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With biography movie Lincoln, winner of two Academy Awards, director Steven Spielberg continues his love of historical films following Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and War Horse, to name a few.
Lincoln examines the time of the former American president's life when he tried to permanently abolish slavery.
Lush and rich, the film will perhaps be best known for its stunning, and Oscar-winning, performance by Daniel Day-Lewis (Nine) as Abraham Lincoln. Day-Lewis was called "mesmerizing" by Denver Post critic Lisa Kennedy. "Lincoln offers proof of what magic can happen when an actor falls in love with his character. Because as great as Day-Lewis has been in his many parts, he has never seemed quite so smitten."
Day-Lewis is surrounded by an equally impressive cast, including the irrepressible Sally Field (The Amazing Spider-Man), David Strathairn (TV's Alphas), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper), James Spader (Secretary), Hal Holbrook (Promised Land), Tommy Lee Jones (Men in Black 3), Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen) and Tim Blake Nelson (Big Miracle). And the movie features a score by the brilliant John Williams (The Adventures of Tintin).
As well as Day-Lewis, critics lauded the PG-13 film for its costumes and Spielberg's direction. MSN Movies' Glenn Kenny called Lincoln, which grossed $180 million in theaters, "the most remarkable movie Steven Spielberg has made in quite a spell."
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In Ulcinj, the southernmost Montenegrin town, in the cove between hotel Albatros and Galeb is the "Women's beach" that doctors due to its content of sulfuric minerals wells recommend to women for healing of sterility. Above the beach is an information board that describes the importance of the 'Women's beach" in 3 languages. The beach is currently rented, and has all the needed amenities.
The beach is well hidden from the views for two reasons: its natural position and the surrounding pine forests. This is a gravel beach. There are 5 to 6 meters of shallow water, then the sea bottom quickly gains depth. On the left side, the rocky coast has cemented platforms and there is a cave to the right.
There are many legends connected to the "Women's beach".
A rich countess could not have children. The count family wanted children badly. Somebody from the family's council told the countess to bathe here where the water contains iris. The countess was persistent, and she bacame pregnant.
From this one other legends evolved. Infertile women would go to the beach early morning for the women's ritual. They were accompanied by an older woman. The infertile woman would lie some time on the beach, then naked would enter the water, and would go three times around the rock in front of the cave. She would then leave a piece of clothing on the beach and go home.


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Psalter and New Testament
Middle Byzantine, ca. 1084. Dumbarton Oaks MS 3, BZ.1962.35
Selected Psalms and Odes, and New Testament, with prefaces, including Eusebios of Caesarea's Epistula ad Carpianum. Gospels preceded by canon tables, and each Gospel by chapter headings. Original section (ff. 1r–340v) very likely written in Constantinople, ca. 1084 (indicated by Easter tables); latter section (ff. 341r–362v) restored in Italy between 1454 and 1462. 363 leaves; original section on vellum; restored section on paper, color illustrations; 16.2 cm, written in one column, with some sections (ff. 2r–3r, 94r, 94v, 128r, 128v, 150r, 150v) in two columns, six leaves (ff. 77v, 82r, 85r, 214v, 253v, 266r) in cruciform blocks, missing seven folios: ff. 4, 78 (now in Benaki Museum, Athens), 86, 87, 187, 187bis (now in Tretjakov Gallery, Moscow, no. 2580), and 254 (now in Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, accession number 50.154), in 36 lines, blind-ruled in Greek pearl liturgical miniscule script. Bound between two boards, flush with text block, with grooved edges, covered in gold/yellow velvet, worn and damaged, missing from spine.
Collation: 1(5), 2(8), 3–5(8), 6(8+1), 7–9(8), 10(8-1), 11(5), 12(6), 13–15(10), 16(4), 17–18(8), 19(6), 20(2), 21–23(10), 24(5), 25(missing), 26–28(8), 29(3), 30–33(8), 34(8-1), 35–44(8), 45(5), 46–49(6)
Illumination: Twenty-two full- and half-page illustrations, mostly author portraits. Thirty-six historiated initials and 22 marginal illustrations.
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Gospel Lectionary with Marginal Illuminations
Gospels of Luke and John
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Renovation presents the most recent work of Canadian photographer Nancy Davenport (born 1965)--a critical yet poignant meditation on the massive restoration of the United Nations headquarters in New York that took place between 2008 and 2015. Davenport's project features a remarkable series of images, including photographs of iconic UN architecture, portraits of people who worked on the renovation site, historical photos and archival material, and original artwork that remixes graphic forms and visual citations related to the United Nations' mid-20th-century construction. Transcribed conversations with construction workers, maintenance crews and interpreters reveal a code of job-site etiquette and ethics that is a counterpart, by turns tragic and hilarious, to the official modus operandi of business conducted at the United Nations. Davenport's book isolates a haunting in-between moment--after the past was stripped away and before it was re-enshrined.
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joe and i have been running social circles around each other for probably a good 5 years (who knows, it might even be for longer, i'll have to do a more thorough background check). he is a well known online photographer (the chicagoist, gapers block, being totally sweet in chicago have (re)published his pics), a super duper bike enthusiast around chicago, and thousands of people have (repeatedly) checked out his flickr page and his hilarious take on the world via twitter. yesterday was the first time i actually got to meet joe in person. i have seen him from a distance 3 times before but under very crowded circumstances. he's almost instantly recognizable. people like that fascinate me. joe fascinates me.
joe and i share the same love of lots of things but most notably, we love kicks. and by kicks i mean what most people would refer to as their "everyday" shoes. and by shoes i mean really sweet footwear. and by really sweet footwear and i mean the types of sneakers that make guys like joe and i go "oh hell yes please" and drop to our knees with envy.
joe also is the type of guy who is never too far away from his camera or his camera phone. the man takes images constantly. and i love every single one. if you spent enough time, you could actually mark out joe's path on his bike tours around chicago just by putting the pictures together. it's a fascinating way to tell a story. and i get completely absorbed in joe's stories. he's the kind of photographer who takes pictures of what he likes, not what he's told to like. it's pretty awesome.
i hope to see a lot more of joe in the future. i will keep my eyes peeled for the biggest wheeled bike in all of chicago. maybe next time i'll meet him at publican and ya'll can witness some fantastic gorilla food photography. that would make my year. photos were taken again with the 28mm f1.8 as the 50mm f1.8 has yet to move off of my desk. i might just have to threaten myself to get it to the lens doctor. one of these days… also, you might notice that with a couple of the outdoor photos i kept the ISO set to 1600. that would be an accident. i set the camera at 1600 when we were shooting in joe's poorly lit concrete bike locker and i failed to return it to the proper ISO setting (for bright sunny days at least) of 100. i hate it when i don't recognize stuff like that. i absolutely hate it. good thing it was super duper awesome sunny out and none of you would have noticed if i hadn't told you.
many of the people who have appeared in the 50 portraits project evoke certain feelings of some shape or form when i have met them or even when i think about them as artists, chef's, friends, or just peeps. interviewing doug #27 made me hungry for obvious reasons while photographing jay #24 made me want to go out and learn to paint. with joe, all i wanted to do was relive my early years of college radio where i would play anything from the get-up kids, wilco, bad ska, worse hip-hop, and even (gasp from my friends…) steve earle (side note: steve earle rules. get over it!). i imagined myself, all alone in the radio station dj booth with the monitors at full blast, making sure the needle of the receiver wasn't pinned in the red. so for the drive home, i proceeded to play drums on the steering wheel while i blasted champaign, IL's hum, really loudly. when i grow up, i'm gonna play through two completely different amplifiers simultaneously while jumping on pedals and destroying my fender strat. uh huh. when i grow up. the best part? when i got back to my in-laws, the bears beat seattle. so, you know… i think it all worked out ok for a sunday that was perfect.
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Q: Cognos 10.2.2: Excel Report Redirects To Portlet When Opened from Portlet The problem occurs when navigating to a report using A Portal Page:
When accessing a report which is set to open in Excel by default a user is not able to interact with the download notification in Internet Explorer 9.
-On clicking the link to run the report normal behaviour occurs (i.e. the prompt page is available)
-After selecting parameters and submitting the prompts the download notification message appears briefly. The user is then directed back to the portal page
It is possible to release this download through the 'View Downloads' menu option in the Internet Explorer settings menu.
When navigating to this report through the folder structure in Cognos Connection a user is able to run the report with the expected download notification behaviour (i.e. this is present at the bottom of the screen).
The problem is not present with IE 11 using compatibility view settings, Firefox or Chrome.
I've tried re-testing the issue with the Cognos urls added to Trusted Sites in Internet Explorer but the same issue occurs.
Has anyone encountered this?

A: Just thought I should update and say IBM have logged the issue and it will be fixed in subsequent release.

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Department of Agriculture currently embroiled in 22 legal cases
Ciaran Moran
Dec 7, 2015, 7:00am
The Department of Agriculture is currently embroiled in some 22 legal cases, according to latest figures released by the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney.
The figures were released following parliamentary questions from TD Billy Timmins.
The data released shows that the Department of Agriculture has paid out over €1.3m in legal costs since 2011. It also shows that over €1.7m in damages have been awarded against the Department over the same period.
Details of legal cases involving the Department of Agriculture:
Last year the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine set up a new Special Investigations Unit which is the start point for many Department legal cases.
The new Unit was announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney today, who said it was part of a restructuring of the investigations capability of the Department as part of an on-going modernisation of the structures of his Department and as part of the wider public service reform process.
The Departments previous investigations unit had been heavily criticised with farm organisations saying farmers had no faith in the unit and the new unit must restore the credibility of the Department of Agriculture's investigative oversight among farm families and the wider agricultural community.
The former IFA President Eddie Downey said the Minister must ensure there is rigorous oversight of the work of the new unit.
"The unit will also have to have the Charter of Rights and the Department Charter as part of its terms of reference. Both were ignored in the past as the SIU rode roughshod over the rights of hard-working farmers. The new unit will have to ensure people being investigated are treated properly, fairly and impartially".
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title: Single Or Default
localeTitle: Único o predeterminado
---
# SingleOrDefault

Devuelve el elemento único en una secuencia que satisface la condición especificada o el valor predeterminado si no se encuentra ningún elemento. El método lanzará una excepción si se encuentra más de un elemento que satisface la condición especificada.

### Firma

```csharp
Enumerable.SingleOrDefault<TSource>(IEnumerable<TSource>, Func<TSource, Boolean>)
```

## Ejemplo

```csharp
var fruits = new List<Fruit>() {
    new Fruit() { Id = 1, Name = "Orange",     Color = "Orange", Quantity: 3   },
    new Fruit() { Id = 2, Name = "Strawberry", Color = "Red",    Quantity: 12  },
    new Fruit() { Id = 3, Name = "Grape",      Color = "Purple", Quantity: 25  },
    new Fruit() { Id = 4, Name = "Pineapple",  Color = "Yellow", Quantity: 1   },
    new Fruit() { Id = 5, Name = "Apple",      Color = "Red",    Quantity: 5   },
    new Fruit() { Id = 6, Name = "Mango",      Color = "Yellow", Quantity: 2   }
 };

 var purpleFruit = fruits.SingleOrDefault(f => f.Color == "Purple"); // Grape

 var greenFruit = fruits.SingleOrDefault(f => f.Color == "Green"); // null

```


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5-year-old namesake grandson of Jerry Tarkanian has stroke
LAS VEGAS (AP) Family members say the 5-year-old namesake grandson of famed basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian has suffered a stroke.
His parents say the boy complained of pain in his legs and was taken to University Medical Center at 4 a.m. Friday. Danny and Amy Tarkanian say he's undergoing testing and is showing signs of improvement.
The family says the boy has never had health issues and is conscious and moving around better since the stroke.
Danny Tarkanian is a former Republican congressional candidate and Amy Tarkanian is a political commentator and former Nevada GOP chairwoman. The boy's grandmother Lois Tarkanian is a Las Vegas city councilwoman.
The elder Jerry Tarkanian, who led the 1990 UNLV team to a national title, died in February.


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require File.expand_path('../spec_helper', __FILE__)
describe "Our understanding of ruby" do

  def sandbox_file_with_spaces
    File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'issue 360.txt')
  end

  def sandbox_file_with_spaces_2
    File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'ext', 'issue 360.txt')
  end

  before(:all) do
    File.open(sandbox_file_with_spaces, 'w'){|io| io << "hello world!"}
    File.open(sandbox_file_with_spaces_2, 'w'){|io| io << "hello world!"}
    File.read(sandbox_file_with_spaces).should == "hello world!"
    File.read(sandbox_file_with_spaces_2).should == "hello world!"
  end

  after(:all) do
    FileUtils.rm sandbox_file_with_spaces
    FileUtils.rm sandbox_file_with_spaces_2
  end

  it "should be correct about File.exists? in presence of spaces" do
    File.exists?(__FILE__).should be_true
    File.exists?("something that does not exists").should be_false
    File.exists?(sandbox_file_with_spaces).should be_true
    File.exists?(sandbox_file_with_spaces_2).should be_true
  end

end


text:
package org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.adapter;

import java.beans.BeanInfo;
import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.index.StringUtils;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.index.VarintUtils;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.adapter.annotation.GeoWaveDataType;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.adapter.annotation.GeoWaveFieldAnnotation;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.data.field.FieldUtils;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.data.field.FieldWriter;

/**
 * A data type adapter implementation with explicit mappings for accessors and mutators. These
 * mappings can be automatically inferred from annotations or public properties via the static
 * `newAdapter` method.
 *
 * @param <T> the data type
 */
public class BasicDataTypeAdapter<T> extends AbstractDataTypeAdapter<T> {

  private Class<T> dataClass;
  private Constructor<T> objectConstructor;
  private Map<String, Accessor<T>> accessors;
  private Map<String, Mutator<T>> mutators;

  public BasicDataTypeAdapter() {}

  public BasicDataTypeAdapter(
      final String typeName,
      final Class<T> dataClass,
      final FieldDescriptor<?>[] fieldDescriptors,
      final FieldDescriptor<?> dataIDFieldDescriptor,
      final Map<String, Accessor<T>> accessors,
      final Map<String, Mutator<T>> mutators) {
    super(typeName, fieldDescriptors, dataIDFieldDescriptor);
    this.dataClass = dataClass;
    try {
      objectConstructor = dataClass.getDeclaredConstructor();
      objectConstructor.setAccessible(true);
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(
          "A no-args constructor is required for object based data adapter classes.");
    }
    this.accessors = accessors;
    this.mutators = mutators;
  }

  @Override
  public Object getFieldValue(T entry, String fieldName) {
    if (accessors.containsKey(fieldName)) {
      return accessors.get(fieldName).get(entry);
    }
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public T buildObject(final Object dataId, final Object[] fieldValues) {
    try {
      final T object = objectConstructor.newInstance();
      final FieldDescriptor<?>[] fields = getFieldDescriptors();
      for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
        mutators.get(fields[i].fieldName()).set(object, fieldValues[i]);
      }
      if (!serializeDataIDAsString) {
        mutators.get(getDataIDFieldDescriptor().fieldName()).set(object, dataId);
      }
      return object;
    } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | SecurityException
        | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Unable to build object.");
    }
  }

  @Override
  public byte[] toBinary() {
    final byte[] superBinary = super.toBinary();
    final byte[] classBytes = StringUtils.stringToBinary(dataClass.getName());
    int totalBytes =
        VarintUtils.unsignedIntByteLength(superBinary.length)
            + VarintUtils.unsignedIntByteLength(classBytes.length)
            + superBinary.length
            + classBytes.length;
    final FieldDescriptor<?>[] descriptors = getFieldDescriptors();
    for (final FieldDescriptor<?> descriptor : descriptors) {
      totalBytes += 1 + accessors.get(descriptor.fieldName()).byteCount();
      totalBytes += 1 + mutators.get(descriptor.fieldName()).byteCount();
    }
    totalBytes += 1 + accessors.get(getDataIDFieldDescriptor().fieldName()).byteCount();
    totalBytes += 1 + mutators.get(getDataIDFieldDescriptor().fieldName()).byteCount();
    final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(totalBytes);
    VarintUtils.writeUnsignedInt(superBinary.length, buffer);
    buffer.put(superBinary);
    VarintUtils.writeUnsignedInt(classBytes.length, buffer);
    buffer.put(classBytes);
    for (final FieldDescriptor<?> descriptor : descriptors) {
      final Accessor<T> accessor = accessors.get(descriptor.fieldName());
      final Mutator<T> mutator = mutators.get(descriptor.fieldName());
      buffer.put(accessor instanceof FieldAccessor ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
      accessor.toBinary(buffer);
      buffer.put(mutator instanceof FieldMutator ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
      mutator.toBinary(buffer);
    }
    final Accessor<T> accessor = accessors.get(getDataIDFieldDescriptor().fieldName());
    final Mutator<T> mutator = mutators.get(getDataIDFieldDescriptor().fieldName());
    buffer.put(accessor instanceof FieldAccessor ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
    accessor.toBinary(buffer);
    buffer.put(mutator instanceof FieldMutator ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
    mutator.toBinary(buffer);
    return buffer.array();
  }

  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
  @Override
  public void fromBinary(byte[] bytes) {
    final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
    final byte[] superBinary = new byte[VarintUtils.readUnsignedInt(buffer)];
    buffer.get(superBinary);
    super.fromBinary(superBinary);
    final byte[] classBytes = new byte[VarintUtils.readUnsignedInt(buffer)];
    buffer.get(classBytes);
    final String className = StringUtils.stringFromBinary(classBytes);
    try {
      dataClass = (Class) Class.forName(className);
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find data class for adapter: " + className);
    }
    try {
      objectConstructor = dataClass.getDeclaredConstructor();
      objectConstructor.setAccessible(true);
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find no-args constructor for class: " + className);
    }
    final FieldDescriptor<?>[] descriptors = getFieldDescriptors();
    accessors = new HashMap<>(descriptors.length);
    mutators = new HashMap<>(descriptors.length);;
    for (final FieldDescriptor<?> descriptor : descriptors) {
      final Accessor<T> accessor;
      if (buffer.get() > 0) {
        accessor = new FieldAccessor<>();
      } else {
        accessor = new MethodAccessor<>();
      }
      accessor.fromBinary(dataClass, buffer);
      accessors.put(descriptor.fieldName(), accessor);
      final Mutator<T> mutator;
      if (buffer.get() > 0) {
        mutator = new FieldMutator<>();
      } else {
        mutator = new MethodMutator<>();
      }
      mutator.fromBinary(dataClass, buffer);
      mutators.put(descriptor.fieldName(), mutator);
    }
    if (buffer.hasRemaining()) {
      final Accessor<T> accessor;
      if (buffer.get() > 0) {
        accessor = new FieldAccessor<>();
      } else {
        accessor = new MethodAccessor<>();
      }
      accessor.fromBinary(dataClass, buffer);
      accessors.put(getDataIDFieldDescriptor().fieldName(), accessor);
      final Mutator<T> mutator;
      if (buffer.get() > 0) {
        mutator = new FieldMutator<>();
      } else {
        mutator = new MethodMutator<>();
      }
      mutator.fromBinary(dataClass, buffer);
      mutators.put(getDataIDFieldDescriptor().fieldName(), mutator);
    }
  }

  @Override
  public Class<T> getDataClass() {
    return dataClass;
  }

  /**
   * Create a new data type adapter from the specified class. If the class is annotated with
   * `@GeoWaveDataType`, all fields will be inferred from GeoWave field annotations. Otherwise
   * public fields and properties will be used. The data type field will also be encoded as a
   * regular field.
   *
   * @param <T> the data type
   * @param typeName the type name for this adapter
   * @param dataClass the data type class
   * @param dataIdField the field to use for unique data IDs
   * @return the data adapter
   */
  public static <T> BasicDataTypeAdapter<T> newAdapter(
      final String typeName,
      final Class<T> dataClass,
      final String dataIdField) {
    return newAdapter(typeName, dataClass, dataIdField, false);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new data type adapter from the specified class. If the class is annotated with
   * `@GeoWaveDataType`, all fields will be inferred from GeoWave field annotations. Otherwise
   * public fields and properties will be used.
   *
   * @param <T> the data type
   * @param typeName the type name for this adapter
   * @param dataClass the data type class
   * @param dataIdField the field to use for unique data IDs
   * @param removeDataIDFromFieldList if {@code true} the data ID field will not be included in the
   *        full list of fields, useful to prevent the data from being written twice at the cost of
   *        some querying simplicity
   * @return the data adapter
   */
  public static <T> BasicDataTypeAdapter<T> newAdapter(
      final String typeName,
      final Class<T> dataClass,
      final String dataIdField,
      final boolean removeDataIDFromFieldList) {
    final List<FieldDescriptor<?>> fieldDescriptors = new LinkedList<>();
    FieldDescriptor<?> dataIdFieldDescriptor = null;
    final Set<String> addedFields = new HashSet<>();
    final Map<String, Accessor<T>> accessors = new HashMap<>();
    final Map<String, Mutator<T>> mutators = new HashMap<>();
    if (dataClass.isAnnotationPresent(GeoWaveDataType.class)) {
      // infer fields from annotations
      Class<?> current = dataClass;
      while (!current.equals(Object.class)) {
        for (final Field f : current.getDeclaredFields()) {
          for (final Annotation a : f.getDeclaredAnnotations()) {
            if (a.annotationType().isAnnotationPresent(GeoWaveFieldAnnotation.class)) {
              try {
                final FieldDescriptor<?> descriptor =
                    a.annotationType().getAnnotation(
                        GeoWaveFieldAnnotation.class).fieldDescriptorBuilder().newInstance().buildFieldDescriptor(
                            f);
                checkWriterForClass(normalizeClass(f.getType()));
                if (addedFields.contains(descriptor.fieldName())) {
                  throw new RuntimeException("Duplicate field name: " + descriptor.fieldName());
                }
                f.setAccessible(true);
                accessors.put(descriptor.fieldName(), new FieldAccessor<>(f));
                mutators.put(descriptor.fieldName(), new FieldMutator<>(f));
                addedFields.add(descriptor.fieldName());
                if (descriptor.fieldName().equals(dataIdField)) {
                  dataIdFieldDescriptor = descriptor;
                  if (removeDataIDFromFieldList) {
                    continue;
                  }
                }
                fieldDescriptors.add(descriptor);
              } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
                throw new RuntimeException(
                    "Unable to build field descriptor for field " + f.getName());
              }
            }
          }
        }
        current = current.getSuperclass();
      }
    } else {
      // Infer fields from properties and public fields
      try {
        final BeanInfo info = Introspector.getBeanInfo(dataClass);
        final PropertyDescriptor[] properties = info.getPropertyDescriptors();
        for (final PropertyDescriptor descriptor : properties) {
          if (descriptor.getName().equals("class")) {
            continue;
          }
          if (descriptor.getWriteMethod() == null) {
            continue;
          }
          if (descriptor.getReadMethod() == null) {
            continue;
          }
          final Class<?> type = normalizeClass(descriptor.getPropertyType());
          checkWriterForClass(type);
          accessors.put(descriptor.getName(), new MethodAccessor<>(descriptor.getReadMethod()));
          mutators.put(descriptor.getName(), new MethodMutator<>(descriptor.getWriteMethod()));
          addedFields.add(descriptor.getName());
          final FieldDescriptor<?> fieldDescriptor =
              new FieldDescriptorBuilder<>(type).fieldName(descriptor.getName()).build();
          if (fieldDescriptor.fieldName().equals(dataIdField)) {
            dataIdFieldDescriptor = fieldDescriptor;
            if (removeDataIDFromFieldList) {
              continue;
            }
          }
          fieldDescriptors.add(fieldDescriptor);
        }
      } catch (IntrospectionException e) {
        // Ignore
      }
      // Get public fields
      final Field[] fields = dataClass.getFields();
      for (final Field field : fields) {
        if (addedFields.contains(field.getName())) {
          continue;
        }
        final Class<?> type = normalizeClass(field.getType());
        checkWriterForClass(type);
        accessors.put(field.getName(), new FieldAccessor<>(field));
        mutators.put(field.getName(), new FieldMutator<>(field));
        final FieldDescriptor<?> fieldDescriptor =
            new FieldDescriptorBuilder<>(type).fieldName(field.getName()).build();
        if (fieldDescriptor.fieldName().equals(dataIdField)) {
          dataIdFieldDescriptor = fieldDescriptor;
          if (removeDataIDFromFieldList) {
            continue;
          }
        }
        fieldDescriptors.add(fieldDescriptor);
      }
    }
    return new BasicDataTypeAdapter<>(
        typeName,
        dataClass,
        fieldDescriptors.toArray(new FieldDescriptor<?>[fieldDescriptors.size()]),
        dataIdFieldDescriptor,
        accessors,
        mutators);
  }

  private static void checkWriterForClass(final Class<?> type) {
    final FieldWriter<?> writer = FieldUtils.getDefaultWriterForClass(type);
    if (writer == null) {
      throw new RuntimeException("No field reader/writer available for type: " + type.getName());
    }
  }

  private static interface Accessor<T> {
    Object get(T entry);

    int byteCount();

    void toBinary(ByteBuffer buffer);

    void fromBinary(final Class<T> dataClass, ByteBuffer buffer);
  }

  private static class MethodAccessor<T> implements Accessor<T> {
    private Method accessor;

    public MethodAccessor() {}

    public MethodAccessor(final Method accessorMethod) {
      this.accessor = accessorMethod;
    }

    @Override
    public Object get(final T entry) {
      try {
        return accessor.invoke(entry);
      } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to get value from entry", e);
      }
    }

    private byte[] nameBytes;

    @Override
    public int byteCount() {
      nameBytes = StringUtils.stringToBinary(accessor.getName());
      return nameBytes.length + VarintUtils.unsignedIntByteLength(nameBytes.length);
    }

    @Override
    public void toBinary(final ByteBuffer buffer) {
      VarintUtils.writeUnsignedInt(nameBytes.length, buffer);
      buffer.put(nameBytes);
    }

    @Override
    public void fromBinary(final Class<T> dataClass, final ByteBuffer buffer) {
      nameBytes = new byte[VarintUtils.readUnsignedInt(buffer)];
      buffer.get(nameBytes);
      final String name = StringUtils.stringFromBinary(nameBytes);
      try {
        accessor = dataClass.getMethod(name);
      } catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find accessor method: " + name);
      }
    }
  }

  private static class FieldAccessor<T> implements Accessor<T> {
    private Field field;

    public FieldAccessor() {}

    public FieldAccessor(final Field field) {
      this.field = field;
    }

    @Override
    public Object get(final T entry) {
      try {
        return field.get(entry);
      } catch (IllegalArgumentException | IllegalAccessException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to get value from entry", e);
      }
    }

    private byte[] nameBytes;

    @Override
    public int byteCount() {
      nameBytes = StringUtils.stringToBinary(field.getName());
      return nameBytes.length + VarintUtils.unsignedIntByteLength(nameBytes.length);
    }

    @Override
    public void toBinary(final ByteBuffer buffer) {
      VarintUtils.writeUnsignedInt(nameBytes.length, buffer);
      buffer.put(nameBytes);
    }

    @Override
    public void fromBinary(final Class<T> dataClass, final ByteBuffer buffer) {
      nameBytes = new byte[VarintUtils.readUnsignedInt(buffer)];
      buffer.get(nameBytes);
      final String name = StringUtils.stringFromBinary(nameBytes);
      field = findField(dataClass, name);
      if (field == null) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find field: " + name);
      }
      field.setAccessible(true);
    }
  }

  private static interface Mutator<T> {
    void set(T entry, Object value);

    int byteCount();

    void toBinary(ByteBuffer buffer);

    void fromBinary(final Class<T> dataClass, final ByteBuffer buffer);
  }

  private static class MethodMutator<T> implements Mutator<T> {
    private Method mutator;

    public MethodMutator() {}

    public MethodMutator(final Method mutator) {
      this.mutator = mutator;
    }

    @Override
    public void set(final T entry, final Object object) {
      try {
        mutator.invoke(entry, object);
      } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to set value on entry", e);
      }
    }

    private byte[] nameBytes;
    private byte[] parameterClassBytes;

    @Override
    public int byteCount() {
      nameBytes = StringUtils.stringToBinary(mutator.getName());
      parameterClassBytes = StringUtils.stringToBinary(mutator.getParameterTypes()[0].getName());
      return nameBytes.length
          + parameterClassBytes.length
          + VarintUtils.unsignedIntByteLength(nameBytes.length)
          + VarintUtils.unsignedIntByteLength(parameterClassBytes.length)
          + 1;
    }

    @Override
    public void toBinary(final ByteBuffer buffer) {
      VarintUtils.writeUnsignedInt(nameBytes.length, buffer);
      buffer.put(nameBytes);
      VarintUtils.writeUnsignedInt(parameterClassBytes.length, buffer);
      buffer.put(parameterClassBytes);
      if (mutator.getParameterTypes()[0].isPrimitive()) {
        buffer.put((byte) 1);
      } else {
        buffer.put((byte) 0);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public void fromBinary(final Class<T> dataClass, final ByteBuffer buffer) {
      nameBytes = new byte[VarintUtils.readUnsignedInt(buffer)];
      buffer.get(nameBytes);
      final String name = StringUtils.stringFromBinary(nameBytes);
      parameterClassBytes = new byte[VarintUtils.readUnsignedInt(buffer)];
      buffer.get(parameterClassBytes);
      final String parameterClassName = StringUtils.stringFromBinary(parameterClassBytes);
      final boolean isPrimitive = buffer.hasRemaining() && buffer.get() == (byte) 1;
      Class<?> parameterClass;
      try {
        if (isPrimitive) {
          parameterClass = getPrimitiveClass(parameterClassName);
        } else {
          parameterClass = Class.forName(parameterClassName);
        }
      } catch (ClassNotFoundException e1) {
        throw new RuntimeException(
            "Unable to find class for mutator parameter: " + parameterClassName);
      }
      try {
        mutator = dataClass.getMethod(name, parameterClass);
      } catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find mutator method: " + name);
      }
    }
  }

  private static class FieldMutator<T> implements Mutator<T> {
    private Field field;

    public FieldMutator() {}

    public FieldMutator(final Field field) {
      this.field = field;
    }

    @Override
    public void set(final T entry, final Object object) {
      try {
        field.set(entry, object);
      } catch (IllegalArgumentException | IllegalAccessException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to set value on entry", e);
      }
    }

    private byte[] nameBytes;

    @Override
    public int byteCount() {
      nameBytes = StringUtils.stringToBinary(field.getName());
      return nameBytes.length + VarintUtils.unsignedIntByteLength(nameBytes.length);
    }

    @Override
    public void toBinary(final ByteBuffer buffer) {
      VarintUtils.writeUnsignedInt(nameBytes.length, buffer);
      buffer.put(nameBytes);
    }

    @Override
    public void fromBinary(final Class<T> dataClass, final ByteBuffer buffer) {
      nameBytes = new byte[VarintUtils.readUnsignedInt(buffer)];
      buffer.get(nameBytes);
      final String name = StringUtils.stringFromBinary(nameBytes);
      field = findField(dataClass, name);
      if (field == null) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find field: " + name);
      }
      field.setAccessible(true);
    }
  }

  private static Field findField(final Class<?> dataClass, final String fieldName) {
    Class<?> current = dataClass;
    while (!current.equals(Object.class)) {
      try {
        final Field field = current.getDeclaredField(fieldName);
        return field;
      } catch (SecurityException | NoSuchFieldException e) {
        // Do nothing
      }
      current = current.getSuperclass();
    }
    return null;
  }

  public static Class<?> normalizeClass(final Class<?> sourceClass) {
    if (boolean.class.equals(sourceClass)) {
      return Boolean.class;
    }
    if (char.class.equals(sourceClass)) {
      return Character.class;
    }
    if (byte.class.equals(sourceClass)) {
      return Byte.class;
    }
    if (short.class.equals(sourceClass)) {
      return Short.class;
    }
    if (int.class.equals(sourceClass)) {
      return Integer.class;
    }
    if (long.class.equals(sourceClass)) {
      return Long.class;
    }
    if (float.class.equals(sourceClass)) {
      return Float.class;
    }
    if (double.class.equals(sourceClass)) {
      return Double.class;
    }
    return sourceClass;
  }

  public static Class<?> getPrimitiveClass(final String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
    switch (className) {
      case "boolean":
        return boolean.class;
      case "char":
        return char.class;
      case "byte":
        return byte.class;
      case "short":
        return short.class;
      case "int":
        return int.class;
      case "long":
        return long.class;
      case "float":
        return float.class;
      case "double":
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Examining cutaneous disease activity as an outcome measure for clinical trials in dermatomyositis
Rebecca G. Gaffney, Rui Feng, David R. Pearson, Meera Tarazi, Victoria P. Werth
Funding sources: Supported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development and Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development). The funding sponsor was not involved. Funding sources: Supported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development and Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development). The funding sponsor was not involved.
Gaffney, R. G., Feng, R., Pearson, D. R., Tarazi, M., & Werth, V. P. (2019). Examining cutaneous disease activity as an outcome measure for clinical trials in dermatomyositis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 80(6), 1793-1794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2019.01.028
Examining cutaneous disease activity as an outcome measure for clinical trials in dermatomyositis. / Gaffney, Rebecca G.; Feng, Rui; Pearson, David R. et al.
Gaffney, RG, Feng, R, Pearson, DR, Tarazi, M & Werth, VP 2019, 'Examining cutaneous disease activity as an outcome measure for clinical trials in dermatomyositis', Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 1793-1794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2019.01.028
Gaffney RG, Feng R, Pearson DR, Tarazi M, Werth VP. Examining cutaneous disease activity as an outcome measure for clinical trials in dermatomyositis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2019 Jun;80(6):1793-1794. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.01.028
Gaffney, Rebecca G. ; Feng, Rui ; Pearson, David R. et al. / Examining cutaneous disease activity as an outcome measure for clinical trials in dermatomyositis. In: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2019 ; Vol. 80, No. 6. pp. 1793-1794.
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One of the common refrains in commentary about the Islamic Middle East, especially since September 11, is that Islam needs a Reformation.
This analogy with the Protestant Reformation in 16th-century Europe is intended to suggest that a similar movement within Islam would counter the fundamentalism of Islamic extremists, strengthen religious freedom, and lead to something like the separation of church and state.
Salman Rushdie, target of a death edict from Ayatollah Khomeini for his Satanic Verses, put it this way: "What is needed is a move beyond tradition—nothing less than a reform movement to bring the core concepts of Islam into the modern age, a Muslim Reformation to combat not only the jihadi ideologues but also the dusty, stifling seminaries of the traditionalists, throwing open the windows of the closed communities to let in much-needed fresh air." Robin Wright, a journalist who writes frequently about the Middle East, describes Iranian philosopher Abdol Karim Soroush as the Martin Luther of Islam, "shaping what may be Islam's equivalent of the Christian Reformation." Soroush rejects the fundamentalism of the ruling mullahs, advocating democracy and a fuller scope for reason in religion. "With haunting similarity to the Reformation, Prof. Soroush's arguments in effect divide the roles and powers of church and state. That would be a stunning shift for Islam . . . ." Some Islamic reformers see themselves in the same light. Saudi activist Mansour al-Nogaidan, for example, says, "Islam needs a Reformation. It needs someone with the courage of Martin Luther . . . . Muslims are too rigid in our adherence to old, literal interpretations of the Koran. It's time for many verses—especially those having to do with relations between Islam and other religions—to be reinterpreted in favor of a more modern Islam." The historical analogy, in other words, is that modernist, tolerant, reformist Muslims are to the fundamentalists as the Protestants of the Christian Reformation were to the medieval Catholic Church. The call for an Islamic Reformation presumes that the theocratic rulers of Iran and Saudi Arabia—and the wannabe theocrats in al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood—are the counterparts of the medieval Catholic Church; and that reformers who oppose them are the contemporary equivalents of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and other Protestant reformers.
Islam does not need a Reformation. It needs is an Enlightenment.
This is very nearly the exact opposite of the truth. It is the Islamists who most resemble the early Protestants. Those who employ the analogy are seeing the Reformation through the lens of later developments: the growth of religious freedom and tolerance that culminated in the Enlightenment two centuries later. While the Reformation played a limited and indirect role in that development, it was certainly not what the Protestant leaders intended. They called for a return to the spirit and practices of the early Christian community, without the formal organization or intermediation of the Church—just as Islamists call for a return to the simple faith of Muhammad and the "rightly-guided caliphs" who followed him in the seventh century. Like the Protestant reformers of the 16th century, Islamists today are fundamentalists. The Protestants wanted to abandon the edifice of scholastic thought, the efforts by Catholic theologians and philosophers to make sense of the religion, and return to a literalist reading of the scriptures—just as Islamists want to bypass the edifice of learned interpretation in "the dusty, stifling seminaries of the traditionalists" in favor of reliance solely on the Qur'an. In philosophical terms, both the Protestants and the Islamists represent movements away from the values of reason, the pursuit of happiness in this world, and political freedom.
In short, Islam does not need a Reformation. The problem is that it's having one now. What it needs is an Enlightenment.
On the eve of the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church presided over the spiritual life of Western Europe. It had survived the fall of the Roman Empire and separated from the Eastern Orthodox Church. Its domain now included Spain, from which Muslims (and Jews) had recently been driven. The Church was a wealthy institution, owning vast properties throughout Europe. Though formally distinct from the political states, it wielded a great deal of de facto temporal power.
The Church also presided over the intellectual life of Europe. Its monasteries and universities were centers for education, preservation of manuscripts, and active debate on philosophical and scientific as well as theological issues. In the 13th century, scholars had rediscovered the works of Aristotle, thanks largely to Latin translations from Arabic versions. Aristotle's views on nature, man, knowledge, and ethics were a massive intellectual challenge to Christians. Here was a thinker who was obviously capable of profound insight and powerful reasoning. Moreover, the Christian West had had Aristotle's logical works for centuries; they had learned their methods of analysis and disputation from him; and now they discovered that his vision of the world was radically different from theirs. It was secular, based on reason, man-centered, with a virtuous happiness as the highest moral aim.
Though the Church was initially hostile, it did allow discussion of Aristotle's works. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) put together a synthesis of Aristotelianism and Christianity that the Church could accept. Aquinas's outlook was a radical departure from the views of Augustine (354–430), which had previously dominated Christian thought.
Whereas Augustine held that all knowledge, even of the natural world, depends on trust in God, Aquinas held that our faculties of sense-perception and reason are sufficient to give us knowledge of this world, and that philosophical reason is necessary as an independent adjunct to faith even on matters of religion.
Whereas Augustine claimed that life in this world is a vale of tears, a brutal initiation for entrance to Heaven, Aquinas held that happiness in this life was both possible and worthy as a goal.
Whereas Augustine taught that human nature is inherently corrupt, and that we are totally dependent on God's grace for our salvation, Aquinas held that salvation depends on both grace and man's free will to choose the good, act virtuously, and perform good works.
The Protestant reformers objected to every element of the Thomistic synthesis and sought a return to Augustine's outlook. The flash point of Luther's opposition to the Church was the sale of "indulgences"—payments to the Church to ensure a fate no worse than purgatory for oneself or one's loved ones. Luther's critique of indulgences, the main topic of his 95 theses, is normally interpreted as an objection to a corrupt practice, a kind of spiritual protection racket. But Luther's objection went much deeper. He rejected the notion that any worldly power could affect God's choice to save or condemn people.
In short, Luther opposed any notion of earning salvation by good works. Calvin went even further. His doctrine of predestination held that God has chosen the elect—those who were to be saved—regardless of merit, and that no human action can alter that choice.
Luther, Calvin, and other Protestants rejected the notion that the Church must intercede between man and God. Luther held that every man is his own priest, relating directly to God without any middleman. In aid of this view, Protestants supported the translation of the Latin Bible into vernacular languages so that ordinary people could read it, and some were burned at the stake for their efforts. This is one of the reasons the Reformation has been seen as a movement toward individualism. But the fundamental rationale was not to promote individual autonomy. It was to promote another of Luther's doctrines: sola scriptura. Luther and other reformers wanted to reject the interpretation of Christian doctrine by Catholic scholars and priests and return to the original scriptures as authoritative.
Even when it rests on faith-based premises, the interpretation of texts and the attempt to explain away apparent contradictions is an exercise of reason. That exercise was a hallmark of Catholic scholastic thought. The Protestants wanted to bypass reason and achieve a transparent understanding of scripture, based on a literal, fundamentalist reading. At its deepest level, this goal was motivated by hostility to reason. "Reason is the devil's greatest whore," wrote Luther. If one abandons reason, however, and relies entirely on faith and authority, there is no possibility of reconciling disputes. Inevitably, the Reformation produced a plethora of conflicting doctrines, which led to wars of religion in the century following Luther, Calvin, and their contemporaries.
These wars were one factor that led to the Enlightenment's spirit of tolerance. But the Protestants themselves were not advocates of tolerance. Luther sought to have the German princes in his region adopt his version of Christianity as a state religion. Calvin, in Geneva, instituted theocratic rule, with Christian morality enforced by law and blasphemy a capital offense. While the wars of religion created an incentive for toleration as a way to end the bloodshed, it is unlikely that this would have led to any lasting condition of religious freedom without other, independent historical factors: the growth in individualism through trade, art, and other developments; the simultaneous development of science, which showed the power of reason; and the arguments of philosophers, like Francis Bacon and John Locke, who broke the hold of theology over secular thought.
Islam never had a single institution comparable to the medieval Church. Its clergy were the imams in local mosques, judges of Islamic law, and scholars in universities such as Al-Azhar in Cairo. Known as the ulema, they were steeped in study of the Qur'an, of the hadith (words and actions of Muhammad), and of the endless commentaries and commentaries upon commentaries produced by previous generations. They were the religious establishment against whom Islamists rebelled, as Protestants had rebelled against the Church. As Emmanuel Sivan notes, the leadership of Islamist groups is "composed for the most part of university students and modern professionals, autodidacts in religious matters." Osama bin Laden, for example, is certainly not of the ulema, yet he claims the authority to issue fatwas (rulings on Islamic law), just as Luther claimed the autonomy to post his 95 theses against the Church. In recent decades, the Internet has made it possible for lay Muslims to learn and discuss Islamic doctrine outside the establishment in the same way the printing press enabled the spread of Protestantism in Luther's day.
Islamists are not reacting against an Aristotelian strain in Islam. There has not been such a strain since the days of Averroes in 12th-century Spain. The Islamists are reacting against the Enlightenment modernism of the West, which they see as a threat to Islamic culture; but their call for a return to an imagined purer state of Islamic society is analogous to the Protestant goal of freeing Christianity from the worldly compromises and the scholasticism of the Church. The philosophical content of Islamist theory is likewise similar to that of the early Protestants.
Islamists also oppose the worldliness of Western life, the pursuit of happiness, prosperity, and pleasure. Sayyid Qutb, an Egyptian theorist of jihad, was repelled by what he saw as the materialism of American life during his studies here in the 1940s. "In what he saw as the spiritual wasteland of America," writes Lawrence Wright in a New Yorker profile, "he re-created himself as a militant Muslim, and he came back to Egypt with the vision of an Islam that would throw off the vulgar influences of the West. Islamic society had to be purified, and the only mechanism powerful enough to cleanse it was the ancient and bloody instrument of jihad." Qutb became a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and was executed in 1965—but not before his works had made him one of the most influential Islamist thinkers.
Islam includes the doctrines of predestination by God's will and man's need to submit to God's commands. Islamists, like the Reformation Protestants, typically hold extreme versions of these views. And the submission must be political as well as personal. The imposition of sharia, in order to enforce morality, as Calvin's theocratic rule in Geneva sought to do, is a central goal.
Islamism is only the latest call for a return to the original vision and purity of Islam; there have been waves of such reform movements throughout the history of the religion. The same is true for Christianity; the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century had many predecessors. Both religions were born in the deserts of the Middle East, predicated on faith in a transcendent God and the hope of salvation in a life to come. That mystical foundation necessarily conflicts with any effort to understand the world by reason, or to seek one's happiness in the world, or to enrich the world with the secular values of civilization. In the nature of the case, "reform" will be a regression by the standards of Objectivism. The most we can expect is that such movements will shake things up and inadvertently lead to progress.
Will that happen with Islam? Will Muslims find and embrace their Enlightenment? Let us hope they will. And let us hope that their transition from Reformation to Enlightenment will not be as long and bloody as it was in Europe.


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Navkaar Mantra is the fundamental mantra in Jainism and can be recited at any time of the day. While reciting this mantra, the devotee bows with respect to humans who have cleared their gathi karmas (Arihantas), fully liberated souls (Siddhas), spiritual leaders (Acharyas), teachers (Upadyayas) and all the monks. This is worship of the virtues of all the supreme spiritual people instead of just worshipping one particular person. The Namokâr Mantra does not mention specific names of Tirthankaras and Siddhas. Instead, at the time of recitation, a Jain remembers their virtues and tries to emulate them. In this mantra Jains bow down to these supreme spiritual personalities, and therefore, it is also called Namaskar (show of respect) Mantra.
Namo Arihantanam means I bow to the Arihantas (Prophets).
Namo Siddhanam means I bow to the Siddhas (Liberated Souls).
Namo Ayariyanam means I bow to the Acharyas (Preceptors or Spiritual Leaders).
Namo Uvajjhâyanam means I bow to the Upadhyaya (Teachers).
Namo Loe Savva Sahunam means I bow to all the Sadhus (Saints).
This fivefold bow destroys all sins and obstacles and of all auspicious mantras, is the first and foremost one.
In this mantra, Jains salute the souls that have obtained liberation or on their way to it: the Arihantas, Siddhas, Acharyas, Upadhyayas, and normal monks. In this prayer there is no mention to anyone by name, including Tirthankaras. By saluting these souls, Jains believe they receive the inspiration from them for the right path for total freedom from the karma of their soul. Jains do not ask for any favors or material benefits from the Tirthankaras or from sadhus and sadhvis. This mantra simply serves as a gesture of deep respect towards beings they believe are more spiritually advanced and to remind followers of the Jain religion of their ultimate goal of nirvana or moksha.
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