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How to Create & Scale a Powerful Commerce Content Program
Nicki Kornbluth
Recently, we've seen huge growth in the field of commerce content. An increasing number of publishers are turning to affiliate monetization to diversify their revenue streams, and those who have already seen success are increasing the volume of content they produce.
We hosted a webinar to help publishers better understand the opportunity for their business. The webinar covered tips for creating powerful commerce content (whether you're just starting out or you're expanding your current offering) and also provided strategies for using paid content distribution channels to turn those efforts into a scalable revenue stream.
You can watch the full webinar below. The session was super informative, with tips on the entire process from the best content formats, to the most valuable products to write about, content distribution budgeting, and how to start planning for Q4, but if you learn only two things, these should be the two:
1. Launch an active commerce content strategy
Many publishers getting started with commerce content simply insert affiliate links into existing content. This is a great way to make passive revenue but isn't a great way to optimize for results. Instead, we suggest publishers take a more active approach, thinking about commerce content as a part of their overall strategy.
This can take many forms. For the publishers most serious about the revenue stream, it can often mean a dedicated team with a dedicated commerce site (like The Strategist for New York Magazine, The Inventory for Gizmodo, or CNN Underscored for CNN). But there are other models that have been extremely successful as well, including embedded commerce editors within editorial teams, or having the traditional editorial team actively engaged in the affiliate process.
The key thing is to have a process in place for creating new commerce content and understanding that you can not rely on SEO alone to distribute it. As with editorial content, commerce content deserves to be distributed to audiences, wherever they're reading (email, social, in-app, etc.) On top of creating new content, your team should keep an eye out for any articles that underperform, links that break and pieces that begin to do exceptionally well. If they can be distilled into micro-content pieces that will get an even higher ROI, it could be a relatively low-hanging fruit.
2. Distribute with revenue in mind
While there are many ways to optimize your content distribution campaigns (which we discuss in the webinar), the key to successful paid efforts is optimizing around revenue. In the world of paid distribution, you may be tempted to look at the ads with the highest CTRs or the lowest CPCs, however, with commerce content, those metrics can often be misleading.
For products that are relevant to most people, like t-shirts, phone chargers, or headphones, a low CPC strategy can be effective because your audience is very wide and most people are equally likely to make a purchase. This means that low CPCs will translate to low cost per purchase.
However, with niche products like baby clothing, hiking boots, or wine fridges, it will make more sense to target a smaller audience with more intent. This will cost more on a per-click basis, but the conversion rates on your site will be much higher, ultimately leading to more revenue.
The most important question is "am I making more from this article than I'm spending?" So be sure to regularly monitor your distribution spend and affiliate revenue and adjust your bids as needed. We highly recommend separating your low-value articles and high-value articles into different campaigns to ensure optimal budget allocation.
Ultimately, separating the articles by value could allow you to more easily see if a specific article is outperforming the rest. If it does, keep digging to see if most conversions come from any particular item. Break any listicle into pieces of micro-content that can be promoted separately to capitalize on conversion surges.
To watch the full webinar, and learn more in-depth tips about commerce content creation and distribution, fill out the form below.
About Keywee
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I was expecting something hideous, but it actually looks kind of neat.
Yeah, that guy did it right!
Also check out the two seat 78 Concord he built. (Shown on the same blog) Neat concept, too bad AMC didn't do something like this for the Concord/Hornet AMXs rather then just "doll up" existing hatchback models.
I'm pretty sure he sold that Concord on the bay several months ago.


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Flock (fornvästnordiska flokkr) kallades i den fornvästnordiska litteraturen en flerstrofig dikt, vilken saknade drapans strikta disposition med dess uppdelning i olika avdelningar (stefjabálkar) som avgränsades från varandra genom stef (ett slags omkväde). Flockens vanligaste versmått var dróttkvætt. Med flockar kunde man hylla hövdingar och jarlar, men inte gärna kungar, eftersom flocken ansågs mindre hedrande än drapan. När Torarin lovtunga av oförstånd besjöng Knut den store med en flock, dömdes han för detta majestätsbrott till döden, men benådades sedan han stuvat om flocken till en drapa samt tilldiktat stef.

De flesta flockar var hyllningskväden till stormän, men någon ämnesbegränsning förelåg inte. Så är till exempel Sighvat Tordssons berömda Austrfararvísur en samling poetiska reseminnen från ett hedniskt Västergötland, medan Einar Gilssons Selkolluvísur handlar om hur ett övernaturligt väsen blev fördrivet.

Litteratur
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Tuesday 25th June saw Yorkshire Water's Business Services team host the first of this year's Business Customer Symposiums.
The Water Efficiency and Conservation seminar formed part of the team's 'Taking Responsibility for Business' strategy and ties into the 'Trusted Company' and 'Water Efficient Regions' business objectives, by sharing part of Yorkshire Water's vision with a large and diverse group of key customers. At the same time the seminar aimed to help their customers save money on their water bills, and save the environment from excessive consumption. In total there were 53 delegates in attendance from 38 large organisations around Yorkshire and beyond.
The event was held and funded in partnership with the YPO and involved a range of presentations, exercises and networking opportunities for Yorkshire Water and their business customers. Tom James, Energy Manager at YPO, confirmed that it was by far the most popular event of it's type that YPO have been involved in, and was delighted to be part of such a successful event for his members. James Brass from Bradford M D C commented on how useful the day had been for hearing latest updates from the water industry and sharing best practise with similar institutions.
The day was deemed a great start to this year's Seminar Programme run by the Yorkshire Water Business Services team.


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1st Samuel
2nd Samuel
1st Kings
2nd Kings
1st Chronicles
2nd Chronicles
3rd Ezra
Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)
Epistle of Jeremiah
Prayer of Azaria & Song of the Three
Daniel and Susana
Daniel, Bel, and the Snake
1st Maccabees
2nd Maccabees
Deeds (Act) of Apostles
1st Corinthians
2nd Corinthians
Laodiceans
1st Thessalonians
2nd Thessalonians
1st Timothy
2nd Timothy
1st Peter
2nd Peter
1st John
2nd John
3rd John
Apocalypse (Revelations) of John
1And Israel went forth with all things that he had, and he came to the well of oath or Beersheba; and when sacrifices were slain there to [the] God of his father Isaac,
2he heard God by a vision in that night calling to him, and saying to him, Jacob! Jacob! To whom he answered, Lo! I am present.
3God said to him, I am the full strong God of thy father; do not thou dread, go down into Egypt, for I shall make thee there into a great folk;
4I shall go down thither with thee, and I shall bring thee turning again from thence, and Joseph shall set his hand on thine eyes.
5Jacob rose from the well of oath, and his sons took him, with their little children, and wives, in the wains which Pharaoh had sent to bear the eld [or old] man,
6and all things which he wielded in the land of Canaan; and he came into Egypt with [all] his seed,
7his sons, and their sons, and daughters, and all the generations together.
8Forsooth these be the names of the sons of Israel, that entered into Egypt; Jacob with his free children. The first begotten is Reuben;
9the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10The sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a woman of Canaan.
11The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zarah. Forsooth Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were born, Hezron, and Hamul.
13The sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14The sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15These be the sons of Leah, which she childed to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, with Dinah, her daughter; all the souls of his sons and daughters by Leah, three and thirty.
16The sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17The sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah; and Serah, the sister of them. The sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and through whom Jacob begat these sixteen persons.
19The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.
20And two sons were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath, [the] daughter of Potipherah, priest of Heliopolis, childed to him.
21The sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, and Ehi, and Rosh, and Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22These were the sons of Rachel, the which Jacob begat through her; all the persons were fourteen.
23The son of Dan; Hushim.
24The sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. And Jacob begat these through Bilhah; all the souls were seven.
26And all the men that entered with Jacob into Egypt, and went out of his thigh, without his sons' wives, were sixty and six.
27Forsooth the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, were two men. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.
28Forsooth Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, that he should tell to him, and he meet with them in Goshen. And when Jacob had come thither,
29Joseph went up in his chariot to meet his father at the same place. And he saw Jacob, and felled on his neck, and wept betwixt embraces.
30And the father said to Joseph, Now I shall die joyful, for I have seen thy face, and I leave thee living.
31And Joseph spake to his brethren, and to all his father's household, I shall go up, and tell to Pharaoh, and I shall say to him, My brethren, and the household of my father, that were in the land of Canaan, be come to me,
32and they be men keepers of sheep, and have busyness of flocks to be fed; they brought with them their sheep, and great beasts, and all things which they might have.
33And when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your work?
34ye shall answer, We be thy servants, men shepherds, from our childhood till into this present time, both we and our fathers. Soothly ye shall say these things, that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for Egyptians loathe all keepers of sheep.
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Wycliffe's Apocrypha ©2013, 2015
Wycliffe's Bible © 2012, 2015
Wycliffe's New Testament ©2001, 2011
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God Assures Israel
1So Israel began his trip to Egypt. First he went to Beersheba. There he worshiped God, the God of his father Isaac. He offered sacrifices. 2During the night God spoke to Israel in a dream and said, "Jacob, Jacob."
Israel answered, "Here I am."
3Then God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt. In Egypt I will make you a great nation. 4I will go to Egypt with you, and I will bring you out of Egypt again. You will die there, but Joseph will be with you. His own hands will close your eyes when you die."
Israel Goes to Egypt
5Then Jacob left Beersheba and traveled to Egypt. His sons, the sons of Israel, brought their father, their wives, and all their children to Egypt. They traveled in the wagons the Pharaoh had sent. 6They also had their cattle and everything they owned in the land of Canaan. So Israel went to Egypt with all his children and his family. 7With him were his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters. All of his family went with him.
The Family of Jacob (Israel)
8These are the names of Israel's sons and family who went to Egypt with him:
Reuben was Jacob's first son. 9Reuben's sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10Simeon's sons were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, and Zohar. There was also Shaul. (Shaul was born from a Canaanite woman.)
11Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12Judah's sons were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Er and Onan died while still in Canaan.) Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul.
13Issachar's sons were Tola, Puah, Job, and Shimron.
14Zebulun's sons were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun were Jacob's sons from his wife Leah. Leah had these sons in Paddan Aram. She also had a daughter named Dinah. There were 33 people in this family.
16Gad's sons were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17Asher's sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Also there were Beriah's sons, Heber and Malkiel.
18All these were Jacob's sons from his wife's servant, Zilpah. (Zilpah was the maid that Laban had given to his daughter Leah.) There were 16 people in this family.
19Benjamin was also with Jacob. Benjamin was Jacob and Rachel's son. (Joseph was also Rachel's son, but he was already in Egypt.)
20In Egypt, Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. (Joseph's wife was Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the priest in the city of On.)
21Benjamin's sons were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22These were the sons of Jacob from his wife Rachel. There were 14 people in this family.
23Dan's son was Hushim.
24Naphtali's sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25These were the sons of Jacob and Bilhah. (Bilhah was the maid that Laban had given to his daughter Rachel.) There were seven people in this family.
26The total number of Jacob's direct descendants who went with him to Egypt was 66 people. (The wives of Jacob's sons were not counted in this number.) 27Also, Joseph had two sons in Egypt. With these two grandsons, Jacob's family in Egypt numbered 70 people in all.
Israel Arrives in Egypt
28Jacob sent Judah ahead to speak to Joseph. Judah went to Joseph in the land of Goshen. Then Jacob and his people followed into the land. 29Joseph learned that his father was coming. So he prepared his chariot and went out to meet his father, Israel, in Goshen. When Joseph saw his father, he hugged his neck and cried for a long time.
30Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now I can die in peace. I have seen your face, and I know that you are still alive."
31Joseph said to his brothers and to the rest of his father's family, "I will go and tell Pharaoh that you are here. I will say to Pharaoh, 'My brothers and the rest of my father's family have left the land of Canaan and have come here to me. 32They are a family of shepherds. They have always kept sheep and cattle. They have brought all their animals and everything they own with them.' 33When Pharaoh calls you, he will ask, 'What work do you do?' 34You tell him, 'We are shepherds. All our lives we have been shepherds, and our ancestors were shepherds before us.' Then Pharaoh will allow you to live in the land of Goshen. Egyptians don't like shepherds, so it is better that you stay in Goshen."
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You may spend a lot of money buying one of the best respirator in the market but if will not protect you from harmful polluted air if you do not fit it well onto your face.
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon, during my visits to factory, to find that not everyone using respirator has the face piece fitted well and many of them did not go through the fitting procedure to ensure proper fitting. I have in some occasions even seeing people wearing respirator upside down. I asked him "Why are you wearing your respiratory this way?" He told me, "This way I feel more comfortable….." You may laugh, but I don't because it is a serious mistake to wear respirator like that and the result could be fatal in a critical environment.
Remember, you must be trained to do positive and negative test when you are donning a respirator the first time onto your face. These qualitative tests will ensure that there is no leakage from the sides of the respirator face piece. You must do these tests whenever you wear a respirator and before you entering the contaminated area.
Why fit test is important? Because you want the air you are breathing in to pass through the air-purifying filters or cartridge that will remove the harmful pollutants. You do not want un-filtered polluted air to leak into your respirator face piece. If after fit test, you can not get a air-tight fitting, you should try some other models of respirator or another size. Respirator face piece does come in different sizes, S, M or L although the medium size can fit well to the majority of the population.
Respirator face piece fit test is critical important for SCBA donning and in fact for wearing any respirator before entering into critical environment. Safety Supervisor must make sure that every one using respirator especially the ERT (Emergency Response Team) members are well trained. Negative and positive fit test of respirator face piece can be done you self without help from some one else, if you know how to do it.
Is fit testing difficult? Absolutely NOT and on the contrary, it is quite simple.
One of my friend's sons has started working in a car body repairing workshop recently. His works include metal cutting, cleaning, welding and even paint spraying. He came to see me for safety advice because he is not receiving safety training in his work. He felt disappointed after talking to me because he was not given the basic safety gear for his works I told him that he has the right to ask for them and if the employer does not provide him with all the safety equipment and training he needs, don't work for him.
Will you do the same if you were him? If you walk into the workshops and factories in your town, do you see these things around?
Remember, earning a living does not means checking in your health or life for it and there is existing laws protecting you.


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Juan de Cartagena (died c. 1520) was a Spanish accountant and captain of one of the five ships led by Ferdinand Magellan in his expedition of the first circumnavigation of the earth. Cartagena frequently argued with Magellan during the voyage and questioned his authority. Following a failed mutiny attempt of which Cartagena was the principal organizer, Magellan marooned Cartagena on a remote island in Patagonia in 1520, before continuing on to the Strait of Magellan.

Early life
Cartagena was a native of Burgos, the historic capital of Old Castile. Cartagena was a confidante and "nephew" of archbishop Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, the influential head of the Casa de Contratación which regulated trade with Spain's American colonies. Historians have interpreted "nephew" as a euphemism indicating that Cartagena was Fonseca's illegitimate son. His age at the time of Magellan's expedition is unknown, but he was married and had a daughter, Doña Catalina.

Magellan's voyage
Trained as an accountant, Cartagena had no experience as a seaman. Despite this, he used his influence with Fonseca to secure appointment as Inspector General (Veedor General) of Magellan's Armada de Molucca with authority to supervise the expedition's financial and trading operations. King Charles V of Spain also directed Cartagena to report on the expedition directly, rather than through Magellan as captain-general. This split responsibility would be a source of difficulty during the subsequent voyage.

In recognition of Cartagena's influence, and in order to please his supporters, Magellan named him captain of the largest ship of the expedition, the San Antonio, subject only to Magellan's own authority as captain-general of the fleet. Cartagena earned a salary of 110,000 maravedí, the highest of anyone in the fleet, including Magellan.

Tensions surfaced between Cartagena and Magellan as soon as the fleet departed Spain. In councils between captains, Cartagena routinely opposed Magellan's navigation decisions and refused to salute his superior when required by custom to do so. A storm delayed the fleet south of Tenerife, and food had to be rationed; Cartagena took this opportunity to publicly criticise Magellan and suggest he was not competent to command. Magellan promptly had him arrested, relieved of his command and confined aboard the Victoria for the remainder of the voyage to South America.

Mutiny
Cartagena remained a captive until the fleet reached Patagonia. On 1 April 1520 he secretly left the Victoria and reboarded the San Antonio, where he rallied supporters among the Spanish crew and officers in opposition to the Portuguese Magellan. In company with Concepcións captain Gaspar de Quesada, pilot Juan Sebastián Elcano and thirty Spanish crew members, Cartagena seized control of San Antonio and declared the vessel independent of Magellan's command. The officers of both Concepción and Victoria joined in the mutiny, and on 2 April 1520 a letter was sent to Magellan's flagship, the Trinidad demanding that the captain-general acknowledge that the fleet was no longer under his command.

Magellan brought the Trinidad, alongside Victoria and lowered a boat to carry back his reply. When the boat crew reached Victorias deck they made a pretense of handing over a letter; when Victorias captain sought to take it the boat crew stabbed him to death. Simultaneously, fifteen men from Magellan's ship climbed aboard and attacked the mutineers. Victorias crew joined their cause and the ship was seized.

Cartagena had relocated to Concepción prior to the battle, and so remained temporarily free. However, only that vessel and San Antonio remained in the mutineer's hands. Magellan ranged his three ships across the mouth of the bay in which the fleet had anchored, and cleared the decks for engagement with Cartagena's two vessels. In strong winds overnight on April 2, San Antonio dragged its anchor and drifted helplessly toward Trinidad. Magellan ordered a broadside fired, at which the crew of San Antonio surrendered and allowed the vessel to be retaken. Realising the mutiny had failed, on April 3 Cartagena followed suit and surrendered Concepción without resistance.

Death
After the mutiny, Magellan held a trial of the conspirators. Cartagena's ally Gaspar de Quesada (captain of the Concepción) was sentenced to death by beheading. However, Magellan was reluctant to execute a close relative of Fonseca, so Cartagena was sentenced to be marooned along with another conspirator, the priest Pedro Sánchez de la Reina. The sentence was carried out on August 11, 1520, four months after the mutiny, shortly before the fleet departed their winter quarters at San Julián. Cartagena and the priest were given a small supply of ship's biscuits and drinking water and left on a small island off the Patagonian coast. Neither was seen or heard from again.

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Helga King, 78, of Charles City
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Helga King, 78, of Charles City, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2019 at the Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City with her loving family by her side.
A memorial service for Helga will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City with Pastor Russ Leeper from Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating. Inurnment will be at Sunnyside Memory Gardens in rural Charles City.
Helga (Wengenroth) King, the daughter of Wilhelm and Louisa (Koenig) Wengenroth, was born in Bieber, Germany on January 12, 1941. She received her education in Germany and met the love of her life, Lester "Sonny" King, Jr., when she was 19 years old. The couple was united in marriage on July 18, 1960 at the Darmstadt Air Force Base in Darmstadt, Germany.
Helga followed Lester to the United States once her paperwork was in order to leave Germany. The couple made their home in Charles City where they raised their family. Helga worked various jobs throughout her life including manager of Fine Arts Engraving in Illinois, Certified Nursing Assistant, K-Mart and Dollar General.
Helga had an extreme soft spot in her heart for all animals and was always rescuing or feeding those that needed help whether it be the strays in the neighborhood or the crows. She had a heart of gold and donated whatever she could to the Police Officer's Fund, ASPCA and St. Jude Children's Hospital (Helga didn't want little children suffering like she did with cancer).
Helga loved to crochet and taught all of her children and at least one of her grandchildren in each family so that this legacy would continue even with her being gone. She loved fiercely (the family's loving way of saying that she hugged so hard it hurt sometimes) and just cared for everyone in her life.
Living family members include her four children: Jacquelyn King Hefner of Romeoville, Illinois, Donna King Roscoe of Kentwood, Michigan, Derrick "Rick" (Dianne) King of Hemet, California and Jeannette King (Gary) Finney of Floyd; 14 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Kathleen Mae King of Oregon; along with numerous nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.
Helga was preceded in death by her husband, Lester "Sonny" William King, Jr.; parents, Wilhelm and Louisa Wengenroth; and parents-in-law, Lester, Sr. and June King.
Hauser Funeral Home, (641) 228-2323, in Charles City, is in charge of local arrangements. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.hauserfh.com.
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I rate the Ariat Mesteno Workhog work boot very high and a good value. My evalution comes from both selling the boot new and repairing the boots after a lot of wear and tear. I get the chance to see just how the boots hold up. I see the boot used for a variety of jobs. This boot can take a lot of abuse and still gives long wear. It is a comfortable boot from the first time you pull it on.
The Duratead sole provides superior slip resistance and oil resistant. It has a 90 degree heel for good ladder stability. At Boyers Boot shoe we repair lots of worn boots. The Mesteno Duratread sole is one of the toughest, longest wearing soles of any boot made. The sole is a dual density sole, that means it has a long wearing bottom layer with a soft, shock absorbing EVA Crepe middle layer. There is an extra row of stitching around the toe of the sole to keep the toe from pulling loose.
The tread design of the Duratread sole is designed to be self-cleaning and non-tracking.
Wide Square Toe – Lots of extra wiggle room for your toes. The Composite Square toe gives more room on the sides and above your toes. Composite material does not conduct cold so feet stay warmer in winter conditions and cooler in summer conditions.
The top selling feature of the Mesteno is the great styling. There is a beautiful flame stitch pattern on the tops of the boots that gives this boot a distinctive look. The model 10015400 features a green leather top with a Neon green flame stitch. Very cool.
The Wide Square toe is very popular in western boots and makes this safety boot very stylish.
Composite Toe (certified ASTM F2413-05 M/1/75 C/75 EH). The composite toe makes this boot lighter weight with all the certified protection of a Steel Toe.
EH Electrical Hazard Safety rating not only makes this boot safer around electrical hazards but also means that there are no metal in the boot to set off metal detectors at security checkpoints.
Patented U-turn® features a flexible panel allowing easy entry and exit for all foot shapes. This feature really rocks. Ariat's Waterproof Pro™ offers top-of-line protection from rain, snow, and wet conditions. Boot construction utilizes waterproof premium leathers for superior exterior protection. Durable, impermeable waterproof/breathable barrier is built-in for long-lasting protection.


The Kopra Table lamp features eleven Boi shades of various sizes on a three legged frame topped with an oval handle. Each shade rotates 320° to cast light directionally.
Powder coated steel shade, plated steel frame.
Frame and shades in Black Gloss (black gloss interior), Grey Gloss (grey gloss interior), White Gloss (white gloss interior). Custom colors available upon request.
Approx. Dia. 24" x H 22.5"
120V: (11) G16.5 globe bulbs candelabra base, 40W max, 20W recommended.
220-240V: (11) E14 base golf ball, 40W max, 20W recommended.
Dimmer switch located on cord. Black cord; length approx. 7 feet.


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Q: Conservativity of language extension It is folklore that extending a language of classical first-order logic is conservative. That is, given two languages $L \subseteq L'$, a set of $L$-sentences $\Gamma$ and an $L$-sentence $\varphi$, then any derivation (proof tree) of $\varphi$ from $\Gamma$ in $L'$ can be transformed into a derivation of $\varphi$ from $\Gamma$ in $L$.
I'm looking for a detailed elementary proof is this fact. With "elementary" I mostly mean that it cannot use the completeness theorem (since the proof of the completeness theorem I know uses this fact). I'm mostly interested in the case where the derivations use natural deduction and classical logic.

A: The following works for essentially any common proof system (Hilbert calculus, sequent calculus, natural deduction, ...).
Take a proof of $\varphi$ from $\Gamma$ in $L'$. Substitute any fixed sentence (say, $\bot$) for all instances of predicates from $L'\smallsetminus L$ in the proof, and likewise, choose a variable $v$ that does not appear anywhere in the proof, and replace all topmost occurrences of subterms $F(t_1,\dots,t_n)$, $F\in L'\smallsetminus L$, with $v$. (This includes constants, for $n=0$.) You obtain a proof in $L$, and the transformation leaves $\Gamma$ and $\varphi$ unchanged.

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// George Frick
// RomWriter.java

package net.s5games.mafia.model;

import net.s5games.mafia.beans.Armor;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Vector;

public class RomWriter extends RomIO {
    Area theArea;

    public RomWriter(String filename) {
        inputFile = new File(filename);
        if (!openArea(false))
            return;
        open = true;
    }

    public RomWriter(File file) {
        inputFile = file;
        if (!openArea(false))
            return;
        open = true;
    }

    public boolean isOpen() {
        return open;
    }

    public void finish() {
        try {
            outbuf.flush();
            outbuf.close();
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't finish file writing.");
        }
    }

    public void writeArea(Area data) {
        theArea = data;
        try {
            writeHeader();

            if (theArea.getMobCount() > 0)
                writeMobiles();

            if (theArea.getObjectCount() > 0)
                writeObjects();

            if (theArea.getRoomCount() > 0)
                writeRooms();

            writeSpecials();

            if (theArea.getMobCount() > 0 && theArea.getObjectCount() > 0)
                writeResets();

            writeShops();

            if (theArea.getMprogCount() > 0)
                writeMobprogs();

            outbuf.write("#$\n\n", 0, 2);
            finish();
            System.out.println("Done writing");
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("problem writing.");
        }
    }

    public void romWrite(String s) {
        try {
            outbuf.write(s, 0, s.length());
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Error writing to model file!!!");
        }
    }

    void writeHeader() {
        String low = Integer.toString(theArea.getLowVnum());
        String high = Integer.toString(theArea.getHighVnum());
        String flags = Integer.toString(theArea.getFlags());

        romWrite("#AREADATA\n");
        romWrite("Name " + theArea.getAreaName() + "~\n");
        romWrite("Builders " + theArea.getBuilder() + "~\n");
        romWrite("VNUMs " + low + " " + high + "\n");
        romWrite("Credits [ " + low + "  " + high + " ] " + theArea.getAreaName() + "~\n");
        romWrite("Security " + theArea.getSecurity() + "\n");
        if (theArea.getFlags() != 0) {
            romWrite("Flags " + flags + "\n");
        }
        romWrite("End\n\n\n\n");
    }

    int DIF(int a, int b) {
        return (~((~a) | (b)));  // (~((~a)|(b)))
    }

    void writeMobiles() {
        Mobile mob;
        romWrite("#MOBILES\n");
        for (int a = theArea.getLowVnum(); a <= theArea.getHighVnum(); a++) {
            mob = theArea.getMobile(a);

            if (mob == null)
                continue;

            romWrite("#" + Integer.toString(a) + "\n");
            romWrite(mob.getName() + "~\n");
            romWrite(mob.getShortDesc() + "~\n");
            if (mob.getLongDesc().endsWith("\n"))
                romWrite(mob.getLongDesc() + "~\n");
            else
                romWrite(mob.getLongDesc() + "\n~\n");

            if (mob.getDescription().endsWith("\n"))
                romWrite(mob.getDescription() + "~\n");
            else
                romWrite(mob.getDescription() + "\n~\n");

            romWrite(mob.getRace().toString().toLowerCase() + "~\n");
            romWrite(MudConstants.getBitString(mob.getActFlags()) + " " + MudConstants.getBitString(mob.getAffectedBy()) + " " + mob.getAlignment() + " " + mob.getGroup() + "\n");
            romWrite(mob.getLevel() + " " + mob.getHitRoll() + " " + mob.getHitDice() + " " + mob.getManaDice() + " " + mob.getDamageDice() + " " + mob.getDamageType() + "\n");
            romWrite(mob.getAC(Armor.PIERCE) + " " + mob.getAC(Armor.BASH) + " " + mob.getAC(Armor.SLASH) + " " + mob.getAC(Armor.MAGIC) + "\n");
            romWrite(MudConstants.getBitString(mob.getOffensiveFlags()) + " " + MudConstants.getBitString(mob.getImmunityFlags()) + " " + MudConstants.getBitString(mob.getResistanceFlags()) + " " + MudConstants.getBitString(mob.getVulnerabilityFlags()) + "\n");
            romWrite(MudConstants.getPositionString(mob.getStartPosition()) + " " + MudConstants.getPositionString(mob.getDefaultPosition()) + " " + MudConstants.getSexString(mob.getSex()) + " " + mob.getWealth() + "\n");
            romWrite(MudConstants.getBitString(mob.getForm()) + " " + MudConstants.getBitString(mob.getParts()) + " " + mob.getSize().print() + " " + mob.getMaterial() + "\n");

            /*
            * Write extras
            */
            if (mob.getDeathCry() != null && !mob.getDeathCry().equals("default") && !(mob.getDeathCry().length() == 0))
                romWrite("D " + mob.getDeathCry() + "~\n");

            for (MobTrigger trigger : mob.getTriggers()) {
                romWrite("M " + trigger.toFile() + "~\n");
            }

            Race myRace = mob.getRace();
            int temp;

            temp = DIF(myRace.getActFlags(), mob.getActFlags());
            if (temp > 0)
                romWrite("F act " + MudConstants.getBitString(temp) + "\n");

            temp = DIF(myRace.getAffectedByFlags(), mob.getAffectedBy());
            if (temp > 0)
                romWrite("F aff " + MudConstants.getBitString(temp) + "\n");

            temp = DIF(myRace.getOffensiveFlags(), mob.getOffensiveFlags());
            if (temp > 0)
                romWrite("F off " + MudConstants.getBitString(temp) + "\n");

            temp = DIF(myRace.getImmunityFlags(), mob.getImmunityFlags());
            if (temp > 0)
                romWrite("F imm " + MudConstants.getBitString(temp) + "\n");

            temp = DIF(myRace.getResistanceFlags(), mob.getResistanceFlags());
            if (temp > 0)
                romWrite("F res " + MudConstants.getBitString(temp) + "\n");

            temp = DIF(myRace.getVulnerableFlags(), mob.getVulnerabilityFlags());
            if (temp > 0)
                romWrite("F vul " + MudConstants.getBitString(temp) + "\n");

            temp = DIF(myRace.getForm(), mob.getForm());
            if (temp > 0)
                romWrite("F for " + MudConstants.getBitString(temp) + "\n");

            temp = DIF(myRace.getParts(), mob.getParts());
            if (temp > 0)
                romWrite("f par " + MudConstants.getBitString(temp) + "\n");

            // if(act,aff,off,imm,res,vuln,form,parts diff from race) write them.
            // if (mprogs) mprogs
        }
        romWrite("#0\n\n\n\n");
        System.out.println("wrote mobiles");
    }

    void writeObjects() {
        MudObject object;
        romWrite("#OBJECTS\n");
        System.out.println("Writing objects");
        for (int a = theArea.getLowVnum(); a <= theArea.getHighVnum(); a++) {
            object = theArea.getObject(a);

            System.out.print(".");

            if (object == null)
                continue;

            // write an object
            romWrite("#" + Integer.toString(a) + "\n");
            romWrite(object.getName() + "~\n");
            romWrite(object.getShortDesc() + "~\n");
            romWrite(object.getLongDesc() + "~\n");
            romWrite(object.getMaterial() + "~\n");
            String typeTemp = MudConstants.stringFromType(object.getType());
            if (typeTemp.indexOf(' ') != -1)
                typeTemp = typeTemp.substring(0, typeTemp.indexOf(' '));

            romWrite(typeTemp.toLowerCase() + " ");
            romWrite(MudConstants.getBitString(object.getExtraFlags()) + " ");
            romWrite(MudConstants.getBitString(object.getWearFlags()) + "\n");
            System.out.print("tada.");

            // write flags based on type
            switch (object.getType()) {
                case MudConstants.ITEM_STAFF:
                case MudConstants.ITEM_WAND: {
                    romWrite(object.getiValue(0) + " " + object.getiValue(1) + " " +
                            object.getiValue(2) + " " + "'" +
                            object.getsValue(3) + "' 0\n");
                    break;
                }
                case MudConstants.ITEM_PILL:
                case MudConstants.ITEM_POTION:
                case MudConstants.ITEM_SCROLL: {
                    romWrite(object.getiValue(0) + " '" + object.getsValue(1) + "' '" +
                            object.getsValue(2) + "' '" + object.getsValue(3) +
                            "' '" + object.getsValue(4) + "'\n");
                    break;
                }
                case MudConstants.ITEM_ARMOR: {
                    romWrite(object.getiValue(0) + " " + object.getiValue(1) + " "
                            + object.getiValue(2) + " " + object.getiValue(3) +
                            " " + object.getiValue(4) + "\n");
                    break;
                }
                case MudConstants.ITEM_WEAPON: {
                    romWrite(object.getsValue(0) + " " + object.getiValue(1) + " "
                            + object.getiValue(2) + " " + object.getsValue(3) +
                            " " + MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(4)) + "\n");
                    break;
                }
                case MudConstants.ITEM_FURNITURE: {
                    romWrite(object.getiValue(0) + " " + object.getiValue(1) + " "
                            + MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(2)) +
                            " " + object.getiValue(3) + " " + object.getiValue(4) + "\n");
                    break;
                }
                case MudConstants.ITEM_PORTAL: {
                    romWrite(object.getiValue(0) + " " + MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(1)) +
                            " " + MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(2)) +
                            " " + object.getiValue(3) + " 0\n");
                    break;
                }
                case MudConstants.ITEM_FOOD: {
                    romWrite(object.getiValue(0) + " " + object.getiValue(1) +
                            " 0 " + MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(3))
                            + " 0\n");
                    break;
                }
                case MudConstants.ITEM_CONTAINER: {
                    romWrite(object.getiValue(0) + " " + MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(1))
                            + " " + object.getiValue(2) + " " + object.getiValue(3)
                            + " " + object.getiValue(4) + "\n");
                    break;
                }
                case MudConstants.ITEM_FOUNTAIN:
                case MudConstants.ITEM_DRINK_CON: {
                    romWrite(object.getiValue(0) + " " + object.getiValue(1) + " '" +
                            object.getsValue(2) + "' " + object.getiValue(3) + " 0\n");
                    break;
                }
                case MudConstants.ITEM_LIGHT: {
                    romWrite("0 0 " + object.getiValue(2) + " 0 0\n");
                    break;
                }
                case MudConstants.ITEM_MONEY: {
                    romWrite(object.getiValue(0) + " " + object.getiValue(1) +
                            " 0 0 0\n");
                    break;
                }
                default: {
                    romWrite(MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(0)) + " " +
                            MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(1)) + " " +
                            MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(2)) + " " +
                            MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(3)) + " " +
                            MudConstants.getBitString(object.getiValue(4)) + "\n");
                    break;
                }
            }

            romWrite(Integer.toString(object.getLevel()) + " ");
            romWrite(Integer.toString(object.getWeight()) + " ");
            romWrite(Integer.toString(object.getCost()) + " ");
            romWrite(MudConstants.conditionString(object.getCondition()) + "\n");

            /*
            * write extras
            */
            for (ObjectAffect oTemp : object.getAffects()) {
                romWrite(oTemp.fileString());
            }

            if (object.getWearMessage() != null)
                romWrite("R\n" + object.getWearMessage() + "~\n");
            if (object.getRemoveMessage() != null)
                romWrite("M\n" + object.getRemoveMessage() + "~\n");

            for (String s : object.getExtraDescriptions().keySet()) {
                romWrite("E\n" + s + "~\n" + object.getExtraDescriptions().get(s) + "~\n");
            }
        }

        romWrite("#0\n\n\n\n");
        System.out.println("wrote objects");
    }

    void writeRooms() {
        Room room;
        MudExit exit;
        romWrite("#ROOMS\n");
        /*
        * write room data
        */
        for (int a = theArea.getLowVnum(); a <= theArea.getHighVnum(); a++) {
            room = theArea.getRoom(a);

            if (room == null)
                continue;

            romWrite("#" + Integer.toString(a) + "\n");
            romWrite(room.getName() + "~\n");
            romWrite(room.getDescription() + "~\n");
            romWrite("0 " + Integer.toString(room.getFlags()) + " "
                    + Integer.toString(room.getSector()) + "\n");

            /*
            * write extra descs
            */
            for (String s : room.getExtraDescriptions().keySet()) {
                romWrite("E\n" + s + "~\n" + room.getExtraDescriptions().get(s) + "~\n");
            }

            for (int x = 0; x < MudConstants.MAX_EXITS; x++) {
                exit = room.getExit(x);
                if (exit == null)
                    continue;

                romWrite("D" + Integer.toString(x) + "\n");
                romWrite(exit.getDescription() + "~\n");
                romWrite(exit.getKeyword() + "~\n");
                romWrite(Integer.toString(exit.getFlagToken()) + " " + Integer.toString(exit.getKey())
                        + " " + Integer.toString(exit.getToVnum()) + "\n");
            }
            if (room.getMana() != 100 || room.getHeal() != 100)
                romWrite("M " + Integer.toString(room.getMana()) + " H " + Integer.toString(room.getHeal()) + "\n");
            // NOT IN EDITOR C <clan> + ~
            // NOT IN EDITOR O <owner> + ~
            romWrite("S\n");   // S
        }

        romWrite("#0\n\n\n\n");
    }

    void writeSpecials() {
        boolean found = false;
        Mobile mob;

        for (int dLoop = theArea.getLowVnum(); dLoop <= theArea.getHighVnum(); dLoop++) {
            mob = theArea.getMobile(dLoop);

            if (mob == null)
                continue;

            if (mob.getSpecial() == null || mob.getSpecial().equals(""))
                continue;

            if (!found) {
                found = true;
                romWrite("#SPECIALS\n");
            }

            romWrite("M " + mob.getVnum() + " " + mob.getSpecial() + "\n");
        }

        if (found) {
            romWrite("S\n\n\n\n");
            System.out.println("wrote specials [*PARTIALLY* SUPPORTED]");
        } else
            System.out.println("No Specials to write. Skipping.");

    }

    void writeResets() {
        Room room;

        romWrite("#RESETS\n");

        /*
        * Write out the door resets to file.
        * These resets set the lock and closed flags on doors
        */
        for (int dLoop = theArea.getLowVnum(); dLoop <= theArea.getHighVnum(); dLoop++) {
            room = theArea.getRoom(dLoop);

            if (room == null)
                continue;

            for (int lockLoop = 0; lockLoop < 6; lockLoop++) {
                MudExit tempExit = room.getExit(lockLoop);
                if (tempExit == null)
                    continue;
                int locktype;
                if (tempExit.isSet(MudConstants.EXIT_CLOSED)) {
                    locktype = 1;
                    if (tempExit.isSet(MudConstants.EXIT_LOCKED))
                        locktype = 2;

                    romWrite("D 0 " + room.getVnum() + " " + lockLoop + " " + locktype + "\n");
                }
            }
        }

        /*
        * Loop through each room, writing out each mobile.
        * for each mobile, we right out that mobiles inventory/eq right away.
        */
        for (int a = theArea.getLowVnum(); a <= theArea.getHighVnum(); a++) {
            room = theArea.getRoom(a);

            if (room == null)
                continue;

            if (!room.getMobiles().isEmpty()) {
                writeRoomMobiles(room.getMobiles(), room.getVnum());
            }
            if (!room.getObjects().isEmpty()) {
                writeRoomObjects(room.getObjects(), room.getVnum());
            }
        }

        romWrite("S\n\n\n\n");
        System.out.println("Wrote resets");
    }

    /*
    * given a room, write out its mobiles and their eq/inventory
    */
    void writeRoomMobiles(Collection<Mobile> mobiles, int rVnum) {
        Vector storage;
        int eq;
        Room r = theArea.getRoom(rVnum);

        if (r == null)
            return;

        for (Mobile mob : mobiles) {
            if (mob == null)
                continue;

            romWrite("M 0 " + Integer.toString(mob.getVnum()) + " "
                    + Integer.toString(mob.getMax()) + " "
                    + Integer.toString(rVnum) + " " + r.countMobile(mob.getVnum()) + "\n");
            // was a 1 changed to getMax()

            for (int loop = 0; loop < 21; loop++) {
                eq = mob.getEquipment(loop);

                if (eq == -1)
                    continue;

                romWrite("E 100 " + Integer.toString(eq) + " 0 " + Integer.toString(loop) + "\n");
            }

            if (!mob.getInventory().isEmpty()) {
                writeMobileInventory(mob.getInventory());
            }
        }
    }

    /*
    * Given a room, write out any objects that go to the room
    * if an object contains objects, immediately write those out too.
    */
    void writeRoomObjects(Collection<MudObject> mudObjects, int rVnum) {
        for (MudObject obj : mudObjects) {
            romWrite("O 100 " + Integer.toString(obj.getVnum()) +
                    " 0 " + Integer.toString(rVnum) + "\n");

            /*
            * put objects in objects
            */
            for (MudObject tObject : obj.getInventory()) {
                romWrite("P 100 " + Integer.toString(tObject.getVnum()) + " 1 " +
                        Integer.toString(obj.getVnum()) + " 1\n");
            }
        }
    }

    void writeMobileInventory(Collection<MudObject> v) {
        for (MudObject obj : v) {
            romWrite("G 100 " + Integer.toString(obj.getVnum()) + " 0\n");

            /*
            * add the resets for objects put in containers held by mobs.
            */
            for (MudObject tObject : obj.getInventory()) {
                romWrite("P 100 " + Integer.toString(tObject.getVnum()) + " 1 " +
                        Integer.toString(obj.getVnum()) + " 1\n");
            }
        }
    }

    void writeShops() {
        MudShopData sData;
        Mobile mob;
        boolean found = false;

        for (int a = theArea.getLowVnum(); a <= theArea.getHighVnum(); a++) {
            mob = theArea.getMobile(a);

            if (mob == null || !mob.isShop())
                continue;

            if (!found) {
                found = true;
                romWrite("#SHOPS\n");
            }
            sData = mob.getShop();
            romWrite(sData.toString());
        }

        if (found)
            romWrite("0\n\n\n\n");

        System.out.println("wrote shops");
    }

    void writeMobprogs() {
        romWrite("#MOBPROGS\n");

        for (MobileProgram mprog : theArea.getMobprogs()) {
            romWrite(mprog.toFile());
        }
        romWrite("#0\n\n");
        System.out.println("wrote mobprogs");
    }
}


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package monit_test

import (
	"net/http"
	"time"

	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"

	boshhttp "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-agent/http"
	boshlog "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-agent/logger"
	fakeplatform "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-agent/platform/fakes"
	faketime "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-agent/time/fakes"

	. "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-agent/jobsupervisor/monit"
)

var _ = Describe("clientProvider", func() {
	It("Get", func() {
		logger := boshlog.NewLogger(boshlog.LevelNone)
		platform := fakeplatform.NewFakePlatform()
		timeService := &faketime.FakeService{}

		platform.GetMonitCredentialsUsername = "fake-user"
		platform.GetMonitCredentialsPassword = "fake-pass"

		client, err := NewProvider(platform, logger, timeService).Get()
		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())

		httpClient := http.DefaultClient

		shortHTTPClient := boshhttp.NewRetryClient(httpClient, 20, 1*time.Second, logger)
		longHTTPClient := NewMonitRetryClient(httpClient, 300, 20, 1*time.Second, logger)

		expectedClient := NewHTTPClient(
			"127.0.0.1:2822",
			"fake-user",
			"fake-pass",
			shortHTTPClient,
			longHTTPClient,
			logger,
		)
		Expect(client).To(Equal(expectedClient))
	})
})


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The Priory of Sion
Made famous by books such as "The DaVinci Code" and "Holy Blood, Holy Grail," the Priory of Sion is supposedly a secret fraternal order that protects the descendents of Jesus and Mary Magdalen .
The original Priory of Sion (Prieure du Notre Dame du Sion, Priory of Our Lady of Sion) was a monastic order, purportedly founded in the eleventh century by crusader king Godefroi de Bouillion. In the twelfth century, an event occurred that split the order in two. The new order was christened the "Knights of the Temple," commonly known as the Templars. The sixteenth century Rosicrucians also reportedly went by that title, but they were a mystical order who had little interest in politics or matters of "royal blood," at least not outwardly.
History has been silent on the fate of the Priory, until the end of the nineteenth century, when mysterious documents surfaced, claiming a continuous line of Grand Masters directly from Jaques DeMolay, the executed Grand Master of the Templar Order. This document was produced by the French Neo-gnostic Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat, who proclaimed himself the newest Grand Master, and set about 'reviving' the Templars along Yohannite (That is, after John the Baptist, rather than Jesus.) lines. Fabré-Palaprat also 'discovered' a gnostic-tinged version of the Gospel according to John, which contained no reports of miracles and presents Jesus as an initiate of the mysteries of Egypt.*
The next "surprise" list of Grand Masters surfaced in French archives, and also lists a succession from DeMolay onward, as the "Order of the Rose-Cross/Priory of Sion." This list is much more fantastic, listing a number of famed artists, including Leonardo Da Vinci amongst other luminaries of art, music, and literature – and culminates in the name of would be royal Pierre Plantard, who is believed to have authored the list himself for purposes of self-aggrandizement.
When accused, Plantard confessed to having snuck forged documents relating to this 'organization' into France's Bibliothèque Nationale.** The aim of these creations appeared to be to establish Plantard as a lost son of royalty, and was just one of Plantard's many weird projects.
*This may not be too fantastic- a recently discovered addition to the Gospel of Mark implies the same, as does the recently discovered Dead-Sea era Essene "angel scroll."
**This claim may be bogus, as the list appears in earlier sources, and seems to predate Plantard's involvement- all Plantard seems to have done is add himself to the list.
Da Vinci Code Reader's Guide
Priory of Sion Resource Guide
Symbol of the Day
Grail Cross (Indiana Jones)
This emblem, best known as the "grail cross," is not a genuine religious or historical symbol, but I receive so many questions relating to the symbol that it is included here. This emblem appears in the movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," as the emblem of "Brotherhood of the Cruciform* Sword," the fictional secret society who serve as Guardians of the Holy Grail in the movie.
The design is a Latin cross with an overlaid "chalice" shape.
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The basics of how to hold the racket and how to stand on court, especially when preparing to receive the ball are explained here.
Groundstrokes are shots hit from baseline to baseline from either the forehand or backhand side. Executing a good groundstroke comes from how a player approaches the ball. In the past, just one hand was used to hold the racket and return the ball. Then a two-handed backhand was developed to give extra power on the groundstrokes, but now some players have reverted to using both hands on forehand and backhand shots.
Since the 1970's at least 3 new grips have been introduced and changed the game of tennis. In the 70s and 80s, the eastern and continental grips were the most popular for all strokes, as these grips generated the most power, but did lack variety and spin. However in the 1990s players introduced a combination of power, spin, and placement, by exaggerating the grip on the racket. This produced the western, semi-western, and continental - semi-western grips. Just by changing the placement of the hand slightly on the handle gives the racket face a new angle, and creates spin on the ball. In today's game, players use topspin when hitting the ball with power to bring the ball down faster after clearing the net. Backspin is used by the players to stop their volleys closer to the net, making it difficult for opponents to chase down and return the ball. The players can also use sidespin or slice to slow the ball down, meaning a lower bounce when it hits the court, making it difficult for the opponent to pick up and generate power.


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The Phil-Asian Gaming Expo (PAGE) has announced that Manila's SMX Convention Centre will be the single venue for PAGE 2021, having previously planned to jointly host PAGE 2021 at the nearby World Trade Center (WTC).
PAGE organizers revealed via a Tuesday announcement that the streamlined show, scheduled to take place from 29 to 31 July 2021, represents their recognition of the challenges that have faced the industry in 2020 and the need to take small but steady steps forward as industry trade shows return.
Ongoing COVID-19 concerns force postponement of Manila's Phil-Asian Gaming Expo until July 2021
Monday 12 October 2020 at 11:13
Philippines gaming expo PAGE postponed to January 2021
Monday 11 May 2020 at 11:06
IAG named Lead Media Partner for Phil-Asian Gaming Expo (PAGE)
Tuesday 17 March 2020 at 15:53
PAGCOR gives green light for inaugural SiGMA Asia/ICE Asia "super show" in Manila in 2020
"Although we had originally planned to hold PAGE at two venues concurrently, we have decided that it would be better to focus on a single venue in 2021 where we can welcome our industry friends back with open arms," a PAGE representative said.
"We look forward to providing a memorable show and comprehensive social platform whereby businesses and colleagues can take the opportunity to once again meet face to face at SMX."
PAGE was first held in 2019 but like most industry trade shows was forced to cancel in 2020 as a result of COVID-19.
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Pachira aquatica Aubl. é uma árvore da família Malvaceae ou Bombacaceae nativa da América Central e do Sul. Conhecida vulgarmente como munguba, castanhola, castanha-do-maranhão carolina, paineira-de-cuba e mamorana, é uma árvore frondosa, cujas folhas pecioladas e digitadas apresentam de 5 a 9 folíolos verde-escuros. Suas flores com 5 pétalas muito grandes são castanho-avermelhadas. As sementes são comestíveis.

Estudos científicos desenvolvidos sobre a composição das sementes demonstram que a Pachira aquatica tem um elevado teor de óleo (44,1 por cento), sendo o ácido palmítico o seu principal componente. Observou-se, também, a existência de proteína com alto teor de triptofano.

Testes toxicológicos realizados sobre a Pachira aquatica demonstraram discreta toxicidade e não apresentaram evidências citotóxicas, não tendo sido observada atividade bactericida. (Charlene K. S. Pereira, Cínara S. Vidal, Max R. Quirino e Marçal Q. Paulo).

Estudos realizados com princípios ativos obtidos do extrato da planta P. aquatica   mostraram a existência de uma naftoquinona chamada de  isohemigossipolona  capaz de inibir parte dos danos locais e sistêmicos causados por peçonhas de jararacas, demonstrando o potencial farmacológico desse composto na neutralização dos efeitos nocivos causados por picadas de cobras.

Espontaneamente, a árvore vegeta em locais úmidos, nas margens e nos barrancos de rios e lagoas, ou em terrenos alagadiços e brejosos, de onde provém a palavra "aquática" do seu nome científico. No entanto, a monguba adapta-se facilmente a condições bem diversas de solo e clima. Em geral, a monguba é árvore de tamanho variável, bastante frondosa, possuindo uma copa densa e arredondada. Por tais qualidades e pela beleza e exotismo de suas grandes flores amarelas de pontas avermelhadas, é árvore de reputada função ornamental. A monguba é, inclusive, bastante utilizada na arborização das ruas, provando sua adaptabilidade e sua capacidade de medrar até mesmo em terrenos secos.

Embora seja espécie muita conhecida, adaptável ao cultivo, de frutos saborosos e de variadas utilidades, a monguba é pouco utilizada pelos brasileiros, não sempre reconhecida como espécie de importância para a exploração econômica, o que é um equívoco. As belas mongubas produzem anualmente grandes quantidades de frutos, disputados avidamente pela fauna. Deles, aproveitam-se as sementes. Sendo da mesma família das paineiras, as sementes da monguba, que permanecem guardadas em grandes e compridas cápsulas de coloração castanho-avermelhada e de aparência aveludada, ficam envoltas em meio a uma paina branca.

As castanhas são comestíveis e podem ser consumidas cruas, assadas sobre a brasa, fritas em óleo, cozidas com sal ou torradas.

Existem vários estudos relacionados à análises nutricionais entre outros.

Sinonímia: castanheiro-do-maranhão, cacau-selvagem, castanheira da água, castanheiro-de-guiana, mamorana, munguba, mungaba. É vendida na Ásia oriental e nos Estados Unidos sob nomes comerciais que significam "árvore de dinheiro".

Etimologia
"Mamorana" é proveniente da junção de "mamão" com o termo tupi rana, que significa "semelhança". Significa, portanto, "semelhante ao mamão". É uma referência à semelhança dos frutos de mamorana com os frutos de mamão.

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Ligações externas

Árvores
Nozes e sementes oleaginosas
Bombacoideae
Malvaceae
Árvores do Brasil


There are several ways that people could break their phones. They range from simple accidents to outrageous freak accidents that make history. Some of these accidents that can break your Android device happen more than others. Let's look at the top three most popular ways to break your phone.
We all know this one; almost everyone has broken a phone in this way. It is estimated that 30% of all broken phones happen because of simply dropping the phone. What is surprising however is that sometimes people drop phones when they try to toss the phone to a friend across the room.
Water is another way that phones get destroyed. A lot of times, your phone can fall in the bath or toilet. With water however, there is the slight chance that you could save your phone if you dry it out fast enough. Water is responsible for 18% of all broken phones.
There are several other unusual ways to break your phone and they all fall in the other category. They include things like sink-hole, your phone falling from roller coaster rides. Believe it or not, they happen a lot more often that you think.
When one of these situations happens, the worst thing is not the phone is broken, but we are unable to access the precious data, such as contacts, text messages and more that have been stored in the phone memory, any more. Fortunately, now we have dr.fone - Recover which can help us to recover SMS messages from broken Android phones. Let's see how it works.
Before doing anything else, have a look at the primary window of dr.fone.
Firstly, install and run the program on your computer, connect your broken Android device to the computer with a USB cable. After that, select "Recover", and then goes to Recover from broken phone. Then choose the file type "Messaging" to recover text messages from broken Android phone. Obviously, dr.fone - Recover can also support to recover other data types, such as Contacts, Call history, WhatsApp messages & attachments, Gallery, Audio and more.
In the below window, one is "Touch doesn't work or cannot access the phone" and the other is "Black/broken screen". Select the second one since we'd like to recover text messages from broken Android. Then it will lead you to the next step.
Then, select the correct Device Name and Device Model for your broken Android phone.
What you need to do after the data analysis is to scan your broken Android device to find the deleted messages. First, you need to click the "Allow" button appearing on the screen of your broken Android after the data analysis. When the "Allow" button disappears, click the "Start" button on the program's window to let it scan your broken Android.
Now, you can follow the instructions on the below window to get your Android phone into the Download Mode.
• Power off the phone.
• Press and hold Volume "-", "Home" and "Power" button on the phone.
• Press "Volume +" button to enter download mode.
Then dr.fone analyze your Android device automatically.
The analysis and scan process will cost you some time. When deleted and undeleted messages have been scanned, it will present you a note. Then you can begin to preview and check those messages in detail. Choose those you want and click "Recover" to save them on your computer with one click.
Moreover, you also can preview and recover contacts, photos and video (no preview) here, and recover them to your computer if you have a need. As to the messages and contacts, they're not only those recently deleted from your device, but also those currently existing on your broken Android device. You can use the button on the top: Only display deleted items, to separate them. Of course, you can distinguish them by colors.
Congratulations! You have recovered SMS messages from your broken Android phone, and they have been saved in your computer.
• Take good care of your phone and remember to back up your data as often as possible.
• Erase your private data on you broken phone if you don't want to use it anymore. SafeEraser can permanently erase your Android & iPhone and protect your private information when selling, recycling or donating your old device.
A broken phone can cause great deal of stress to the user, it therefore helps to have a few tricks up your sleeve to help you fix your broken phone. The following tips can come in handy for you when you try to fix a broken Android device.
It is very important that you fix be very careful when fixing your broken home screen. The following tips should help you do this easily.
• Before you transfer a new panel, you will need to transfer the Home button.
• Once the home button has been transferred, you are now ready to install the new front screen display. Start by reconnecting the cables at the top panel and then reconnecting the Home Button. Finally pres the new screen on and secure it using the two screws. Power up the phone to ensure that everything is working the way it should be.
The rear panel of your phone is just as important and here's how you can replace a broken one.
• Ensuring your phone is turned off, the first step is to remove the defective back panel. If there are screws use a small tool such as a screw driver to remove it.
• Replace the defective rear panel with a new one being extra careful if your device has a rear camera. The last thing you want is to damage the camera lens.
To replace the home button, take the following tips into consideration.
• Once it is free, you can easily replace it just be sure to be very careful.
Of course if all of these steps seem too technical for you, the next best thing would be to call a phone repair technician. Most of them can do these repair services very easily and quickly.
Here are a few simple steps on how to back up your text messages and notes on iTunes.
Everything on your phone is really a distraction, be it your navigation, music player, having a conversation or texting.
Here is a list of the top most text messages encrypting apps with details.


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Encased in makeup and black fabrics, Black Veil Brides appear like action figures crawling from post-apocalyptic wreckage abandoned on the Sunset Strip. When they strap on and plug in, however, the focus shifts to BVB's sound: heavy on the Mötley Crüe and L.A. Guns metal signifiers with shattering emo breakdowns and billowing clouds of goth smoke. Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones catapults the quintet's ambition skyward.
Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones Black Veil Brides
Exordium
I Am Bulletproof
F.E.A.R. Transmission 1: Stay Close
Wretched and Divine
We Don't Belong
F.E.A.R. Transmission 2: Trust
Devil's Choir
Resurrect the Sun
Shadows Die
Abeyance
Days Are Numbered
Nobody's Hero
Lost It All
F.E.A.R. Transmission 3: As War Fades
F.E.A.R: Final Transmission
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records
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Falling enrollment a challenge, and not just for UNI
Karla DeBruin
With enrollment taking a hit, departments are being impacted from the enrollment rates.
Glenn Gray, Guest Columnist
Editors Note: Glenn Gray is a tenured university administrator with over 35 years of experience in higher education including 19 years of service as a chief housing officer.
This article was originally published in The Courier Oct. 18, 2020.
Andrew Wind's Sept. 4 article in The Courier details an enrollment drop at the University of Northern Iowa amid COVID-19 concerns, pointing to the fact UNI is struggling, and this struggle impacts our Cedar Valley Community.
Mark Nook began serving as the 11th president of University of Northern Iowa on Feb. 1, 2017, when fall 2017 enrollment was reportedly 11,907 students. UNI has since reported a 20% decline in enrollment, a drop of 2,385 students. Enrollment fell 695 students in fall 2018, 715 students in fall 2019, and 975 students in fall 2020. This ongoing trend indicates enrollment at UNI will likely be under 9,000 students in fall 2021 – at an enterprise designed, and financed, and staffed to serve over 13,000 students.
To add insult to injury, UNI has a history of reporting inflated enrollments. In September 2017, whistleblower information divulged that UNI had been over-reporting enrollments for years. Students who registered to attend UNI, but withdrew prior to official enrollment census dates, were being counted in enrollments and factored into the cost of attendance – a practice one senior administrator described as "deceptive." In November 2017, Iowa Board of Regents staff directed all three regent universities to stop over-reporting enrollments. Data related to enrollments, cost of attendance, and institutional finances is available in annual reports maintained on the regents website, and in annual reports provided by the Iowa State Auditor's Office. However, inflated enrollments and their impact on the cost of attendance have never been corrected in institutional, state and federal reports.
It is imperative that we have access to accurate data relative to our colleges and universities. Approximately 7,000 post-secondary education institutions in the United States, including our three state universities, report data related to enrollments, retention and graduation rates, cost of attendance, faculty and staff, and institutional finances to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The data is then used at the federal and state level for policy analysis and development, at the institutional level for benchmarking and peer analysis, and by students and parents to aid in the college search process. These data are also used by legislators to determine the amount of money states spend on higher education, and by city administrators, private business owners, and those in the property development and housing markets.
University administrators have known for a long time that there are many reasons for the anticipated ebb and flow of enrollments from year-to-year and decade-to-decade. Influential factors include high school graduation projections, the economy and unemployment rates, the cost of attendance and the amount of financial assistance available to students, academic offerings and their relevance to emerging (and dying) career trends, the performance of costly athletic programs, and yes, even pandemics, climate crises and crime rates. It is the responsibility of university leadership to plan for these factors and to manage their potential impact on enrollment, the cost of attendance, operating budgets, faculty and staff jobs, and the university-community nexus.
As a public, comprehensive land-grant university, UNI can grow enrollment and better serve Iowans by way of cost. It is more expensive to attend UNI than it is to attend Iowa's flagship research universities (the University of Iowa and Iowa State University). Unfortunately, many first-generation, economically disadvantaged and marginalized students may not be able to afford UNI, and may not be accepted into Iowa or ISU – which some may perceive as the indirect and unintentional outcome of systemic discrimination.
Declining university enrollments, escalating taxpayer costs, growing student/parent debt, and the impact on communities within which universities are located is not unique to UNI and the Cedar Valley. As Nook stated in Wind's article, "Like all universities, we know we have our work cut out for us."
Speaking as a first-generation economically disadvantaged college graduate, a father of three children who are college graduates, a professional with 35 years of service in higher education, a former UNI employee, and a Cedar Falls community member, we must collectively champion a more transparent, inclusive, innovative, and collaborative effort to mitigate the challenges declining enrollments are having on our university, the students and families our university serves, and our community.
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Police identify man found frozen in Water Works Park
Richard Miles in 2012.
A man out walking his dog found a body Friday in Water Works Park, Des Moines police said.Watch videoPolice identified the man Saturday as 40-year-old Richard Miles. Des Moines Police Sgt. Jason Halifax said Miles was considered a missing person since Feb. 2 and that he likely died from natural causes.BODY FOUND FRIDAYHalifax said the death is not considered suspicious, but is unusual because of where Miles was found and how he was dressed.Police said the man's body was "frozen solid" and he was not wearing a coat or shoes. There was no trauma to his body.Halifax said the body appeared to have been there for at least a few days, and there are no signs of foul play. Police also said it may be a case of a medical issue, as the man, a military veteran, was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.Police are still investigating and have not determined a cause of death.Water Works Park is located just southwest of downtown Des Moines along Fleur Drive.MISSING PERSONS REPORTA missing persons report states that Miles' co-worker at the Science Center reported him missing on Feb 2. The report says Miles called his co-worker on Jan. 31 to say he was going to be late to work that day but never showed up.According to the report, police searched Miles' apartment after he was declared a missing person, but did not locate Miles. Police said his vehicle was not located during the search.Police contacted an ex-girlfriend and her family, and no one had recent contact with Miles.KCCI interviewed Miles in 2012 about a rare view of Venus event on the Supreme Court lawn when he was the Science Center Program Director.The Science Center's website says Miles worked at the Science Center from 1992 until 2002. He returned to the Science Center in 2011.Look for updates on this developing story on KCCI-TV, kcci.com and on our mobile website and apps.
A man out walking his dog found a body Friday in Water Works Park, Des Moines police said.
Police identified the man Saturday as 40-year-old Richard Miles. Des Moines Police Sgt. Jason Halifax said Miles was considered a missing person since Feb. 2 and that he likely died from natural causes.
BODY FOUND FRIDAY
Halifax said the death is not considered suspicious, but is unusual because of where Miles was found and how he was dressed.
Police said the man's body was "frozen solid" and he was not wearing a coat or shoes. There was no trauma to his body.
Halifax said the body appeared to have been there for at least a few days, and there are no signs of foul play. Police also said it may be a case of a medical issue, as the man, a military veteran, was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Police are still investigating and have not determined a cause of death.
Water Works Park is located just southwest of downtown Des Moines along Fleur Drive.
MISSING PERSONS REPORT
A missing persons report states that Miles' co-worker at the Science Center reported him missing on Feb 2. The report says Miles called his co-worker on Jan. 31 to say he was going to be late to work that day but never showed up.
According to the report, police searched Miles' apartment after he was declared a missing person, but did not locate Miles. Police said his vehicle was not located during the search.
Police contacted an ex-girlfriend and her family, and no one had recent contact with Miles.
KCCI interviewed Miles in 2012 about a rare view of Venus event on the Supreme Court lawn when he was the Science Center Program Director.
The Science Center's website says Miles worked at the Science Center from 1992 until 2002. He returned to the Science Center in 2011.
Look for updates on this developing story on KCCI-TV, kcci.com and on our mobile website and apps.


Steve Kearney has been creating art for over 30 years. He sold his first watercolor when he was 9, and has since painted buildings, completed fine art murals dozens of feet long, and even used oil paint on the surface of a pool. Despite his body of work and his large commission pieces, like most artists Steve maintains a day job – in his case as a contractor rehabilitating and renovating buildings.
Steve works large. He considers himself a mural painter, but maintains the personal motto, "I paint anything on anything." Most of his pieces nowadays are contract work, with his most recently completed piece consisting of five four-foot by eight-foot canvas panels. The mural was commissioned by the Center for Catholic Charities in Minneapolis, and depicts service sites, people, and ideologies that represent charities in the city. Kearney says that he personally enjoys doing work with non-profits and public organizations, and has created large-scale art both indoors and out for a number of these groups.
His experience isn't just limited to large pieces, or commissioned work. Over the years both Steve and his wife have been involved in art and craft shows. These shows are often the only places where artists and crafters have a chance of not only exposing their work to the public, but of getting paid for it.
These observations combined with his personal experience moved Steve to utilize unused workspace and open the Crafters Collective of the Chippewa Valley.


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I wrote these words as a boy in national school, for our annual essay on the Glen. As my boyish hand earnestly wrote its way down the page of my copybook, little did I think that, years into the future, I'd be using those same words as the opening lines to a book about the Glen. The words of the essay stayed with me over the years, setting important mental and physical perimeters around the place I love. Then, as now, I wanted to tell everyone about the Glen, the mountains, the hills, the valley, the villages, its people and its places. My heart's in The Glen and The Glen is in my heart. I've always felt its magnetic appeal and a longing to share it.
Behold Aherlow is not a history, but a strong sense of nationalism must inform any account of the happenings in our valley. The Lynch family was deeply nationalistic and from an early age I was aware of events such as the ambush at Lisnagaul, and the role of the Galtee Battalion in the rescue of Sean Hogan at Knocklong. I was also aware, albeit to a lesser extent, of the part which the Glen played in the Geraldine Wars from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Growing up in the Glen, I was nourished by its strong sense of community. Two people influenced me greatly here: my father, Patrick Lynch; and Canon John Hayes, founder of Muintir na Tire. Muintir played a major role in the development of the entire Glen, and I was privileged to see it evolve and be a part of its later development.
fortune has had on teams and their followers.
Sometimes, history-making events have lifted the parishes to new heights, in areas not directly connected with the sport they love and espouse. The elemental and the temporal and the spiritual profoundly meet at Sacred Sites from Bansha to Galbally. These holy places play a still-important part in the lives of all who live in The Glen: may all who visit them – and the Glen – be refreshed in body and spirit.
In his book Behold Aherlow, the Tipperary author Michael Lynch takes you on a fascinating journey through the history of the Glen of Aherlow. From the searing impact of the Irish War of Independence, to Muintir na Tire founder Cannon Hayes, to the triumphs and disappointments of its sporting hurling and gaelic football heroes, Behold Aherlow is a book rich in historic Irish events, personal memories and colourful personalities.
A must read for those interested in Irish history and local Tipperary history. Above all, it is a portrait of a place and its people, lovingly brought to life in words and images that will stay long in the mind.
The first edition of Behold Aherlow was published in 2002. It was launched in the Aherlow House Hotel, Glen of Aherlow, Co Tipperary. The book was launched by Billy Kingston, Chairman of the Aherlow Failte Society.
The original book was written mostly just before the turn of the century. It was published in 2002. Many changes have taken place in the Glen of Aherlow in the intervening period and the revised and enlarged edition takes many of these changes into account. For example, Aherlow won their first ever Senior County Football final in 2006. Galbally won another national environmental award (in their section) when they brought home the Pride of Place title to the little village in 2010. Galtee Rovers (Bansha) produced in 2010 also a truly magnum opus detailing the clubs history since 1885. Aherlow Failte Society introduced new loop walks and the relevant maps to go with them.
The new edition will have some fine new photographs and larger print of the script.
NOTE: After a brief heart illness, Michael passed away in January 2012. He is survived by his wife Betty and his four children. His family will be releasing the new edition of the book. If you are interested in obtaining a copy, please contact us here.