the entry.
One of G-d's names, Shaddai, is written on the reverse side of the parchment so that it faces outward. Traditionally the first letter (shin) of Shaddai is on a Mezuzah case as well.
Shaddai is also an acronym for the Hebrew words meaning "Guardian of the Doors of Israel."
When a mezuzah is affixed to the doorpost of a home, it is a reminder of our exodus from Egypt
when blood marked the Jewish homes to be passed over during the tenth plague.
Today, it is a declaration of our faith as well as a reminder of the words written within.
This year, we need the reminder even more. Our comings and goings have been severely limited.
We are neither seeing nor contemplating our mezuzot and their meanings as we once did.
The shape of this painting was chosen to echo the shape of a Mezuzah. In the composition,
the letter shin is the center of interest, with the other letters of Shaddai descending from its base.
Surrounded by posts and lintel in shades of purple and blue, the shin is contrasted
against a background of shades of red: a color the artist regularly uses to represent G-d.
The message behind that color choice is clear.
When one fulfills the mitzvah of affixing a mezuzah and follows the biblical directives,
the pathway through that door will lead to Adonai, His Sanctification of our homes and His Blessings.
With the silhouette of the Torah as a backdrop, a Torah pointer is overlaid onto a turkey feather quill to highlight the role a hand plays in the reading and writing of a Torah. The yad, in this context, is defined as a pointer with a small hand and finger extended at the end to aid the reader (Baal Koreh).
The quill is the instrument usEd by a Torah scribe (Sofer).
The color palette for this design is purposefully subtle in shades of gray to magnifythe silver of the pointer and the gold of the symbolic text of the scroll.
A word that is used to affirm, avow, trust and believe a prayer that we have heard spoken.
The younger generation might simply say, 'word.' And what a word it is!
Our sages have had a lot to say about this word.
We are told that it is an acronym for the Hebrew statement,
"G-d, our faithful King."
Looking at other words with the same root , we discover Emunah ( belief and trust).
The gematria (numerical equivalents) of the three letters making up Amen is 91.
It is no surprise that 91 equals the total of the following words:
Adonai and the ineffable name of G-d, yud, hay, vav, hay.
Perhaps, the most salient point regarding the saying of Amen is that the person who authentically utters Amen after listening to the prayer,
is more valued than the one who said the prayer.
It is the perfect response as well, when one is unable to say the prayer him/herself.
In this visual expression, the prayers are to the right of Amen in a cascade
of bold color and brushstrokes.
The intention of using such vibrant tones is to highlight the beauty
and power of our prayers of praise, gratitude and petition.
Amen is firmly grounded at the end of the prayers to exemplify a proper conclusion.
In the contrasting, quiet space above the word, trails of gold braid
and colorful threadswork their way upwards from the final letter nun.
Nun is one of several in the alphabet that takes a different form
when placed at the end of a word.
A regular nun is bent and represents the humility and awe of a faithful servant.
In contrast, a final nun is long and straight, akin to the posture
of one who serves G-d with love.
With whichever intention we choose, may G-d, our faithful King, hear our Amens!
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'Planet Nine' Video Among Winners of Science Visualization Awards
By Kacey Deamer 2017-03-31T15:45:44Z
This visualization of "Planet Nine" illustrates the discoveries being made in the Kuiper Belt, the uncertainty about the location of this hypothetical planet and computer simulations of distant areas in the solar system.
(Image: © Patrick McPike, Mark SubbaRao and Mike Brown)
Is there a distant ninth planet in our solar system? The short film "Planet Nine" makes the case, and was recently named the People's Choice for video in the 15th annual Vizzies Challenge.
"Planet Nine" presents the evidence a ninth planet may be circling in the farthest reaches of the solar system, using visualizations to illustrate the scientific research into where this hypothetical planet may reside. The award-winning film is presented as a sky show at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
"Our goal with this show was not to teach people about Planet Nine, and it certainly wasn't to convince them that the Planet Nine exists, " Patrick McPike, a visual engineer at the planetarium, said in a statement. "The show is really about the excitement and process of the scientific discovery. We hope that the show gets people more involved in science, whether that is by following science news more closely or by studying it themselves."
Visual media is an important aspect of communicating science, and so the National Science Foundation (NSF) joined with Popular Science magazine to launch the Vizzies Challenge. From photographs to interactive applications, made by professionals or hobbyists, the Vizzies recognize the best visual representations of scientific research, according to the NSF. [See Images of Amazing Science Visualizations]
Artists submit their work to the Vizzies Challenge, and from those hundreds of submissions a team of experts from NSF and Popular Science select 50 finalists. For the Expert's Choice winners, a panel of outside experts makes the decision. The People's Choice winners, however, are voted on by Popular Science readers. There is both an expert's choice and people's choice winner for each category: photograph, video, illustration, interactive, and posters and graphics. The winning artists' are awarded cash prizes, $2,000 for expert's choice winners and $250 for people's choice.
This visualization of "Planet Nine" illustrates the discoveries being made in the Kuiper Belt, the uncertainty about the location of this hypothetical planet and computer simulations of distant areas in the solar system. (Image credit: Patrick McPike, Mark SubbaRao and Mike Brown)
Winners this year included an artistic depiction of the human brain. Neuroscientist Greg Dunn, of Pennsylvania State University, and his Penn State colleagues combined several techniques, along with neuroscience data, to etch 500,000 neurons into sheets of gold for this image. It's "a reminder that the most incredible machine in the universe" is inside each of us, the team wrote in the statement.
Another winning illustration shows the micropumping of a hummingbird's tongue. To capture the Zika virus in all its hideousness, David Goodsell, an associate professor at the Scripps Research Institute, combined 10,000 images made by cryo-electron microscopy. The result, which won a People's Choice award for illustration, reveals in breathtaking detail the envelope surrounding the virus along with the RNA (a molecule similar to DNA) that lives inside the virus, allowing it to replicate.
One of the photos that was recognized by the Vizzies shows an 8-week-old starfish larva churning water to search for food. "A Hungry Starfish Larva" won the Expert's Choice for photography, and is part of a time-lapse video of the larva's water vortex.
Science visualizations are not only striking, but also crucial in helping the public understand scientific ideas, according to Amy Schellenbaum, online director for Popular Science.
"They are a great way to help a larger group of people understand the amazing occurrences taking place right under our noses every day," Schellenbaum said in a statement.
The winners for this year's Vizzies Challenge are as follows:
Photography Experts' Choice: "A Hungry Starfish Larva," by William Gilpin, Vivek N. Prakash and Manu Prakash.
Photography People's Choice: "The Octobot, a Completely Soft Machine," by Lori K. Sanders, Ryan L. Truby, Michael Wehner, Robert J. Wood and Jennifer A. Lewis.
Video Experts' Choice: "Network Earth," by Mauro Martino and Jianxi Gao.
Video People's Choice: "Planet Nine," by Patrick McPike, Mark SubbaRao and Mike Brown.
Illustration Experts' Choice: "Self Reflected Under White, Red, and Violet Light," by Greg Dunn, Brian Edwards and Will Drinker.
Illustration People's Choice: "Zika Virus," by David S. Goodsell.
Interactive Experts' Choice: "Flyover Country," by Shane Loeffler, Amy Myrbo, Sijia Ai, Reed McEwan and Alex Morrison.
Interactive People's Choice: "ASL-LEX: A visualization of American Sign Language," by Naomi Caselli, Zed Sevcikova Sehyr, Ariel Cohen-Goldberg, Ben Tanen and Karen Emmorey.
Posters & Graphics Experts' Choice: "Here There Be Robots," by Eleanor Lutz.
Posters & Graphics People's Choice: "Micro-pumping Mechanism of Hummingbirds' Tongues," by Esther Ng.
Original article on Live Science.


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Q: How much tax will have been taken?
A: This depends on the premiums you paid into PPI and the number of years since you had the plan, as interest is added for each year you last had the plan until the date of the claim.
Q: Why are we able to reclaim tax?
A: Since 2016 each person has a Personal Savings Allowance. This means that they can earn an amount in interest before tax is taken. For basic rate taxpayers this is £1,000 and for higher rate taxpayers this is £500.
Q: How much tax can be reclaimed?
A: This depends on the amount of interest within the claim and your total earnings in that tax year. For example, if the interest from the award is added to your total income for the year, and this is less than £18,500, all of the tax taken from your PPI or Pay Day Loan can be reclaimed.
Q: What if the claim was in joint names?
A: As each person has a personal allowance, a joint claim for a basic rate taxpayer could see £2,000 allowance being used (£1,000 each), and £1,000 allowance could be made for higher rate taxpayers (£500 each).
If you did not pay tax, or for example, or had a total taxable income of less than £18,500 in tax year 2019/20, all of the tax taken would be returned.
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Home/Business/UAE may scrap $23-billion F-35 deal with US – reports — Analysis
UAE may scrap $23-billion F-35 deal with US – reports — Analysis
According to media reports the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has pulled out of talks with America over 50 F-35 fighter aircrafts. The F-35 acquisition was part of a $23 Billion arms deal. It expressed concerns about a restrictive end-user contract.
Plans to purchase 5th-generation fighter jets were sent. "re-assessment"The unnamed UAE official confirmed to Reuters that earlier Wall Street Journal reports had been accurate about a possible breach of the deal.
"Technical requirements, sovereign operational restrictions, and cost/benefit analysis led to the re-assessment,"The official added that Washington remains "the UAE's preferred provider for advanced defense requirements and discussions for the F-35 may be re-opened in the future."
Reports claim that the country was looking to "address mutual defense security conditions for the acquisition,"It also rejected what it considered an excessively restrictive end-user agreement. Washington has reportedly created these requirements in order to preserve cutting-edge aircraft from potential threats, citing the friendly relationship Abu Dhabi maintains with China. "espionage"Beijing tries.
The US has been very ambiguous on the fate of the deal, with Pentagon spokesman John Kirby stating earlier that Washington's ties with the Gulf nation was a strategic matter, spanning far beyond simple arms trade. Kirby stated that the US wanted to answer the Abu Dhabi questions, and referred any further questions about the arms trade to State Department.
"We will continue to insist on different end usage requirements as a matter law and policy."Kirby stated.
Unnamed State Department officials spoke to Reuters under anonymity to say that Washington wanted to resolve the remaining issues in order to ensure the agreement was successful. "We are hopeful that we can work through any outstanding issues,"According to the official.
The sale of 50 F-35 jets comes as a part of a $23 billion arms deal that the US and the UAE reached in the last days of Trump's administration. It also includes 18 MQ-9B Reaper attack aircraft, and other high-tech munition.
This deal had a rough start. It was suspended soon after it was inked. Shortly after Joe Biden's election, the US sent Trump-era weapons deals to be re-assessed.


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Q: HDR-fusion - when to use what method? I am studying different methods for hdr-fusion in the opencv-tutorial here:
https://docs.opencv.org/master/d2/df0/tutorial_py_hdr.html
I am also reading various articles. However, I don't seem to find any information on when I such use which method, i.e. some overview of the pros and cons of each method. The methods are Debevec, Robertson, Mertens fusion. And the tonemapping methods are TonemapDrago, TonemapMantiuk and TonemapReinhard.
Does anybode know how to choose the right method without a week of trial and error?


Who knew the hardest part of this redo would be the flowers… My right brain had this great vision in my head and would not allow my left brain to work. I never was a math major and every time I have to do algebra/geometry things I hear my high school math teacher telling me if I would just take the book home I could make A's & B's. Sorry I should have listened.
I began by counting the threads in the width of the area between the borders (105 canvas threads) and I counted the height threads from bottom border to bottom of bunnies (37canvas threads). I wanted to symmetrically place the flowers across the bottom, and I knew there probably should be an odd number of flowers since that was what had been painted in the original…don't want to mess with the aesthetics of the design. I decided to divide the width by three and start with this…but that did not compute, my flowers would have been as wide as they were high. Then I decided on five across, this would work the flowers would be 21 threads wide. Finally I decided that if I charted the flower as my mind was seeing them then I could tweak the design to fit. Then I also thought about counting the width of the flowers that were already there, but I had painted over them and that was going to be difficult. But as luck would have it, at 2 AM I woke up with the thought that I could count these flowers from a picture I had taken before I painted the canvas white. These 2AM wake up calls are not very welcome but they usually are the easy answer to a nagging question., I have been known to get up and see if the 2 AM idea would work; lucky for me this time I could go back to sleep.
The next morning I counted the flowers and I realized the original design had three full flowers and two partial flowers on the ends. So I figured I had 4 flowers across (3 fulls + 2 halves= 4 flowers…105 threads/4 flowers = 26threads per flower. So I am using my computer to develop a pattern for a flower about 26 threads wide by 36 threads high. Since I know I wanted the center to be over 4 canvas threads this was a no brainer…I would have nine stitches over 4 threads, a place to start.
Figuring out the flowers is not as easy as I thought it would be. I think I have figured out the center and am going to work on the outside petals. I think I want the outside petals to be over 2 threads but I need to chart the sides and begin stitching a flower to be sure it is going to work and how it looks.
I know I will need three full flowers and two half flowers. If I get the three full flowers in and have at least the better part of a half flower on each end I will be happy. I'm off to compute the rest of the flower and try stitching one to see how it looks. Hope this doesn't turn into a brain blocker for me.
But stitching time is great. Worked on Mom and Me border for the past week and am almost finished. Here's the chart I developed for the corners. And the border is set; all I have left is a bit more purple and most of the green. It takes longer since I am laying the RG Petite Sparkle Rays thread on both the front side and back side of the canvas. This takes more time but I think with the ribbon type threads it makes for a smoother appearance. Sometimes when I work with these ribbon threads I think when they turn on the backside you get a bit of a different light play on the thread and I sometime can see the edges curl. It may be just me, but when this happens and I go back and look I can usually see on the back where the ribbon thread has twisted.
And wouldn't you know it the Kreinik braids I choose to use are two of the ones being retired. In case you have not heard, Kreinik (http://www.kreinik.com/PDF/special_order_colors_release_2014.pdf) has designated 43 colors as "Special Order" colors. Oh well I am sure there are other colors that will work just as well and maybe if you are planning on stitching this piece, you have these in your stash. But this is often the story about many threads used in designing…by the time we get the designs/stitch guides to production a thread can be discontinued.
I've always said if you do not like a thread or color that is chosen or used in a stitch guide, change it; same goes for a stitch. There are other threads that will work just as well and some are from the same manufacturer. Threads and stitches can be changed…IT IS YOUR PIECE!
Back to Mom and Me…as soon as I finish the border am going to stitch Mom and me bunnies. And I am playing on the computer to figure out the flower pattern I want to use below the bunnies. I know the width and am guess-ta-mating the height.
But for today I need to get outside and enjoy the day…Long spells of freezing cold temperatures have affected me more than Cabin fever…need to feel that warm sun on my rosy cheeks and the warm breezes beneath my feet.
I always like to have a canvas of the season to stitch, so I'm starting a new/old project. This is an old canvas from Beau Jeste; I always liked the top 2/3 of this canvas but the bottom third not so much. Anyway the canvas was given to me by a fellow stitcher and so I decided to alter the canvas to fit my needs.
I wanted the border to also be symmetrical and that meant the opposing corners needed to match. I've drawn on a picture of the original canvas how I expect the corners should look and where I need to paint out the canvas…see circles with green lines and dashed area.
I also noticed that the crocus at the bottom are not symmetrical or centered; so I decided to white them out too. I will develop a pattern using the computer to fill the flowers back in. The dashed lines show the area to be whited out.
I used Liquitex acrylic white and whited everything from the bunnies down. I did not need to cover the canvas well as I am going to use the purples to stitch the canvas. I just wanted a semi-blank canvas to stitch over. I will allow the canvas to dry for a couple days.
I don't usually like to stitch the outer parts of a canvas first but I needed to establish the border before I know how many horizontal and vertical threads I needed for the flowers. I'm going to start stitching the inner borders first.


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Comet parent boosted by World Cup
Comet parent Kesa Electricals has announced like-for-like revenue growth of 4.3% for it's first quarter (May 1 to July 31 2010) drive, says the company by a "successful World Cup campaign".
Comet's performance was in line with the group, showing a like-for-like sales increase of 4.3%. This is reported in local currency as Kesa has changed its reporting currency from Sterling to Euros.
Speaking specifically about the Comet part of the business, chief executive Thierry Falque-Pierrotin said: "TV sales benefited from a particularly strong World Cup campaign and successful delivery of one-off initiatives in multimedia with significant market share gains in both product categories.
"These together resulted in downward pressure on gross margin of 180 basis points for the quarter. Web-generated sales increased by over 13% and now represent 14% of total product sales.
"During the period one store was relocated and nine core stores were refitted, with a further 30 refits to be completed by the end of the first half. In addition, Comet has started to implement the initiatives outlined in June on product mix, rebranding and a new internet platform, all in readiness for the peak trading season."


Keeping teenagers happy–or simply content–on family trips is often as much a challenge to parents, as traveling with toddlers. Adolescents have their own set of needs. When met, everyone they come in contact with has a more enjoyable time.
Teens need someone who will ask and listen to their opinions. Include them in decision making whenever possible.
Not many parents or other travelers have the same ear for music as the younger generation. Let them listen to their favorite music, if they bring ear buds or a headset. Long car trips or flights may go faster and more peaceably with a selection of new or favorite movies for the DVD player.
Teens like to stay in touch with their friends. Depending on the trip, stop at Internet cafes or take a laptop computer with a wireless Internet connection for e-mail access. Many hotels also offer a variety of communication services.
Permit teens to purchase their ownsouvenirs with a budgeted allowance or their own money. This method produces more selective spending. A mother of four urges parents not co-mingle their money with yours, as you will always come out on the short end.
Have your teenager carry a small backpack or tote for day outings, unless you want to become a Sherpa. Whatever they choose to take, they carry. Agree beforehand that each person is responsible for their own possessions.
Discuss and agree on dress choices before packing and provide any necessary specialty items. Trips can be ruined by fights over attire or not having the right outfit or shoes to wear.
Foreign travel? Check for any cultural requirements. Europeans seldom wear shorts and some cathedrals require shoulders to be covered and no bare midriffs.
If your child will be away from adult supervision, a cell phone is a reasonable safety net for communication and assistance. Set limits on usage, or your teenager may choose to talk on the phone instead of being involved.
Depending on the time of year, bring along homework, assigned summer reading books and a few magazines to indulge those dull moments while waiting in lines. Austin-Lehman Adventures suggests bringing guidebooks about the location to build curiosity and prepare them to ask questions.
Middle and high school students are old enough to be responsible for packing their acne creams, face wash, specialty products and medications. Parents might double-check any prescription drugs.
While teen are always hungry, many are picky when it comes to their favorite snacks foods. Buy supplies before leaving home to save time and money.
"Most importantly, bring an open mind and interact with new people from all over the USA and the world," states Musiker Tours website, http://www.summrtfun.com/. This company, specializing in group teen tours, understands that youngsters don't liked to be forced into anything, but believes that over time, they usually can learn this helpful trait.
So, whether your future plans include an exciting global adventure or just a trip to grandma's house, using the above suggestions can make the entire family's experience more rewarding.


The UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit (JEU) recently launched the upgraded version of the Environmental Emergencies Centre (EEC) website. The EEC serves as a one-stop-shop, consolidating and building upon existing capacity-development services for preventing, preparing and responding to environmental emergencies. It contains an ever-growing database of resources and showcases the JEU's partnerships and networks that actively contribute to advocacy and policy development ensuring an effective response to environmental emergencies. It further contains all essential information on the 2017 Environment and Emergencies Forum, a biennial event organised by the JEU. A Moodle platform, hosting the EEC's five online learning courses, now offers users the opportunity to engage with other users via a Discussion Forum, and contains an important collection of guidelines, policies and resources related to the trainings. The majority of the courses are available in English, French and Spanish, and few are available in Russian, Arabic and Chinese as well.
The 2nd edition of the Environmental Emergencies Guidelines in English, French and Spanish with the Russian version forthcoming.
The Flash Environmental Assessment Tool 2.0 pocket guide in English, Spanish and Russian with the French version forthcoming.


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Kiefer Sutherland's Music is the Real Thing
Not Enough Whiskey Tour
Austin– Playing the sold out intimate 3TEN Venue at the legendary Austin City Limits (ACL), Kiefer connected with the crowd by chatting, telling stories about his music, and whiskey-drinkin'. His stories include meeting Merle Haggard decades ago, channeling Johnny Cash, and loving Austin legend Willie Nelson. His stage presence even reminds you of Johnny- boots, hat, white shirt with black vest, humble personality and signature moves between chords. The deep raspiness of Kiefers voice fits his slightly weathered good looks. It sounds of hard livin', heartbreak, and solitude. He seems to connect with Cash in that outlaw/bad-ass way. It becomes more evident covering Tom Petty's song, "Honey Bee" He often comments on the influence of Petty-"he's never written a bad lyric"-the simplistic lyrics, sound & style. Watch Not Enough Whiskey to get a glimpse.
See our show photo gallery HERE
Sutherland is the real thing -definitely not an actor 'trying to be a musician' that people only come to see because you're famous. He shared much of his inner self, "I rarely wake up feeling great".. (to be in a great mood for song-writing). The songs he writes are deeply personal and of hard times or his relationships. He talked of a broken heart at an early age that affected him deeply.
Good genes and great talent, Sutherland excels at anything he does (daughter, Sarah, currently stars in the hit HBO series, VEEP). Sutherland is mostly known for his starring role in the new ABC series "Designated Survivor"-a great prime-time political drama- and the Fox series "24,". He also starred in epic movies, "Stand By Me," "The Lost Boys," "Young Guns," "Flatliners," "A Few Good Men," "A Time to Kill".
The New album, DOWN IN A HOLE includes 11 co-written tracks by Sutherland and producer Jude Cole.
Sutherland's tour has sold out many shows, adding more due to demand. He'll finish the North American leg in Asbury Park, N.J.,and head to more shows in Europe while his tv show is on hiatus. Check his website for tickets.
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So you've tested the Taken in the halls of the Dreadnaught, and stopped the Cabal from blowing up their massive ship. Now it's time to take on the big baddie himself, Oryx.
Before you get to the boss, you'll need to clear the various wings of the Deadnaught and push the Cabal and Taken back so you can get to Oryx's boss room. This isn't terribly difficult, and you should be adept to defeating whatever enemies the Taken throw at you by now.
Once you've crossed the main bridge that the Taken have retreated over, you'll enter a huge room with a large, green teleporter. Here you'll have to slay two mini-bosses, Ta'aun and Baxx. Both of which are incredibly juiced up and considerably cranky.
Ta'aun is a massive Cabal wielding a powerful gatling gun. Focus on him first, move between the boulders on the ground for cover. You'll notice various Taken will spawn out of the teleporter, as well; you can easily take them out with well-aimed precision shots.
Always be aware where Baxx is; if you get too close, he'll stomp you into next year. He will also shoot void beams at you, so the boulders that provide cover are crucial.
Just aim at Ta'aun's head and put the beast down. As long as you stay behind the rocks, he won't cause too many problems. Once you have executed the Cabal Colossus, focus on taking out Baxx.
For Baxx, just make sure you keep your distance from the Ogre. In his Taken form, he runs much faster than a regular Ogre, but he's also twice as big so headshots won't be hard to hit. Just like Ta'aun, your best bet is to take out the minions and then focus on the boss. Just take your time and aim true.
After you've executed both mini-bosses, step through the green mist and you'll come face to face with Oryx, the Taken King.
Once you emerge from the portal, you'll be in a large dark room. You'll notice a bright white light hovering on the floor — follow it.
The light will guide you to the oversized moth himself. Here, Oryx will spout various threats and lines about how you killed his son — no big deal.
Once he spreads his wings and gathers his sword, he'll engage you. Just find the nearest rocks on the lower platform and shoot the Taken mobs he sends your way. The most important mob to take out during this first stage are the Taken Acolytes. They will summon turrets on the ground that will pepper your shields. Kill them dead, Guardian.
After you whittle down the Taken mobs, you can start shooting at Oryx. Every once in awhile, he'll stop flying around and you'll get a prompt that Oryx is draining your light. He's completely vulnerable during this attack as he's channeling a spell. Just make sure you do as much damage on him while he's doing this, otherwise he'll put on the hurt after he's done channeling.
After you get his health down to about 50%, he'll start summoning more mobs and start shooting void projectiles at you. Just take it slow, kill the mobs with your super and take cover behind the various objects in the room. At 25% health, he'll teleport you into a different room, and you'll enter the final stage of this encounter.
In this final phase of the encounter, Oryx will teleport you into a small arena surrounded by white mist. Here, he will fly between pillars holding his massive sword. Don't panic and just prepare to take on whatever he sends your way.
As he flies around the room, he's completely immune to damage. To damage him, you must wait until he charges you. In order to get him to do that, he'll first have to summon waves of mobs. These are just your standard Taken enemies and nothing to worry about.
As you defeat the last mob, he'll charge through the mist trying to wail you with his two-handed melee weapon. This can be tricky to avoid since the area of impact of his sword varies. Just jump out of the way as best you can. After he attempts to murder you, he'll be vulnerable for a few seconds and you must damage him as much as you can during this. Heavy weapons and supers are the best ways to whittle his health.
After the first few swipes at you, he'll start using a different attack pattern. He'll send more mobs, then float behind the mist while shooting void fireballs. These are slow and clunky, so they're pretty easy to avoid. Once he gets done firing, he'll charge you once again and he should be at low enough health to defeat at this point.
Congratulations, Guardian! You've beat back the advances of Oryx in Destiny: The Taken King! Unfortunately, the battle was won, but the war has just started against the Taken. It seems that Oryx will be back and more powerful than ever in the King's Fall raid.
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