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Versatile Nava turns in four-hit night vs. rivals
BOSTON -- Whether it is his still underrated offense or his vastly improved defense, Daniel Nava's importance to the Red Sox has taken on many facets.
The bat took center stage in Sunday night's 9-2 walloping of the Yankees, as Nava put together a 4-for-5 night.
"I'm trying to relax as much as I can," Nava said. "For me, I know my game and my game is more relaxed -- my head stays stiller, less movement and hopefully that allows me to make more solid contact."
Nava thrived in the No. 2 spot in the batting order Sunday and held down right field on a night Shane Victorino got the night off.
Usually, Nava starts in left and hits in the middle portion of the batting order. But his versatility -- be it in the field or in the batting order -- has made Nava a key member of the 2013 Red Sox.
"I don't know that it can be overstated," said manager John Farrell. "I was just having a conversation with a couple of guys in the batting cage during early work, and we have a number of guys that have that versatility. It gives us a chance to get some guys off their feet."
Nava learned how to play first base on the fly during Spring Training, and he has become pretty adept at it. So much so that Farrell likens Nava to the equivalent of two players who occupies just one roster spot.
"We can match up inside a game and move him from the outfield to first base," said Farrell. "It opens things up. It doesn't keep us pinned in to strict defensive spots with every player. He can play corner outfield, first base, DH, and at the same time, by OPS, he's the 11th-most productive outfielder in the whole game. He's having a heck of a year."
Put Nava's numbers in a vacuum (.306 average, 11 homers, 63 RBIs, .392 OBP, .844 OPS) and they'd be solid.
But when you consider where he has come from, it makes his work seem even more substantial. The Red Sox, if you remember, pried Nava away from independent league baseball for $1 back in January 2008.
Nava was originally an equipment manager in college before transferring to a junior college so he could play.
"I'm sure all players who know what his story is will look to that [for inspiration]," Farrell said. "But I think it's also important for us that we can never fully measure what's inside a given player and their willingness to work and overcome some of those shortcomings. That's why you never give up on a guy that shows you some talent. And if they are given enough opportunity and time, they can overcome some things."


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Welcome to the new WCCM App!
Featuring the Meditation Timer!!
This app is in two sections. You can switch between them by using the Tab bar on top of the screen.
1. The WCCM Feeds Tab
The "WCCM Feeds" tab is visible when you open the App. This offers you the key WCCM feeds from the International website, i.e., :
➤ Daily Wisdom
➤ Weekly Teachings
➤ Weekly Readings
➤ The WCCM Monthly Review
➤ Tablet Column
Tapping one of these links opens the latest articles of that category with a 'teaser'. To read the full article tap the teaser body and the complete article will be displayed in a new window.
2. The Meditation Tools Tab
The other Tab, "Meditation Tools" presents you with three buttons:
➤ Meditation Timer
➤ Opening Prayer
The "Meditation Timer" button will open a "Timer Settings" window where you can choose your preferred bell sound and how long you want for preparation and the meditation itself. The latest setting used will be kept in memory - so next time you use the App you will find them already set as you left them.
To start the session click the "Start Session" button after you have checked that the settings are right for you.
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EA SPORTS has released the official Madden NFL 19 Super Bowl LIII simulation and it predicts that the Los Angeles Rams will defeat the New England Patriots 30-27. The simulation calls for Aaron Donald to be Super Bowl MVP with four sacks.
If the Super Bowl has you itching to finally purchase the game, the Madden NFL 19 Ultimate Super Bowl Edition is available for just $26.40 (XBL) or $23.99 (PSN) through February 5. This version of the game is - you guessed it - MUT-centric, giving users one Super Bowl Elite player, an Elite Active Super Bowl Player, and Gold Team Fantasy Packs.
Continue on to read the official press release with details of the official Madden NFL 19 Super Bowl LIII simulation.
Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) released the official EA SPORTS Madden NFL 19 Super Bowl LIII simulation, predicting a big win for the Los Angeles Rams as they walk away Super Bowl Champions and defeat the New England Patriots 3027. Aaron Donald received the MVP award following a record-breaking Super Bowl performance in which he tallied four sacks.
While the Tom Brady-led Patriots outscored the Rams in the first half 17-3, the LA Rams rebounded after halftime racking up 27 points on three touchdown drives and two field goals.
In the first quarter, the Patriots got off to a quick start as rookie running back Sony Michel hit the end zone with a 3-yard run. The Pats continued their momentum in the second quarter with Brady connecting with Julian Edelman for a touchdown. The Rams offense continued to sputter but managed to put three points on the board with a 38-yard field goal by kicker Greg Zuerlein. The first half ended with a 42-yard field goal from Stephen Gostkowski with the Pats leading at halftime 17-3.
After the half, the high-powered Rams offense came alive with quarterback Jared Goff throwing a 46-yard touchdown pass to receiver Robert Woods. After each team exchanged field goals (Zuerlein 21-yard FG; Gostkowski 32-yard FG) the Rams regained momentum on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Goff to Josh Reynolds, resulting in a 20-20 tie at the end of the third quarter.
Following a long 53-yard field goal by Zuerlein to start the fourth quarter, five-time Super Bowl MVP Brady regains the lead by throwing a 9-yard touchdown pass to running back James White, which put the Pats up 27-23. Despite a quiet night from Todd Gurley, the star running back came through when it counted to score the championship-winning touchdown on a 5-yard run.
Aaron Donald finished his dominant season with a Super Bowl record four sacks to cement his first MVP award. Other player highlights included Jared Goff topping Tom Brady by throwing for 303 yards to Bradys 287 yards, while both garnered two touchdown passes and one interception. Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman and Rams wide receiver Robert Woods both hauled in 8 catches and one touchdown for a total of 104 and 103 receiving yards respectively. Pats running back Sony Michel was the top rusher with 103 yards and touchdown, while no Rams player rushed for more than 100 yards, with running back C.J. Anderson maxing out at 64 yards on 18 carries.
Fans can get the Madden NFL 19 Ultimate Super Bowl Edition on sale for a limited time. They can load up their Madden Ultimate Team rosters with one of five Super Bowl Elite players Dick Butkus, Walter Payton, Darrell Green, Keyshawn Johnson, or Jevon Kearse plus an additional Elite Active Super Bowl Player, and Gold Team Fantasy Packs.


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Your pet is your little angel and our necklace proves it. The beloved paw print rests between angel wings, showing your support for your four-legged friend who dropped from Heaven. Made from recycled sterling silver in the USA, with optional chains sold separately.
- Recycled .925 sterling silver
- Designed exclusively for The Animal Rescue Site
- 1" x 0.75" (2.5 x 1.9 cm)
- Optional 18" L (45.7 cm) sterling chain
- Made in the U.S.A.
The success of Dazzling Paws Jewelry can be credited to one woman's love for dogs. While selling handmade rope toys as a fundraiser for a dog rescue group, Myra Westphal received so many compliments on her silver paw print ring, she decided to parlay an earlier career designing wedding jewelry to create unique and meaningful designs for fellow pet lovers. She and her husband Trent launched Dazzling Paws Jewelry in 2004, and since then have had their hands full meeting the demands for handcrafted, recycled sterling rings, necklaces, earrings, and other items, with the help of a staff of more than two dozen.
What makes her designs stand out is how well they reflect the human-canine bond. Myra has designed hundreds of original pieces in a wide range of dog breeds featuring their lovable quirks. The jewelry is crafted entirely in the U.S.A. using both modern and traditional techniques in a process that can take anywhere from a month to six weeks. Starting with a sketch on graph paper, she transfers the design to a CAD program, where revisions can be easily made to create a negative-impression permanent mold. From that, multiple wax molds are created, set in plaster, and, after it cures, molten silver is poured in, which melts and displaces the wax. After cooling, the plaster is power-washed away and the rough silver-castings are oxidized, polished, and buffed out, creating consistently beautiful, high-quality pieces.
Dazzling Paws Jewelry prides itself on being a good corporate citizen, not only using recycled silver to create their designs but also recycled gift wrapping, boxes, and all packaging -- they are "proud to pawtner with responsible dog-related charities to give back to the dog community."


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Easy Cranberry Appetizer Recipe
Killer App: Cranberry, Pear, and Orange Crostini
Cranberries are a staple for this time of year, but I always like to try something different from the traditional cranberry sauce. My suggestion? Skip serving them in a bowl and use them in a stellar mostarda-topped crostini appetizer. Mostarda is a traditional Italian condiment that combines sweet cooked fruit with a savory mustard sauce; it's often served with meat, which would make it perfect for topping pork or turkey. I was ready to try something new, so I baked up some crostini and topped them with a triple-creme goat brie, finishing with a spoonful of flavorful mostarda. Trust me: you won't miss cranberry sauce once you start popping these tasty apps. Keep reading for the recipe.
Crostini With Orange, Pear, and Cranberry Mostarda
Adapted from Fine Cooking
- 1 medium blood orange or 1 medium orange
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
1 fresh (or 1/2 dried) bay leaf
1 cup dry white wine
2 Tbs. mild honey, such as clover
1 Tbs. brown mustard seeds
1 Tbs. yellow mustard seeds
Kosher salt
2 medium firm-ripe pears (preferably Bosc), peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch dice
1 cup fresh cranberries
- To serve as an appetizer:
1 baguette, cut into thin slices and toasted
8 ounces of a creamy cheese, such as goat cheese or brie
- Peel a 1x3-inch strip of zest from the orange. Trim off any white pith from the strip with a paring knife and put the zest in a 3-quart saucepan. Trim away the remaining orange peel and cut the segments free from the membranes, letting them fall into the saucepan. Squeeze the juice from the membranes into the saucepan.
- Tie the rosemary and bay leaf into a cheesecloth bundle and add to the saucepan along with the wine, honey, mustard seeds, and 1 tsp. salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to maintain a simmer and cook until the honey dissolves and the flavors meld a bit, about 2 minutes.
- Add the pears and cranberries and return to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the fruit is tender and the liquid is syrupy, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the heat, discard the herb bundle and zest, and let cool. Serve at room temperature. It will keep in the refrigerator for 1 week.
- To make the crostini, toast the baguette slices until golden, spread with cheese and top with 1 to 2 tablespoons of the mostarda.
Makes about 2 cups mostarda (roughly 30 crostini).
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Toxic Treats from China Killing US Dogs, Say Pet Owners
FDA fields hundreds of complaints of illness, death allegedly tied to treats.
March 16, 2012 -- When Kevin and Candace Thaxton's 10-year-old pug Chansey got sick late last year, the couple assumed at first it was simply old age. The small dog started showing symptoms of kidney failure -- drinking water excessively and urinating in the house. By the time the Thaxtons got her to a veterinarian, Chansey's kidneys had shut down and she was in extreme pain. She died two days later.
"It was so hard. It was just devastating," Kevin Thaxton told ABC News.
But the Thaxtons would go through the ordeal again just weeks later -- leading them to a new theory behind Chansey's death -- when their new Pekingese-mix puppy Penny exhibited the same symptoms, finally resulting in kidney failure. When Candace Thaxton stumbled on a Food and Drug Administration warning that there'd been an increase in complaints about chicken jerky dog treats made in China, she says she knew immediately what had happened to her beloved dogs.
"I grabbed the bag of treats and turned it over," Candace said. "At first I saw it said 'Manufactured in South Carolina' so I thought I was safe. Then I looked harder and it said 'Made in China' and I just said 'Oh no.' "
PHOTOS of dogs who allegedly died after eating Chinese-made treats.
In just the past four months, the Food and Drug Administration has fielded over 530 complaints from pet owners claiming their dogs suffered illness or death after eating jerky treats made in China, officials tell ABC News. The FDA has issued three separate warnings about Chinese jerky treats in the past four years -- advising owners who give their pets the snacks to watch the dogs closely for signs of illness. But since the agency says it has yet to find a "definitive cause" for the mystery ailments, it hasn't blamed Chinese treats for the illnesses, it hasn't named any of the well-known American firms like Purina that sell them, and it hasn't recalled any of the products. Dog owners and legislators are now demanding action.
News of the possible risk to dogs comes at a time when the safety of imported food is being heavily scrutinized. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control reported that foods imported from other countries are to blame for dozens of recent foodborne disease outbreaks. The CDC looked at outbreaks from 2005 to 2010 and concluded that 39 outbreaks and over 2,300 illnesses came from food imported into the U.S. Nearly 45 percent of the foods that caused the outbreaks came from Asia.
The FDA says it is actively investigating reports of illness and death and has been conducting tests on samples of the treats. An FDA spokesperson said the samples came from around the country but would not cite specific sources that provided the samples.
The FDA issued its first warning about chicken jerky treats from China in 2007, in response to the first wave of consumer complaints, and then issued a second in 2008. When the FDA issued a third warning in late 2011, based on another increase in complaints that year, it asked consumers to report any other purported incidents directly to the agency. Since that update, hundreds of dog owners have come forward to share their concerns. The Thaxtons, who say their dog Penny recovered after they stopped feeding her the treats, are now part of an angry population of pet owners who say the FDA hasn't done enough to protect their four-legged family members in the years it has known about the problem.
"Why are we even waiting for the FDA to get them off the shelves?" said Kevin Thaxton. "It should have been done already."
The Thaxtons say they had fed their dogs Waggin' Train treats, produced by Nestle Purina. The company also produces Canyon Creek Ranch treats, which other consumers have publicly blamed for dog illnesses and deaths. On the Canyon Creek package, an image of a rancher and his dog roaming the farm are on the front; on the back of the bag, the company's address in South Carolina is prominent. Underneath that, in smaller print, it reads: "Product of China."
A spokesperson for Nestle Purina told ABC News that the safety of pets is the company's utmost priority and that production of the treats in China is held to the highest quality and safety standards. "Our chicken jerky treats are safe to feed as directed," said Keith Schopp. He points out that the treats are made in China because white chicken meat is so readily available in the country. Chinese consumers prefer dark meat, leaving an abundance of white meat to be manufactured into treats and imported to the U.S.
READ Nestle Purina's FAQ about Waggin' Train treats.
But after years of concern over the safety of Chinese imports, including melamine-tainted pet food that the FDA blamed for hundreds of dogs and cat deaths in 2007, consumers -- and lawmakers -- are frustrated with what they say is lax oversight by the federal government.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has been urging Congress to take the Chinese dog treat issue seriously, citing ineffective trade laws that have allowed unsafe products to slip into the U.S.
"[Pet owners] shouldn't have to worry about the safety of the food they give their pets. It's an example again of a trade issue transforming into a safety issue," Brown said on the floor of the Senate in February. "I'm calling on the FDA to accelerate its investigation of the imported pet food, especially food imported from China, where the possibility of food contamination is higher. That's the FDA's job."
WATCH Sen. Brown on the floor of the Senate.
The FDA responded to Brown's inquiries in a letter obtained by ABC News, stating that veterinarians at the agency have tested 80 samples and are awaiting results on over 150 more. Melamine tests were negative, as well as tests for toxic metals. "To date," the letter states, "scientists have not been able to determine a definitive cause for the reported illnesses." The letter is signed by the FDA's Assistant Commissioner for Budget.
Brown's office called the FDA response "inadequate" and has sent a second letter to the agency. Brown has criticized how the FDA has made the public aware of its warnings, saying if consumers don't know to go to the FDA website, they'll never know their pets could be at risk.
The FDA wouldn't comment on Brown's statements, telling ABC News it would respond to the senator directly.
Facebook pages and online petitions devoted to pulling the treats from the shelves have been getting reaction from dog owners around the country. One Facebook page is titled "Animal Parents Against Pet Treats and Food Made in China." Another includes photos of dogs who allegedly died from eating the chicken jerky treats.
Petition Demands Recall of Chinese Dog Treats
Susan Rhodes started an online petition to get chicken jerky treats from China off the shelves after her 14-year old German Shepherd mix Ginger suffered kidney failure. Once she stopped giving Ginger the treats, the dog's condition improved, but Rhodes says her aging pet is not well and will likely never fully recover. Her online petition has received 3,800 signatures in 11 days.
"I would like more than a warning. Remove the products from the shelves, whatever they can do," Rhodes said. "Anything but saying everything is fine. Everything is not fine. My dog is not fine."
Schopp, the Nestle Purina spokesman, points out that the company has not been named in any of the FDA warnings and that the reported illnesses may be the result of eating things other than the chicken treats, something the FDA also says in its warnings. "We're always concerned anytime a consumer has a question about our products," he says. "We've looked at this, and we continue to look at this."
Kurt Gallagher from the Pet Food Institute, an industry group, says no company wants to make an unsafe product. When asked about the increase in recent complaints, he pointed to the FDA warning, stating, "People are hypersensitive, so if any health issue pops up, they automatically think, 'This could be what's wrong.'"
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Holly McCutcheon, a dog owner who says her fit, four-year-old dog Jack got sick in January, says there's no doubt in her mind that it was due to chicken jerky treats from China. She joined Sen. Brown at a recent press conference to make sure she tells pet owners about the potential life-threatening risk.
"I wanted to speak out because I thought really, what was the FDA doing?" McCutcheon said. "We buy those because we think they're safe."


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For a long time I have been saying (along with a lot of other people), that Hugo Chavez was running his country into the ground. He diverted investment funds from PDVSA, Venezuela's state-run oil company, into social programs. As long as the price of oil kept rising, he could do that. Unfortunately, Venezuela's sour, heavy crude is particularly hard to get at and refine, and requires a high rate of investment in order to keep production up. As a result, the number of barrels per day (bpd) that Venezuela produces has declined pretty sharply since he took office in 1999.
As a consequence, the money that Chavez used to paper over the cracks in his socialist paradise has vanished, and the cracks are deepening:
President Hugo Chávez has been facing a public outcry in recent weeks over power failures that, after six nationwide blackouts in the last two years, are cutting electricity for hours each day in rural areas and in industrial cities like Valencia and Ciudad Guayana. Now, water rationing has been introduced here in the capital.
The deterioration of services is perplexing to many here, especially because the country had grown used to cheap, plentiful electricity and water in recent decades. But even as the oil boom was enriching his government and Mr. Chávez asserted greater control over utilities and other industries in this decade, public services seemed only to decay, adding to residents' frustrations.With oil revenues declining and the economy slowing, the shortages may have no quick fixes in sight. The government announced some emergency measures this week, including limits on imports of air-conditioning systems, rate increases for consumers of large amounts of power and the building of new gas-fired power plants, which would not be completed until the middle of the next decade.
This comes on top of the sporadic food shortages that result from price controls combined with high inflation.
Chavez's solution to these problem has been to go militaristic on neighboring Columbia. Apparently, he's stepping up the rhetoric:
So few were terribly surprised Sunday when Mr. Chávez sidestepped those subjects on his weekly television show -- and instead appeared to declare war on neighboring Colombia. "Let's not waste a day on our main aim: to prepare for war and to help the people prepare for war," the strongman told his military leaders.
The bluster was taken in stride by most Venezuelans, who according to a recent poll oppose conflict with Colombia by a margin of 4 to 1. Venezuela's largest newspapers played the story below other news. Even the Colombian government's response was relatively low-key, though it talked about appealing to the United Nations and the Organization of American States. The State Department blandly suggested "dialogue" between the two countries.
We'll accept that this is just another instance of Mr. Chávez's buffoonery. Still, it's worth noting: This is the second time in less than 18 months that Mr. Chávez has ordered troops to the Colombian border and suggested that hostilities were imminent. In the past few years he has spent more than $4 billion on arms purchases from Russia alone. He claims to be worried that a recent U.S. agreement with Colombia, under which U.S. Air Force and Navy units will have expanded access to military bases, is meant to facilitate a U.S. invasion of Venezuela. In fact, he has something to worry about: The bases will be used for U.S. drug surveillance flights, and Mr. Chávez is known to be cooperating with terrorist organizations that are trafficking drugs from Colombia through Venezuela.
No one thinks war is imminent; they think it's just bluster to stir up patriotism and channel it through the figure of one Hugo Chavez. But then, as the article points out, no one really thought Argentina would invade the Falklands, either. Desperate times make desperate men. And while he's still popular now, his polls are slipping rapidly, showing him close to, or under, the critical 50%.
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PEORIA — Student and teacher will assume new roles when violinist Paul Kantor takes the stage beside conductor George Stelluto during the Saturday performance of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra.
Kantor was Stelluto's violin teacher when Stelluto was a graduate student at Yale School of Music in the mid-1980s.
"It was probably a year ago when George asked me to perform with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra," said Kantor during a recent telephone interview from Houston where he lives. "I was so tickled. To have the opportunity to work with a former student — it just completes the circle for me in a very pleasing way."
Kantor will be performing violin solos in "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi, and George Frideric Handel's "Alexander's Feast." Also part of the concert will be Norman Dello Joio's "Meditations on Ecclesiastes."
It's been about four years since Kantor and Stelluto have met face to face, but over the years the pair have always kept in touch.
"George is one of those students who has kept me in the loop through the course of his career," said Kantor. The violin was Stelluto's main focus when he was studying with Kantor, though he was already showing interest in conducting. "I am delighted with his success," Kantor said.
Kantor is one of the foremost violin teachers in North America today. He currently teaches full-time at Rice University, and part-time at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto where he is artist in residence.
Kantor credits learning the violin at a relatively late age for his strong teaching skills.
"There are advantages to learning the physical aspects of a string instrument early. It seems to come faster," said Kantor. "Learning the violin a little later, and struggling with it a little more, has been helpful in my teaching. People who came to it easier can't necessarily articulate it to someone else."
Kantor was in fifth grade on Staten Island when he discovered the violin.
"I was hooked almost from day one," he said. "I had a real love of music to begin with, even as a youngster. As a fifth grader, when you find something that you're pretty good at, it's a real incentive — everybody is trying to find their place. I wasn't much of an athlete, and I wasn't much of a brain, so music was kind of my place."
Kantor had a natural talent but he also worked very hard. On school days he got up early to practice — an hour on the piano, and an hour on the violin.
"I was enchanted and perplexed by the violin and by music," he said. Kantor quickly moved on to private lessons, and by the time he was in high school he was enrolled in the Juilliard pre-college program. Kantor later earned bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the prestigious school.
While his favorite thing is teaching, Kantor is also quite fond of performing. In Peoria he will solo in "The Four Seasons."
"It is a programmatic piece," explained Kantor. "There are a group of sonnets — we don't know who wrote them but the suspicion is that Vivaldi also wrote the sonnets — the music is descriptive of the sonnets."
The sonnets are included in the conductor's sheet music. They describe exactly what the music is portraying — walking on ice in the winter or sitting indoors by the fire as the cold drenches those outside. Written in the late 1600s, winter would have been the most dangerous of the four seasons.
"There seems to be almost a fear of the weather, but of course, at that time, it's kind of logical because the amount of protection you had from the weather was less," said Kantor.
While in Peoria, Kantor will be teaching a master's class for violin students. Three or four students will have one-on-one time with Kantor while an audience observes. For Kantor, teaching music is not formulaic — each student requires something different.
"I enjoy the process of helping the students find their way," he said. "The relationship that you have with music, you really do form it yourself. You can have role models, but it is a very individual kind of exploration."
The relationship and the learning experience are life-long for musicians, who very rarely retire, Kantor said.
"It is like a perpetual independent study," he said. "The job is never finished."
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PEORIA — Student and teacher will assume new roles when violinist Paul Kantor takes the stage beside conductor George Stelluto during the Saturday performance of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra.


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Is it possible to configure a combo box in Ext Designer using in-line array data for the store property?
I just need a combo with 'True' and 'False' as options, and see you can use an inline array according to the ExtJS docs (v3.4). I had a go at setting this up in designer, generated code is below.
When I try and run the code that uses this combo box I get an error from the Extjs source code as follows:Code:MyCombo19Ui = Ext.extend(Ext.form.ComboBox, { width: 100, cellCls: 'configFieldCell', store: '[\'True\',\'False\']', mode: 'local', triggerAction: 'all', allowBlank: false, initComponent: function() { MyCombo19Ui.superclass.initComponent.call(this); } });
Thanks.Code:this.store is undefined http://localhost:8080/ext-3.3.1/ext-all-debug.js Line 41111


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LIKE many other places, Helensburgh and district went through an era when it was surrounded by toll houses, and there was a price to pay for travel.
It was because of complaints about the state of the road between Helensburgh and that a check bar was established at Ardencaple in 1838, and further complaints after storm damage in 1852 led to it being upgraded to a toll bar in a bid to generate income for repairs.
This information came from local historian and Helensburgh Heritage Trust director Alistair McIntyre after the Trust website received an inquiry from Stuart Johnston, of Alva, Clackmannanshire, about his great grandmother, who was born there.
Stuart wrote: "I am trying to find where she was born. According to the birth extract she was born in March 1858 at Ardencaple toll bar. I have tried to find out where this toll bar was but have been unsuccessful so far.
"The nearest I have found is Ardencaple Turnpike between Helensburgh and Rhu on an 1847 Ordnance Survey map. I should be grateful for any information you can give me and also if there are any pictures available of the toll bar."
Alistair, who had done some research on toll bars and toll houses, was able to confirm that the Ardencaple one was on the Dumbarton to Arrochar turnpike road just at where Rhu Road Higher joins the seafront.
The difference between a check bar and a toll bar was that toll bars were rented out and had a toll keeper. Two years after becoming a toll bar, Ardencaple was being described as a principal toll bar, and it operated until the national abolition of tolls in 1883.
A Milligs Toll-Bar ticket, front and back, images supplied by Michael Stewart, Canterbury.
Alistair said: "Ardencaple must have been a relatively prosperous installation, and out of the 18 tolls in Dunbartonshire — excluding the detached eastern part of the county — it was often the one that commanded the highest annual rental, which presumably was a reflection of the income that was thought capable of being generated.
"Thus, for example, in 1874, Ardencaple was rented at £600, the next highest being Dalreoch at £430, and after that, Mill of Haldane at £370. However I have no information about the actual income, or profit made, if any."
The location of the Ardencaple toll enabled it to catch traffic heading to and from West Montrose Street by way of the private Ardencaple Estate. There was a gate across the road, close to the Ardencaple Mill, which was known as Campbell's Gate.
The Dumbarton Herald of April 11 1872 reported that it was only then that Sir James Colquhoun threw open to the public the road leading from Montrose Street through Ardencaple Estate, and joining the Turnpike Road at the toll bar.
Alistair said: "As the newspaper put it, this move promised to be a great boon to the people of Helensburgh and the Gareloch."
Stuart's great grandmother was the daughter of William Rodger, an itinerant mason, and his wife Margaret Porter, but neither name appears on Alistair's incomplete list of those who bid successfully at the annual auction in Dumbarton's Elephant Inn to operate the toll for a year.
Allan Lawson was the successful bidder in 1857, 1858, 1869, and all years between 1878 and 1883, except for 1880. A Mrs MacAuslan was successful in 1861, 1862, and 1865. John Dunn had the toll in 1863 and 1864, Robert Bryson in 1877, and James Hunter in 1880.
The person who bid successfully was not always the person who actually operated the toll. Allan Lawson was a businessman, running several tolls simultaneously and employing toll keepers.
Alistair said: "In 1881, as well as Ardencaple, he also had the tolls at the top of Sinclair Street and at Bowling, while the following year, he again had Ardencaple and Bowling, this time along with Drumfork."
The names of the employed toll keepers are not known, so the chances of confirming why Miss Rodger was born at Ardencaple are slim. Nor alas are any pictures of that toll bar known to have survived.
The original tolls on the Dumbarton-Arrochar road were instigated as result of the County Act passed in 1807 and were at Dalreoch, Drumfork, Garelochhead and Morelaggan.
After a new County Act of 1828, Garelochhead was discontinued and replaced by a toll at Shandon, and Morelaggan was replaced by a new toll at Strone, Glenmallon, which continued as a toll until national abolition in 1883. Shandon was closed in 1858, and Garelochhead reinstated.
The Drumfork toll was a double toll — as well as taking tolls from traffic on the Dumbarton to Arrochar highway, it also collected money from traffic on the so-called cross road, the road across Ben Bouie to Luss. This double toll was discontinued around 1832 when the new road over the Blackhill was opened, complete with its own toll-bar at the top of Sinclair Street, known as Milligs.
Alistair said: "All tolls suffered a substantial drop in income after 1853, as a direct result of the passing of the Forbes-McKenzie Act of that year, which disallowed the sale of alcoholic drink by toll keepers.
"Until that date, travellers had been positively encouraged to drink and drive!"
Many of the toll-houses were retained as roadmen's houses, but some were sold off.
- Editor's note: Sadly Stuart Johnston died on July 24 2013 at the age of 69, after spending considerable time researching his family tree.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It's a big decision for so many families. What type of pet to adopt? One woman found out it may be even more important to know where to not buy them.
Sherry Mullins wanted to expand her family for years. So a few months ago, she set out to adopt two cute little puppies. "Right before Christmas my granddaughter wanted a puppy, so she went on Craigslist and found some puppies," Mullins said.
She found her two new adopted family members. Two tiny Maltese Shih-Tzu's on Craigslist for $400 each. Mullins adopted the puppies with no type of guarantee or warrantee of good health. Benji and Ozzie. A lady from South Carolina said she was in town selling these puppies at a hotel near Jacksonville International Airport. "There was like 12 or 14 dogs, little puppies running crazy, all over," she explained.
Reportedly, she saw the first sign of trouble minutes after the adoption, when they got their new pets to the car. "They were infested with fleas." Mullins said those fleas were just the beginning of much more serious problems. "Started throwing up, and diarrhea, and just like dry heaving and dry heaving," Mullins explained.
A trip to the vet shed more light on what was turning into a very dark situation. Mullins said her vet diagnosed both puppies with two different types of worms and parvovirus, a serious sickness that can be a death sentence for dogs. "Well then he was like lying literally dead."
Only one of the puppies survived. Ozzie did not. Mullins said, "And that dog suffered bad. Really and truly bad."
There are certain state laws the Florida Department of Agriculture can enforce to protect pets and the people who adopt them. But, those powers are limited to the use of a forged or counterfeit health certificate. So in this case, the agency could offer mediation to help resolve the dispute, but no official enforcement action. There is also no City ordinance that could help in this situation, because the seller is from another state. So your best protection is to be proactive.
Denise Deisler of the Jacksonville Humane Society said, "They need to be doing the research about where they're going to acquire the pet, too."
That's why Deisler said one of the biggest decisions about getting a pet is where to adopt. "Whether it's a shelter or an individual ask. You know, what are your standards? What medical care do you provide, what vaccinations do you provide? Do you spay or neuter? Do you do behavioral evaluations?"
Something Mullins said she has learned the hard way. Still, trying to reason with the person who sold her two puppies she believes were too sick to adopt. "I wouldn't even waste the time to go to court and fight her for the money. It's not about that. It's about breaking a little girl's heart and a dog suffering, I mean literally suffering."
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It didn't take long—thank goodness!—for the CW to allegedly confirm that both Misha Collins (Castiel) and Jim Beaver (Bobby) will return for season 6. (Source: Zap2it.com and about a hundred websites that quoted them.)
Are you an Android user? I came across this app: Supernatural Quiz. (Disclaimer: Supernatural Sisters has nothing to do with this product and you download at your own risk.)
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TNW is a visual novel/strategy hybrid in the vein of The Banner Saga, King of Dragon Pass and Oregon Trail, with an emphasis on planning and decision-making over combat. Keep as many colonists alive as possible by making the tough decisions which will determine how your adventure unfolds. Build colony structures, salvage wreckage, resolve problems with multiple branching outcomes, and manage your colony's dwindling supplies; all while playing through an intense story of political intrigue, sabotage, desperation and survival, by writer Ryan A. Span (FRONTIERS, Mount&Blade, Euclidean).
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Patsystems[1] is a trading-solutions provider best known for its globally distributed J-Trader front-end trading screen. Patsystems is an AIM-listed company incorporated in England and Wales (registered under number 4498002).
Patsystems also offers a network of exchange connectivity, risk management solutions and an API for third-party solutions providers. Patsystems matching engine powers seven exchanges globally, including the National Commodity Exchange Limited (NCEL) of Pakistan, the Tokyo Grain Exchange, and the Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand (AFET).[2]
- 1 People
- 2 Commentary
- 3 History
- 4 Products
- 5 Recent Initiatives
- 6 References
- David Webber[3] joined the company as CEO in January of 2006, replacing Kevin Ashby. Webber was formerly the chief executive of AttentiV Systems Group. [4] Webber was featured in a March of 2009 "Five Minutes" piece written by MarketsWiki editor Sarah Rudolph.
- Martin Thorneycroft[5]is group finance director.
- Steve Sparke[6] is a non-executive director.
- John Priestley[7] is a non-executive director.
- Patrick J. Kenny[8] is the managing director and officer of Patsystems North America.
- Graeme Neilly[9] is director, global account management.
- Barry White[10] is regional director, Asia Pacific.
- Kieron O'Toole[11] is director of operations.
- David Webber was interviewed for Markets Media Online in March of 2009 regarding the blue chip standard.
- David Webber appeared on CNBC talking about the firm's 82% rise in adjusted pretax profit for the first half of 2009.
Patsystems was founded in 1994 by a group of derivatives traders and technology professionals at a time when the futures markets were beginning to migrate from physical trading floors to an electronic model. Tom Theys, a former floor trader, designed the Patsystems software while working at Liffe. The idea was based around a hand-held device that would put orders into other markets with an interface that would connect the hand-held to the DTB (the forerunner to Eurex) to facilitate arbitrage with Liffe. That led to offering clients direct access to exchanges through the Internet; the software Theys designed would then be distributed to locals in dealing rooms or in their homes. Unlike other ISVs at the time, Theys and the other Patsystems founders were interested in bringing direct access to retail as well as institutional customers.
Eventually, the company was approached by Investec, a South African bank that wanted to take Patsystems public, which it did. Patsystems raised $80 million in an IPO in March 2000. Theys left Patsystems in 2003.
(The company floated on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in March 2000 and re-listed on the Alternative Investment Market in February 2003.)
- Acquired Tamesis August 2005. The acquisition gave Patsystems access to real-time trade capture, valuation and risk management systems for the structured finance and credit derivatives market.
- Maiden dividend declared in 2007.
Patsystems provides trading software for more than 10,000 users through hundreds of brokers around the world. More than 50 firms deploy Patsystems technology, including eight of the top 10 futures commission merchants.
Patsystems offers clients a choice of three front ends. Besides the well-known J-Trader, the company has more recently introduced Pro-Mark and IQ Trader.
Patsystems provides tailored solutions targeted at different types of client, including solutions for retail traders, professional traders, API specialists, and risk managers.
- Pro-Mark is an advanced application designed for professional, high-volume traders. It was built for high-speed trading, in particular of complex strategies such as multi-leg spreads. Pro-Mark's key features include intuitive trading and intelligent order management, sophisticated spreading tools, Excel integration, technical charting, and advanced options functionality. Pro-Mark was named "Technology Product of the Year" in the 2008 FOW Awards. [12]
- J-Trader, created in 1999, followed a resident application version with similar functionality. It is one of the most widely used front-ends in the derivatives trading business and provides direct access to all the leading exchanges. J-Trader offers multi-market, real-time trading worldwide, as well as pre-trade risk management and the trading of futures, options and forex all on one screen.
- IQ Trader is designed for technical traders (chartists). It contains tools that analyze and interpret markets to help traders choose the best strategies, enabling them to perform sophisticated operations without needing programming skills. It offers fast, easy backtesting and guarantees seemless automation. It also connects to a large number of data providers.
- SyOMS is Patsystems' Synthetic Order Management System that enables the trading of non-exchange supported order types. These include Iceberg, Ghost, and Bracket orders. SyOMS Pro also supports With a Tick, OCO, and Time-Sliced orders.
- Screen2pit links electronic markets with open outcry markets, providing access to markets and products previously unavailable to the online trader.[13]
- Patsystems Risk Informer provides sophisticated, real-time risk management across all asset classes. It calculates margin requirements and aggregates trades on a real-time basis, giving a consolidated view as the client trades. The result is a comprehensive picture of risk to satisfy the needs of all traders and risk managers.
- Patsystems Risk Alert is Patsystems' newly implemented pre-trade risk management solution. Risk Alert offers clients the ability to configure and manage an extensive set of comprehensive risk checks, helping to prevent risk before the trade even takes place.
- Patsystems X-link is a software product that allows customers to trade on [[remote exchange]s without becoming a member. It is not a fixed network; rather it bridges separate Patsystems trading domains and systems, for example letting a customer trade on a Chicago system and a London system at the same time.
- Patsystems API[14] is a full-function interface to Patsystems' trading system; Patsystems uses it to service its own front-ends. The API can be used by third parties who want to write their own front end to their exact requirements, or traders who want to integrate with charting packages or algorithmic trading systems. Parties who are are familiar with the Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocol, the industry's leading protocol for financial trading interfaces, can connect to Patsystems' FIX Trading Gateway, which supports an extended FIX.4.2 message set. FIX allows parties to run on whatever platform they desire.
- Patsystems ASP or application service provider is a hosted solution that provides the full benefits of the Patsystems trading platform without the requirement for clients to invest in a technology infrastructure or technical support resources. The ASP offering supports a wide variety of end user connectivity options including Internet, VPN and lease line.
- J-Simulator is a training tool that teaches how to use J-Trader.
Recent Initiatives
Patsystems in Malaysia
Patsystems now offers direct market access to Bursa Malaysia. Customers using Patsystems will now have electronic access to Malaysian flagship products such as Malaysian Crude Palm Oil futures. In related news, Phillip Futures has taken a full installation of the Patsystems infrastructure in Kuala Lumpur. [15] [16] [17]
Direct Access to Brazil
Patsystems completed the BM&F certification process and is therefore a Certified ISV of the exchange, offering direct market access to all BM&F products. Patsystems also offers access to BM&F products via CME Globex, the electronic trading platform of CME Group. This link allows existing CME Group customers to trade the main BM&F derivatives contracts listed on the Globex platform.[18] [19]
Expanded Exchange Connectivity
Patsystems now offers connectivity to TurkDex, the Turkish Derivatives Exchange, and IDEX, the new segment of the Borsa Italiana's derivatives market (IDEM).
Algorithmic Trading
Patsystems' AlgoServer provides a framework for defining and developing algorithms for server-side implementation, including presentation of the algorithms as synthetic order types on the front-end.
Continued Growth in Hong Kong
Singapore: 21 July 2008 – Patsystems announces that Guotai Junan Futures (Hong Kong) Ltd (Guotai) has signed a deal to implement and deploy Patsystems technology in Hong Kong.
Guotai would take a full installation of the Patsystems solution. The solution would provide Guotai and its customers with direct access to CME, CBOT, NYBOT, ICE, LIFFE, LME, Eurex, SGX, OSE, KRX, and HKEX via the Patsystems X-Link, which enables Patsystems' customers to interconnect to a receiving broker.
Patsystems Partners with Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange
On June 25, 2008, it was announced the newly formed Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) had selected Patsystems for both its front-end trading model and risk management system.
HKMEx would offer Patsystems' J-Trader and Pro-Mark. Pro-Mark functionality includes advanced options trading capability, flexible charting, Excel integration, spreading tools and functionality designed specifically for energy traders.
HKMEx would also utilize Patsystems' post-trade risk management system, Risk Informer. Risk Informer will manage margin risk for all asset classes traded on HKMEx. Risk Informer will calculate margin requirements in real-time, using standard margin methodologies including SPAN, TIMS, and proprietary margin calculation. It aggregates trades on a real-time basis and provides a consolidated view in real-time as trades are executed.
Patsystems Risk Informer
On June 24, 2008, announced that GH Financials had selected Risk Informer to be its global post-trade risk system.
The system will manage global risk for all exchange trade futures and options at GH Financials. The solution would monitor clients' aggregated risk in real-time across all the clients' trading activities and will provide both real-time monitoring and automatic notification of limit breaches.
Risk Informer is a standalone, flexible solution built to monitor and manage risk in real-time on multi-asset classes executed through any trading platform.
Patsystems' risk management tools, Patsystems Risk Informer and Patsystems Risk Alert were featured in Bobsguide and RFPConnect in June of 2009. [20] [21]
- ↑ Patsystems Website. Patsystems PLC.
- ↑ Exchange Solutions. Patsystems Plc.
- ↑ Patsystems Key Personnel. Patsystems PLC.
- ↑ Midas Extra: Kalahari Minerals & Patsystems. ThisisMoney.co.uk.
- ↑ Patsystems Key Personnel. Patsystems PLC.
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- ↑ Patsystems Key Personnel. Patsystems PLC.
- ↑ Patsystems Key Personnel. Patsystems PLC.
- ↑ Patsystems Key Personnel. Patsystems PLC.
- ↑ Patsystems Key Personnel. Patsystems PLC.
- ↑ Patsystems Signs Contract with Nomura Securities International, Inc. Automated Trader.
- ↑ Patsystems - Screen2pit. RFP Connect.
- ↑ Patsystems' FIX Trading Gateway. Patsystems PLC.
- ↑ Press ReleaseExchange. Patsystems Plc.
- ↑ Bursa Malaysia Hopes for Volume Boost as Patsystems'. Fointelligence.
- ↑ Patsystems offers e-trading of futures. BusinessTimes.
- ↑ Press ReleaseExchange. Patsystems Plc.
- ↑ Patsystems Gains Access to Brazilian Market. FinanceTech.
- ↑ Patsystems Ameliorates Turbulence In Risk Management. RFP Connect.
- ↑ Patsystems' Risk Management Products Meet Market Demand. Bobsguide.


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Instagram has been such a great way for all of us jewish Hostesses to connect and share the things that we love the most- table top, holidays, and FOOD!! With our new request out for #abettersoup, tons of great soup and stew recipes have been pouring in. Here's a great one from Paula Nagar. I am running out to to buy my Cannellini beans right now!!
p.s. I added 2 cans of chick peas and 2 1/2 boxes of Imagine vegetable broth. I pureed one can with Paula's recipe, and left the other chick peas whole in the soup. I also added fresh baby spinach on top of the hot soup! Great recipe! Thanks Paula!
p.s- By the way- if you don't already own an immersion blender then here's the easiest way to make salad dressings and soups without messing up an extra bowl. Just stick it into the hot soup pot or salad dressing jar, and BLEND!
I love Amazon because I get my favorite items delivered to my doorstep in a day or two. If I'm gonna go out in the freezing cold to shop, then I could think of more fun things to find a parking spot for!
pps. An immersion blender is a nice shower gift for the bride too!
Here's the easy recipe for Tuscan White Bean Soup by Paula Nagar:
- Saute 2 chopped onions and 2 garlic cloves with coriander, thyme, and cumin in a soup pot.
- Add 4 cans white Cannellini beans.
- Add 6 cups of chicken stock, salt, pepper, and 4 tbsps margarine or Earth Balance.
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Strong second half sends Middlebury to NCAA Regional Championship
Panthers women's lacrosse team defeats Endicott 13-4
Middlebury advanced to the NCAA Regional finals with a 13-4 win over Endicott on Kohn Field. The 17-2 Panthers, owners of a 44-13 record in NCAA action, will host Rensselaer, a 9-8 winner over Gettysburg, on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. with a trip to the final four on the line. The Gulls, after winning their first-ever NCAA game earlier this week, end their season with a record of 13-8.
Ellen Halle opened the game for Middlebury with a goal at 25:17 after picking up a rebound for the in-close tally. The Panthers moved to 2-0 on the visitors after a turnover by the Gulls as Chrissy Ritter found Alice Pfeffer at 22:51. Just over a minute later, Endicott got on the board on a free-possession shot by Holly Davis.
Leading 2-1, Middlebury went on a five-goal run, as five different Panthers scored, capped by Katie Ritter's tally at 5:11. The five-goal run could have been even larger except for the deft play in net by Endicott goalie Rachel Socolow. The net-minder made several huge saves at the beginning of the Panther run and finished the first half with 10 stops.
Trailing 7-1, the Gulls strung together a trio of goals, the first set-up on a feed from Kelly Tierney to Callie Murphy at 3:39. Tierney netted the second goal on a free-possession shot at 2:13, and 13 second later, off a draw control win, Davis scored her second of the game. As the Panthers took a 7-3 lead into intermission, Middlebury held a 20-7 advantage in shots, while their defense forced 13 turnovers, while allowed just 5-12 Endicott clears in the first 30 minutes.
Middlebury wasted little time building on its lead in the second half as Margaret Souther notched her second of the game at 29:34. Halle netted the next two, the first off a feed from Souther at 27:31, as her second was a free-possession tally. With a 10-4 lead, Souther set-up a cutting Liza Herzog at 22:48 four a seven-goal lead.
Lexi DeMarco collected a pass from fellow Panther Katie Ritter as she cut to the net, scoring her first of the game at 15:11. Dee Miller capped the scoring at 8:43 with a free-position shot the got beneath Socolow's stick, setting the final at 13-4. While Socolow was busy making 17 saves in net, her counterpart for Middlebury, Alyssa Palomba, did not record a save in the contest. Palomba saw just seven Endicott shot attempts all game and none in the second half.
Souther paced Middlebury with two goals and two assists, while Halle collected a hat-trick. Katie Ritter added a goal and one assist, while seven others added a goal. Michaela Colbert and Heather Marrison shared the team lead with three groundballs, while Catherine Folwer's three draw controls were a team-high.
Davis' two goals and a team-best three draw controls paced Endicott, as Tierney finished with a goal and an assist. Gabrielle Boyle paced the Gulls with a game-high four groundballs.
Courtesy: Middlebury Athletics
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The Old Calculator Web Museum is a treasure trove of images, specs, advertisements, and articles about the calculators of days gone by. Many of the calculator profile pages include photos of the insides. My favorite area is the retro ad archive, though.
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Residents of Lake County, California, were allowed back to their neighborhoods for the first time on Friday to see the devastation wreaked by the massive Clayton Fire.
While some were relieved to see their homes standing, residents Kevin Dean and his wife Katie were among those crying as they sifted through the ashes.
"It's all gone," Dead said, as he and his wife tried to look for anything that survived the flames.
About 189 homes were lost in the fire, which scorched about 4,000 acres. That number grew as of Friday, when the fire topped out at 75 percent containment.
"My mother's pearls are in there," Katie Dean said.
The Deans' neighbor, Wes Baker, also lost something precious to him in the fire. His cat, Tica, has yet to be found.
"She's a Siamese, and she's really old and really sweet," he said.
The Clayton Fire, which investigators believe was sparked by suspected serial arsonist Damin Anthony Pashilk, has left another scar on a county that was still recovering from last year's fire season.
Jessica Harrison said flames got within a stone's throw from her house, but it wasn't burned down.
"I wish I could do something to help them," Harrison said of neighbors who were less fortunate than her. "I'm thankful. I'm beyond thankful that I still have a house, especially since the day it started, the flames were literally out in that field — maybe 50 to 100 yards out."
After realizing that fire crews had saved her home, Harrison also said, "We can't thank them enough. They're true heroes."
Meanwhile, Lake County animal control officials were feeding and providing water to ducks, chickens and a cat that had been left behind. They were told about a pig as well, but couldn't locate it initially, so hoped its family had taken it when they fled.
That was unlikely, though, seeing as area residents had five minutes to grab their belongings and rush to safety.
So Bertelli and her partner Nehemiah White checked the paperwork and then went back in to look for the pig. They found it cuddling up to a kids' pool that they'd just refilled with water.
"We checked and he's OK now," Bertelli said.
Animal control officials have been putting in long days while the Clayton Fire has ripped through Lake County, with many people working from 6 a.m. till 8 p.m.
The most unusual animal rescue so far was an emu, according to Bertelli.
"That was interesting," she said, with a laugh. "We had the [American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] here to help us with that one. Thank goodness!"
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Are Real Interest Rates of EU Accession Countries Characterized by Non-Linear Convergence?
In this study, we concurrently test for nonlinearity (threshold) effects and non-stationarity (unit roots) in real interest rate differentials. Using data for the ten accession countries that joined the EU in 2004, we find evidence of strong nonlinear effects. Long-run real interest rate parity has held for some of the sample, but subject to two different stationary regimes. Other countries are characterized with partial unit root behaviour insofar as differentials switch between alternative regimes of stationary and non-stationary behaviour.
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Thursday December 20th, 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Learn how to pickle anything you want at this pickling how-to with the pickle mavens at McClure's. $55. 100 Frost Street, Brooklyn NY; event website
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Brooklyn Flea's Gifted Holiday Market
Sunday December 23rd, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Brooklyn Flea continues to serve up tasty snacks and vend great gifts at their new location's holiday market. Free entry. 1 Hanson Place, Brooklyn NY; event website
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New Amsterdam Market: Last Market of the Season
Sunday December 23rd, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The market's last opening of the season will feature Mexican hot chocolate from La Newyorkina, hot apple cider from Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider, holiday pies from Shandaken Bake and Piecorps, ice cream from The Bent Spoon...and more! Free entry. South Street between Beekman Street and Peck Slip, New York NY; event website
Gingerbread House Making with the Farm on Adderley
Sunday December 23rd, 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 1 p.m. A great event for children of all ages. Come and decorate a pre-made gingerbread house with the Farm on Adderley at Hootenanny Art House. All candy will be naturally flavored and free of corn syrup. $30 per house. 426 15th Street, Brooklyn NY; event website
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Woks and Lox
Monday December 24th The chef of this Jewish and Chinese Christmas celebration is none other than our own Chichi Wang! Dinner at the Queens Kickshaw will be followed by an auction, games, and more. Dinner tickets are sold out, but you can still join the Nosh Party for $28. 40-17 Broadway, Astoria, NY; event website


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Team Director, Steve Bauer:
The goal of the team was to ensure Svein Tuft and Keven Lacombe were as fresh as possible entering the final 50 kilometres of the race and be able to make the selection over the famous Oude Kwaremont / Patersburg cobblestone climbs. We knew both men have been riding well and they were Team SpiderTech's best chances for a performance. The team reviewed the race course including all the critical phases of the route over two days.
The start of the race was fast and never slowed. Over the first two hours of racing the average speed was in the high 40's (km/hr). A breakaway of four riders finally gained some ground and went clear just before the feed at 85 kilometres.
During the first part of the race, we were busy changing several flat tires and were having some bad luck. Keven Lacombe suffered from a flat tire at the worst moment of the race, halfway up the cobbled Eikenburg. Strategically, this was the first major peloton selection. A valiant attempt to regain the leaders was made with support of teammates Lambert-Lemay, Houle, Batty and Anderson, but we could only get Keven back into the first chase group.
Up front, the main peloton was dwindled to about 50 men and Svein was riding well. Svein followed in good position when the Leopard Trek team hit it hard going into the Oude Kwaremont. Cancellara attacked to separate the strong men out of the group. Over the top of Patersberg, Svein stayed well in front making the front group and the most important selection of the day.
The attacking for the win began shortly after with a two man breakaway of Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank) and Geraint Thomas (Sky) bridging to one rider which remained from the original break, Frederic Amorison (Landboukrediet), who was eventually dropped very close to the finish. Garmin-Cervelo made chase in the final 15 kilometres, attempting to bring back the leaders, but the duo barely held off the small peloton with Nuyens winning from Thomas in the final metres.
In the sprint for third place, Svein finished his day in 20th, and is satisfied with a good positive day: "I am really happy with the teamwork today, which has improved each race. I knew that positioning before the cobblestone sections of this race was key and each time we do a race here, I am becoming more comfortable with that. It was bad luck for Keven, as we were hoping to have two men in the final first group, improving our chances. I am enjoying this racing and looking forward to Saturday [UCI 1.HC E3 Prijs Harelbeke]," commented Svein Tuft.
"It was a very good experience for our team today, racing as such a high level as the big guns prepare for the cobblestone classics. The SpiderTech powered by C10 men rode well supporting captain Svein. We surely had bad luck with several punctures, but Keven's puncture came at worst moment and took him out of contention. Otherwise, we felt he could have been in the final kilometres with Svein. It's exciting to see our guys make progress," said Steve Bauer, directeur sportif for Team SpiderTech powered by C10.
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The first full-scale biography of Canada's first prime minister in half a century by one of our best-known and most highly regarded political writers.
The first volume of Richard Gwyn's definitive biography of John A. Macdonald follows his life from his birth in Scotland in 1815 to his emigration with his family to Kingston, Ontario, to his days as a young, rising lawyer, to his tragedy-ridden first marriage, to the birth of his political ambitions, to his commitment to the all-but-impossible challenge of achieving Confederation, to his presiding, with his second wife Agnes, over the first Canada Day of the new Dominion in 1867.
Colourful, intensely human and with a full measure of human frailties, Macdonald was beyond question Canada's most important prime minister. This volume describes how Macdonald developed Canada's first true national political party, encompassing French and English and occupying the centre of the political spectrum. To perpetuate this party, Macdonald made systematic use of patronage to recruit talent and to bond supporters, a system of politics that continues to this day.
Gwyn judges that Macdonald, if operating on a small stage, possessed political skills–of manipulation and deception as well as an extraordinary grasp of human nature–of the same calibre as the greats of his time, such as Disraeli and Lincoln. Confederation is the centerpiece here, and Gywn's commentary on Macdonald's pivotal role is original and provocative. But his most striking analysis is that the greatest accomplishment of nineteenth-century Canadians was not Confederation, but rather to decide not to become Americans. Macdonald saw Confederation as a means to an end, its purpose being to serve as a loud and clear demonstration of the existence of a national will to survive. The two threats Macdonald had to contend with were those of annexation by the United States, perhaps by force, perhaps by osmosis, and equally that Britain just might let that annexation happen to avoid a conflict with the continent's new and unbeatable power.
Gwyn describes Macdonald as "Canada's first anti-American." And in pages brimming with anecdote, insight, detail and originality, he has created an indelible portrait of "the irreplaceable man,"–the man who made us.
"Macdonald hadn't so much created a nation as manipulated and seduced and connived and bullied it into existence against the wishes of most of its own citizens. Now that Confederation was done, Macdonald would have to do it all over again: having conjured up a child-nation he would have to nurture it through adolescence towards adulthood. How he did this is, however, another story."
"He never made the least attempt to hide his "vice," unlike, say, his contemporary, William Gladstone, with his sallies across London to save prostitutes, or Mackenzie King with his crystal-ball gazing. Not only was Macdonald entirely unashamed of his behaviour, he often actually drew attention to it, as in his famous response to a heckler who accused him of being drunk at a public meeting: "Yes, but the people would prefer John A. drunk to George Brown sober." There was no hypocrisy in Macdonald's make-up, nor any fear.
—from John A. Macdonald
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