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1913 - Mike Yokel defeats Henry Gehring to win the World Middleweight Title in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1937 - Ray Steele defeats Everett Marshall by reverse decision for the Ohio Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title in Columbus, Ohio.
1950 - Sandor Szabo defeats Hans Schnabel for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title in Honolulu, Hawaii.
1952 - Al Mills wins the Calgary NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title for the fourth time, from Sky-Hi Lee in Edmonton, Alberta, ending Lee's second reign.
1953 - Takashi Ishikawa is born in Yamagata, Japan.
1959 - George and Sandy Scott defeat Maurice and Paul Vachon to win the vacant Stampede International Tag Team Title in Regina, Saskatchewan.
1963 - Rip Hawk and Rock Hunter defeat Bull Curry and Lucas Pertano for the Texas NWA World Tag Team Title in Houston, Texas.
1963 - Don and Luke Fields win their second Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Title in Nashville, Tennessee, ending the fourth reign of The Medics (Tony Gonzales and Donald Lortie).
1965 - The Mysterios Medics win the Georgia NWA Southern Tag Team Title for the second time, by defeating Tony Marino and Joe Scarpa (Chief Jay Strongbow) in a tournament final for the vacant title in Atlanta, Georgia.
1971 - Georgia Championship Wrestling held a 14-man tournament for the vacant NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, Georgia. The results were:
First round:
- Bob Griffin defeated Skandor Akbar.
- Kubla Kahn defeated Tom DeLynch.
- Dick Steinborn defeated Bobo Brazil.
- Assassin #2 defeated Gene DuBois.
- Jim Wilson defeated Mr. Ito.
- Luke Graham defeated Silento Rodriguez.
Second round:
- Nick Bockwinkel defeated Bob Griffin.
- Dick Steinborn defeated Kubla Khan.
- Assassin #2 defeated Jim Wilson.
- El Mongol defeated Luke Graham.
- Nick Bockwinkel defeated Dick Steinborn.
- El Mongol defeated Assassin #2.
- El Mongol defeated Nick Bockwinkel to win the vacant NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title, beginning his seventh reign.
1972 - Ernie Ladd defeats Bulldog Brower to become the first Buffalo/Ohio NWA North American Heavyweight Champion in Akron, Ohio. The title would later be known as the National Wrestling Federation North American Heavyweight Title.
1974 - The Mysterious Medic defeats Duke Miller to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title in Mobile, Alabama, to begin his third reign.
1975 - Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta defeat Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk for the NWA International Tag Team Title in San Antonio, Texas, ending the Funks' third reign.
1975 - Luke Graham defeats Don Kent to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title in Nashville, Tennessee, ending Kent's second reign.
1976 - Strong Kobayashi and Seiji Sakaguchi defeat Voodoo Mulumba and Tiger Jeet Singh for the vacant National Wrestling Federation North American Tag Team Title in Sapporo, Japan.
1977 - Mike Dallas defeats Harold Kalevoris in Melbourne, Australia to win the Australian Light Heavyweight Title.
1978 - Ron Bass and Dr. Hiro Ota defeated Chavo and Hector Guerrero for the NWA Americas Tag Team Title.
1980 - Lucy Kayama and Nancy Kumi defeat The Black Pair (Yumi Ikeshita and Mami Kumano) to win the WWWA World Tag Team Title in Osaka, Japan.
1984 - Rodolfo Guzman Huerta, far better known as El Santo (the saint) or El Santo Enmascarado de Plata (the silver-masked saint), dies of a heart attack at age 66. Santo is a legend in Mexico, not only as a wrestler, but as a television and film star as well. Santo wrestled nearly 50 years, and won the World Middleweight and Mexican National Welterweight, Middleweight, Tag Team and Light Heavyweight titles. Santo is typical listed among wrestlers who were never publicly unmasked, but he actually quickly revealed his face about a week before his death on a Mexican morning talk show. He was buried in his trademark silver mask.
1986 - Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu win the NWA International Tag Team Title from Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta in Sapporo, Japan.
1987 - Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta defeat Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu for the NWA International Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan, to begin their second reign.
1987 - Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato defeat Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka) in Memphis, Tennessee to win the Continental Wrestling Association International Tag Team Title for the fourth time, ending Badd Company's second reign.
1988 - The WWF held the first of five editions of The Main Event, which aired live on NBC from Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana, earning a 15.2 rating. It was the first time professional wrestling aired on prime-time network television since 1955. The show featured the highly-anticipated WWF Title match between champion Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant. The results were:
Dark matches:
- Demolition (Ax and Smash) defeated Billy Jack Haynes and Ken Patera.
- Jake Roberts defeated King Harley Race.
- Ron Bass defeated Koko B. Ware.
- The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) defeated The Islanders (Haku and Tama).
- Jim Duggan defeated One Man Gang by disqualification.
- Don Muraco defeated Butch Reed.
- Ultimate Warrior defeated Sika.
Televised matches:
- Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man (with Jimmy Hart and Peggy Sue) by countout, after Honky Tonk Man hit one of the ringposts. Honky Tonk Man retained the title. After the match, Savage fought off Honky and Jimmy Hart and broke Honky's guitar.
- Andre the Giant (with Ted DiBiase and Virgil) pinned WWF Champion Hulk Hogan to win the title, ending Hogan's four-year long reign atop the WWF mountain. Hogan's shoulder clearly came up before the three-count, but the referee counted it anyway. DiBiase, according to the storyline, had paid for the referee to get cosmetic surgery to make him look like referee Dave Hebner, and paid off the new referee to take Dave's place. This was, of course, the WWF officiating debut of Dave Hebner's twin brother Earl, who previously had been working for the NWA. Andre said that he was surrendering the title to Ted DiBiase, then gave him the belt. Dave Hebner ran to the ring and attacked the imposter referee as DiBiase put the belt on left the ring with Virgil. Hogan then threw Earl over the top rope onto DiBiase and Virgil. DiBiase actually was announced as champion at events on February 6 in Boston and Philadelphia and February 8 in Los Angeles, before an announcement by WWF President Jack Tunney aired on the February 13 edition of WWF Superstars, stating the title was vacant and a tournament would be held at WrestleMania IV to fill the vacancy. This marked the first (official) time that the WWF World Title was vacated in its then 25-year history. The title had actually been vacant on three separate occasions in 1979 and 1982, which WWE doesn't officially recognize.
- WWF Tag Team Champions Strike Force (Rick Martel and Tito Santana) defeated The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) to retain the title. Only the beginning of the match was televised due to time constraints.
1991 - Steve Grey defeats Jim Breaks in Croydon, England for the European Lightweight Title. This began Grey's third reign and ended Breaks' 16th reign.
1991 - Lasser defeats El Khalifa in a tournament final in Puebla, Mexico to win the vacant Universal Wrestling Association World Lightweight Title. The title was vacated by El Hijo del Santo in January when he chose to wrestle exclusively as a welterweight.
1993 - Hiroshi Itakura defeats Masayoshi Motegi to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title in Tokyo, Japan.
1993 - Stevie Ray defeats Rod Price for the Global Wrestling Federation North American Heavyweight Title in Dallas, Texas.
1993 - Lucifer (Tim Burke) defeats Max Thrasher in Gaithersburg, Maryland to win the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title.
1994 - ECW held The Night the Line was Crossed at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, featuring the famous "three-way dance" for the ECW Title. The results were:
- 911 pinned Chad Austin.
- Mr. Hughes pinned Sal Bellomo.
- In a Double Dog Collar match, Tommy Cairo and The Sandman beat Pitbull #1 and Rockin' Rebel, when Cairo pinned Pitbull #1.
- In a No Rules match, The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated The Bruise Brothers (Ron and Don Harris), when Public Enemy pinned both Bruise Brothers.
- Jimmy Snuka pinned Tommy Dreamer. During the match, Dreamer kicked out of the Superfly splash.
- The Sheik and Pat Tanaka defeated ECW Tag Team Champions Kevin Sullivan and The Tazmaniac, when Tanaka pinned Tazmaniac.
- J.T. Smith pinned Mike Awesome.
- In a three-way dance, ECW Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk, ECW Television Champion Sabu and Shane Douglas fought to a 60-minute draw. Funk retained his title. Following the show, Douglas and Funk got into a brawl at a press conference.
1995 - Tony Arce, Rocco Valente and Vulcano defeat Los Payasos for the Mexican National Trios Title in Tonala, Mexico, ending their second reign.
1996 - In this week of the Monday Night War, WCW Monday Nitro narrowly defeated WWF Monday Night Raw, 2.9 to 2.7 in the ratings.
WCW Monday Nitro was live from Jenkins Arena in Lakeland, Florida. The results were:
- Konnan defeated Devon Storm.
- Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater defeated The Barrio Brothers.
- WCW World Television Champion Johnny B. Badd defeated Diamond Dallas Page.
- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Randy Savage defeated Chris Benoit by disqualification.
- Arn Anderson and Brian Pillman defeated Hugh Morrus and Kevin Sullivan by disqualification.
- Ric Flair defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell.
- WCW World Tag Team Champions Lex Luger and Sting defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal).
WWF Monday Night RAW was taped on January 22 at the Stockton Civic Autitorium in Stockton, California. The results:
- Diesel and Shawn Michaels defeated The British Bulldog and Yokozuna (with Jim Cornette) by countout, after Yokozuna was knocked out of the ring by Michaels' Sweet Chin Music. Owen Hart came out and tried to help Bulldog revive Yoko and get him back in the ring but failed. Cornette berated Yoko after the match with Yoko finally turning on the three, clearing the ring.
- The 1-2-3 Kid (with Ted DiBiase) pinned Hakushi with a butterfly suplex off the top.
- WWF Champion Bret Hart fought The Undertaker to a no-contest to retain the title, when Diesel, who was on commentary, and while the referee was knocked out, got up and threw Bret into the ringpost before powerbombing him twice.
1996 - Hiroshi Itakura defeats Takashi Okano to win the WWA International Light Heavyweight Title in Chiba, Japan.
1998 - Bobby Collins and Brian Jewel defeat Caveman Broda and Iron Man for the Canadian Wrestling Federation Tag Team Title.
1999 - Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo defeat Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio, Jr. by disqualification to win the CMLL World Tag Team Title in Mexico City, Mexico. They immediately gave the title up as they wanted to win cleanly. Salvaje and Scorpio won a rematch on February 26.
1999 - Khris Germany defeats Jimmy James in North Richland Hills, Texas to win the vacant NWA Texas Heavyweight Title.
2000 - Big Dick Dudley is awarded the NWA Jersey Heavyweight Title, becoming the first champion.
2000 - El Rockero wins his fifth WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title in Caguas, Puerto Rico, defeating El Exotico.
2000 - Johnny Kashmere and Robby Moreno defeat Midknight and Diablos Macabre to win the CZW World Tag Team Title in Sewell, New Jersey.
2000 - Rukkus wins a "Mega Rumble" match in Cornelia, Georgia for the NWA Wildside Heavyweight Title.
2000 - Super Hentai defeats Jimmy Angel to win the Pittsburgh Wrestling League Three Rivers Title in North Versailles, Pennsylvania.
2000 - Pete Christy defeats Chris Vanity for the NWA Michigan Television Title in Bay City, Michigan. At the same event, The Outlaws (Ricky James and Bobby Lee) win their third NWA Michigan Tag Team Title, defeating the Scufflin' Hillbillies (Maynard R. Neck and Big Chuck Wagon) for the vacant title. Also, Gene Austin and Tommy Starr win their fourth and third respective NWA Michigan Hardcore Titles, by both pinning champion Woody Lee.
2001 - The Monday Night War entered its next-to-last month, with WWF RAW is WAR's 5.0 rating defeating WCW Monday Nitro's 2.3 rating.
WCW Monday Nitro was held live from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi. The February 7 edition of Thunder was taped afterwards. The results were:
- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Scott Steiner defeated The Jung Dragons (Kaz Hayashi and Yun Yang), Evan Karagias and Jamie Knoble in a handicap match.
- Rick Steiner defeated WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas to win the title.
- Diamond Dallas Page defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Scott Steiner by disqualification.
- El Niño (Rey Misterio, Jr.) defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
- WCW World Tag Team Champions Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo defeated Team Canada (Mike Awesome and Lance Storm).
- Brian Adams and Buff Bagwell fought to a draw.
- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Scott Steiner defeated Kevin Nash and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Rick Steiner in a handicap match.
- Kaz Hayashi defeated Shane Helms.
- WCW World Tag Team Champion Sean O'Haire defeated Norman Smiley.
- Ernest Miller defeated Elix Skipper.
- Brian Adams defeated Lex Luger.
- Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated The Wall.
- Kwee Wee defeated Rick Michaels.
- Konnan defeated Mike Sanders.
- Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page defeated Jeff Jarrett and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Rick Steiner.
WWF RAW is WAR was held live from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The weekend's edition of Jakked was taped as well. The results:
Jakked, which featured several wrestlers from nearby NWA Wildside:
- Billy Gunn defeated David Young.
- K-Kwik defeated Rick Michaels.
- Albert defeated Onyx.
- Essa Rios defeated Kid Romeo.
RAW is WAR:
- WWF Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho pinned Matt Hardy (with Lita) with the Lionsault to retain the title, after Dean Malenko came out and attacked Hardy while he was on the floor. After the match, Malenko, Perry Saturn and Eddie Guerrero attacked both men. Guerrero hit the frog splash on the Intercontinental belt on top of Jericho's face.
- Edge and Christian defeated Kaientai (Funaki and Taka Michinoku).
- WWF Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated The Undertaker and Kane by disqualification when the referee thought Undertaker hit Bubba Ray with a chair when it was actually Edge and Christian.
- Rikishi and Haku defeated Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty), when Rikishi pinned Sexay with the Banzai Drop.
- Chris Benoit defeated Al Snow by submission with the Crippler Crossface.
- The Rock and WWF Champion Kurt Angle (with Trish Stratus) defeated Steve Austin and Triple H, when Angle pinned Triple H after a low blow and chairshot.
2002 - The WWF taped the February 7 edition of SmackDown! and the February 10 Sunday Night Heat at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The results were:
Dark matches:
- Val Venis defeated Randy Orton.
- Ron Waterman defeated Rico Constantino.
- Lance Storm defeated WWF Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri in a non-title match.
- Test pinned WWF Tag Team Champion Spike Dudley after a big boot.
- Scotty 2 Hotty pinned The Hurricane (with Molly Holly) with a roll-up. The guest referee for the match was Jacqueline.
- Kane pinned Christian after a chokeslam.
- The Rock pinned Booker T after the People's Elbow. Before the match, Rock challenged The Undertaker to come out and face him but got Booker instead.
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) and WWF Intercontinental Champion William Regal defeated Edge, Rikishi and Rob Van Dam, when Bubba Ray pinned Rikishi after the 3D. After the match, The Dudleys held Edge for Regal to hit with brass knuckles, which he did, busting him open.
- Maven pinned WWF Hardcore Champion The Undertaker to win the title, after The Rock ran in and hit Undertaker with a chair and gave him a Rock Bottom. Later on in the show, Undertaker attacked Rock in the parking lot and Tombstoned him on top of his limo.
- Kurt Angle and WWF Undisputed Champion Chris Jericho defeated Triple H in a handicap match, when Angle pinned Triple H after an Olympic Slam onto a steel chair.
2003 - TNA held its 30th weekly pay-per-view event live from the TNA Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee. The show featured the TNA debut of one-legged wrestling sensation Zach "Tenacious Z" Gowen. The results:
Dark matches:
- Jimmy Rave pinned Matt Sydal.
- Tony Mamaluke and David Young defeated Lex Lovett and Rod Steel, when Young pinned Steel.
- America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated Rocky Reynolds and Jason Rumble, when Storm pinned Reynolds.
- Kid Kash pinned Shark Boy.
Televised matches:
- Jorge Estrada pinned Glenn Gilberti.
- TNA X Division Champion Sonny Siaki pinned Amazing Red to retain the title.
- Tenacious Z pinned B.G. James.
- Ron Killings defeated David Flair, Jerry Lynn, and Mike Sanders in a four-corners elimination match. Lynn pinned Sanders, Lynn pinned Flair and Killings pinned Lynn.
- Trinity pinned Desire.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions Triple X (Low Ki and Elix Skipper) fought The New Church (Brian Lee and Slash) to a no-contest due to a double pin. Slash pinned Skipper while Low Ki pinned Lee. The title was held up immediately.
2005 - The Ultimate Fighting Championship held UFC 51: Super Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The results were:
Preliminary bouts:
- Nick Diaz defeated Drew Fickett by TKO (strikes) at 4:40 of round one in a welterweight bout.
- Karo Parisyan defeated Chris Lytle by unanimous decision in a welterweight bout. All three judges scored it 30-27.
- David Loiseau defeated Gideon Ray by TKO (doctor stoppage) at the end of the first round in a middleweight bout.
- Mike Kyle defeated James Irvin by knockout (punches) at 1:55 of round one in a heavyweight bout.
Pay-per-view bouts:
- Paul Buentello defeated Justin Eilers by knockout (punches) at 3:34 of round one in a heavyweight bout.
- Evan Tanner defeated David Terrell by TKO (strikes) at 4:35 of round one to win the vacant UFC Middleweight title.
- Andrei Arlovski defeated Tim Sylvia by submission (Achilles lock) at 0:47 of round one to win the interim UFC Heavyweight title. The interim title bout was held due to Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir's September 17 motorcycle accident. Arlovski was later promoted to undisputed champion on August 12. Mir would return from injury in February 2006 at UFC 57.
- Pete Sell defeated Phil Baroni by submission (guillotine choke) at 4:19 of round three in a middleweight bout.
- Tito Ortiz defeated Vitor Belfort by split decision in a light heavyweight bout. The judges scored the bout 29-28 Ortiz, 29-28 Ortiz and 29-28 Belfort.
2005 - Combat Zone Wrestling held Only The Strong: Scarred 4 Life at the New Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The results:
- Derek Frazier defeated The Heretic.
- The Kings Of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) defeated DJ Hyde and Jon Dahmer.
- Skayde defeated Milanito Collection A.T.
- International Wrestling Syndicate Tag Team Champions The Flying Hurricanes (Kenny the Bastard & Takao) defeated All Money is Legal (K-Murda & K-Pusha), Beef Wellington & El Generico and Ghost Shadow & Spyral to retain the title.
- The BLKOUT (King and Sabian) beat SBS (Excalibur and Super Dragon)
- Adam Flash defeated Kaos in a Tables and Ladders match.
- The H8 Club (Nick Gage and Justice Pain) defeated CZW World Tag Team Champions Team Cash (Chris Cash and Nate Webb) to win the title.
- In a double-title match, IWS World Heavyweight Champion Franky the Mobster defeated CZW Iron Man Champion B-Boy to win the CZW title and retain the IWS title.
- Mike Quackenbush defeated CZW Junior Heavyweight Champion Alex Shelley, Sexxxy Eddy and The Arsenal in a four-way match to win the title.
- Ruckus defeated CZW World Heavyweight Champion The Messiah to win the title.
- JC Bailey defeated Necro Butcher in a Barbed Wire Steel Cage match to become the first-ever CZW Ultraviolent Underground Champion. The match actually took place in the "bowels" of the arena in another ring with the Cage of Death cage surrounding it, wrapped in barbed wire.
2005 - Abyss defeats Jimmy Jacobs to win the NWA Iowa Heavyweight Title in Muscatine, Iowa.
2005 - The Solution (Havok and Papadon) defeat America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) for the NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Title in Wayne, New Jersey.
2005 - Erik Watts defeats Diamond Dallas Page in Tucson, Arizona for the vacant AWA Superstars International Heavyweight Title.
2005 - Kid Regis defeats Ross Jordan for the British Welterweight Title in Chingford, England, ending Jordan's second reign.
2005 - Naughty By Nature (Pokerface and Rude) defeat Blade Boudreaux and Denny Cooley to win the NWA Southern Tag Team Title in Greenville, Mississippi.
2005 - Team Upstate (Spazz, Psykita and Triple X) defeat Jason Atlas, Eric Everlast and Steve Kruz to become the first-ever NWA Upstate Six-Man Tag Team Champions in Webster, New York.
2005 - The Faroh of Phunk defeats Rondale Roosevelt for the NWA Battle Zone Cruiserweight Title in Magee, Mississippi, beginning his second reign. At the same show, Brother Love defeats Calvin Rose for the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title, and John Saxon defeats Lord Humongous to win the vacant NWA New South Heavyweight Title.
2005 - Dan Bidondi defeats Chris Blackheart, Donny Rotten and Don Vega in a four-way match to win the vacant NWA New England Colonial Heavyweight Title in Bellingham, Massachusetts. At that same event, Eddie Edwards defeats Jerrelle Clark in a tournament final to become the first AWA (Superstars) of New England (Millennium Wrestling Federation) Television Champion.
2007 - WWE held a live RAW at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa. The results:
- The Highlanders (Robbie and Rory McAllister) defeated Armor and Jones.
- Eugene defeated Sweet.
- Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch defeated Jim Duggan and Scotty 2 Hotty.
- Chris Masters and The World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) defeated Carlito (with Torrie Wilson) and Cryme Tyme (JTG and Shad), when Haas pinned Carlito with a roll-over.
- Umaga (with Armando Estrada) pinned Balls Mahoney after the Samoan Spike.
- Super Crazy (with WWE Women's Champion Mickie James) pinned Johnny Nitro (with Melina) after a moonsault.
- WWE Women's Champion Mickie James (with Super Crazy) pinned Melina (with Johnny Nitro) with a roll-up.
- WWE Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy pinned Ric Flair with an inside cradle.
- ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley pinned Kenny Dykstra after a powerslam.
- World Tag Team Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Edge and Randy Orton in a Triple Threat match, by pinning Orton after Edge accidentally speared Orton. With the win, Michaels earned a shot at John Cena's WWE Title at WrestleMania 23.
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EDT:Working with a database
Much of the code on this page accesses a database table that has the following definition:
Following the typical pattern
Here is the typical pattern for interacting with a relational database:
- Define a Record, Handler, or external type and include annotations. For a Record type, you might retrieve details automatically from a database management system.
- Declare a variable that is based on the defined type. Your code will copy data between the database and that variable.
- Declare variables to represent the SQL data sources. Each data source is a connection or a result set.
- Configure EGL statements that reference the variables that you declared. For each statement, rely on the SQL code that is provided for you or customize that code.
Defining a Record type
/* * The annotations help to define the default SQL code when * a record of this type is used in a given EGL statement: * -- Table refers to the table being accessed. If Table is not supplied, * the name of the Record type is assumed to be the table name. * -- Column refers to the column being accessed. If Column is not supplied, * the name of the field is assumed to be the name of the column. * -- ID indicates that the field and its value are set to equal * in the default SQL INSERT statement (for an EGL add statement) and * in the default SELECT statement (for an EGL get or open statement). */ Record PaymentRec { @Table {name="PAYMENT"} } paymentId int {@ID, @GeneratedValue, @Column { name="PAYMENT_ID" } }; description string? { @Column { name="DESCRIPTION" } } ; amount decimal(10,2) { @Column { name="AMOUNT" } } ; End
Declaring variables
You might declare a new payment record as follows:
mypayment PaymentRec; mypayment.description = "shoes"; mypayment.amount = 123.50;
The next declaration lets your code open a database connection at the first database access and in accordance with connection details that are stored in an EGL deployment descriptor:
ds SQLDataSource?{@resource {}};
For details on how to connect to a database, see SQL database bindings.
Adding a row
The following function uses the previous data-source declaration, accepts a record, and inserts the content of that record into the database:
function addPayment(newPayment PaymentRec in) try add newPayment to ds; onException(ex sqlException) // invokes a custom exception handler logException(ex); end end
Here is a statement variation that shows the SQL code you can customize:
function addPayment(newPayment paymentRec in) try add newPayment to ds with #sql{ insert into PAYMENT (DESCRIPTION, AMOUNT) values (?, ?) }; onException(ex sqlException) logException(ex); end end
Getting a row
Here is code for getting a record:
function getCustomer(someId String in} returns (Customer) ds SQLDataSource?{@resource {}}; // declares a data source that will use binding name "ds" (since a name is not specified) aCust Customer; // declares and empty customer record get aCust from ds using(someId); // gets the record in the table that has a key value of someID and populates the customer record get aCust from ds using(someId) with #sql{ // alternative approach for getting a single record (allows for customizing the SQL) SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER WHERE id = ? }; vals Dictionary; // declares a new dictionary get vals from ds using(someId) with #sql{ // alternative approach for getting a single record (does not require a Record definition) SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER WHERE id = ? }; // creates a key/value pair in the dictionary for each column in the result set return (aCust); end
Getting multiple rows with one EGL statement
function getCustomer(} returns (Customer[]) ds SQLDataSource?{@resource {}}; // declares a data source that will use binding name "ds" (since a name is not specified) custs Customer[]; // declares a new dynamic array of customer records get custs from ds; // populates the array with a Customer record for each row in the result set get custs from ds with #sql { select * from customer where state = 'CO' }; // populates the array, but with a limited set of Customer records state String = "CO"; get custs from ds using(state) with #sql { select * from customer where state = ? }; // parameterized version of the previous example end
Looping through an SQL result set
function loopCust() ds SQLDataSource?{@resource{uri = "binding:myDB" }}; // declares a new data source rs SQLResultSet?; // declares a new result set open rs from ds with #sql{ // opens a result set using the specified SQL query SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER }; myCust Customer; //Loop through results and write out customer name while(rs.getNext()) get myCust from rs; Syslib.writeStdOut ("Customer name: " + myCust.name); end end
For More Information
For details on how to connect to a database, see SQL database bindings.
For a keystroke-by-keystroke tutorial, see Access a database with EGL Rich UI. The third lesson shows how to retrieve details for a Record type from a database management system.

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- Austrian GP - FP3
Bottas beats Hamilton to fastest time
Williams' Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time in final practice ahead of qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix, beating Lewis Hamilton by just 0.050s.
Although Bottas' time was still 0.3s shy of Hamilton's best effort in Friday practice, he got the better of the Mercedes driver in the closing stages of the hour-long session as the Williams set the first and third fastest times. Felipe Massa was also in among the top three with a time 0.053s off his team-mate, while Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat also managed to clock a time within a tenth of the lead Williams.
Mercedes has had a tendency not to show its hand in FP3 this year and Rosberg, who clearly had plenty of work to do with 31 laps completed, finished fifth fastest and 0.151s off the pace. The short lap meant the top 12 were separated by less than a second, meaning a single mistake is likely to be the difference between a Q3 spot and a grid position outside the top ten in qualifying.
Fernando Alonso ran wide at Turn 2 on his first attempt on super-softs, but recovered to come within 0.206s of Bottas' best on his next lap. His fastest lap may also have been hampered by the dust thrown up when Sergio Perez ran wide in front of him at the final corner. Perez made the same mistake again towards the end of the session, but the second time he was launched into the air as he crossed tarmac pathways on the grass. His car took a big hit but had no obvious damage as he carried back round to the pits.
Daniel Ricciardo was the highest-placed Red Bull in seventh, as the home team again struggled to get the most from its car. Sebastian Vettel was tenth fastest in the other RB10, with Kevin Magnussen's McLaren and Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari splitting the two Red Bulls. The second McLaren of Jenson Button finished the session at the bottom of the time sheets after a rear brake issue brought an end to his session after just four laps. The damage to the right rear corner of the car kept him in the garage for the rest of the session.


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Teaching and Learning with nanoHUB Simulation Tools: Transforming Research Findings into Instructional Approaches
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Computational science is increasingly used to extend the capabilities and findings of scientific research. Computing has enabled scientific breakthroughs in molecular biology by breaking the genetic code, in atmospherical sciences by improving weather forecasting, in nanotechnology by simulating nano-devices, among others. In this way, computing has become "a third leg" in today's methodologies of science complementing theory and physical experimentation. Computational simulations developed as research tools for experts could also function as learning environments for novices. Although progress has been made on research that examines students' learning with computer simulations, less is known about instructors' goals with regards to incorporating simulations in their teaching and student reaction to instructors' uses of such tools for teaching and learning. Through a series of qualitative and quantitative research studies we attempt to understand how nanoHUB simulation tools are used as teaching and learning tools in science and engineering education.
Results of our studies reveal the vast potential of integrating computational simulation tools into formal learning experiences. Outcomes of our studies include: a) a set of learning outcomes associated with instructors' goals for incorporating simulation tools into their teaching and b) a framework that identifies major benefits on students' learning and that suggest ways to address their difficulties when using or building computational simulation tools. These outcomes provide a general model for using computational simulations as teaching and learning tools from the perspectives of instructors and students. These outcomes also provide guidelines on how to better design curricular materials that accompany simulation tools. Current implementations in the nanoHUB informed by our research findings and the future work will also be discussed.
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Researchers should cite this work as follows:
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The mission of the Handwerker Gallery is to enhance the academic offerings of Ithaca College with a diverse range of scholarly exhibitions, lectures, colloquia and events in its role as a pedagogical resource. In exploring the various meanings inherent in art and artifacts, the Gallery will collect, preserve, protect, display and interpret objects of aesthetic, cultural and intellectual significance. Exhibitions are coordinated with attention to the needs of the faculty, students and staff at Ithaca College, as well as the interests of the larger Ithaca and Finger Lakes communities.
The Gallery provides an outlet for creative work and intellectual discourse for students and faculty in diverse programs across campus, including Art, Art History, Cinema and Photography, Theatre Arts, and Writing. In addition, the Gallery directly supports the teaching of Art History at the College through experiential learning, as part of a Gallery-based, interdisciplinary educational experience that strengthens the College's distinctive Humanities program.
To create an integrative arts space that enriches the intellectual and creative life of Ithaca College as well as the greater Finger Lakes region.


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Who says you can't go home again? Bob Taggart grew up on Lake Shelbyville in Illinois and has always enjoyed life on the water. That love was passed on to his family when he managed the Lithia Springs Marina for over 20 years, starting when it first opened in 1973. With the support of his bride Pam of 42 years, each of their three children has worked at the marina at some point during his time as manager.
In 1995, Bob left the area to work as a financial advisor, but after his recent retirement he and his wife have once again returned to the Shelbyville area-well, sort of.
Now part-owner of the Lithia Springs Marina, Bob still officially calls Texas his home, but when he purchased a houseboat from Sunstar Houseboats, he of course had it delivered to his favorite destination spot-Lake Shelbyville.
His new Sunstar is 17 feet wide and 74 feet long, similar to his previous houseboat, which was also called Tag-a-Long.
"The Tag-a-Long name actually started with my parents with their first boats and it's been the name of our houseboats since the very first one," explains Bob. "I considered Bob-a-Long, but it got vetoed immediately."
When comparing the new Sunstar to his previous houseboat, the two are very similar in many ways. Both are the same size with a similar design, but the biggest difference is the fourth state room that was added. Instead of having extra storage under the master bed, a second cuddy was created that now gives the boat two more beds below.
When it came time to have the custom houseboat built, Bob was willing to listen to his family because he wanted a boat they could all enjoy.
"Everybody was able to give design input on the boat, but I won," says Bob with a smile. He may have had the final say, but it was his children and their spouses who helped create the ultimate houseboat that everyone in the family could be proud of. For example, it was his daughter Marney Oligschlaeger who came up with the idea to move the air conditioning unit to the top deck so there would be more deck space in the stern.
"When the kids are swimming and going off the slide, we felt we could use more room to watch the kids," says Marney. "Plus we have all kinds of room upstairs and now it's not as noisy so you can have a nice conversation back there."
"The fourth room was a big improvement," says Bob's other daughter Jill Milnes. "With the second cuddy below, we feel we get more value out of the boat."
"For us we also wanted gates on the stairs for the top deck so we could sit up there and not worry about the kids," adds Jill's husband Mark. "We also had them put a side gate up top that faces away from the dock so we could jump off the top while the boat was still at the dock."
Mark and Jill, who live in Springville, Ill., have two small children of their own, Lucas who is five and Kailyn who is three, and relaxing on the houseboat is where they prefer to spend their vacation time. Marney and her husband Dave, along with their two children, Allison who is nine and their five-year-old Emily, are from Shelbyville and being so close allows them to spend a lot of time onboard as well. But the list of the family members is not just limited to Bob and Pam's two daughters.
The couple's son Mark and his wife Melissa, along with their three children, all take turns as well, plus Bob's two brothers and their families all use the boat too.
"I come as often as my kids will allow me to come up," jokes Bob. "Now that my wife and I are retired we're coming up a lot more than we did before."
The Sunstar is kept on a schedule and it has become a Christmas tradition to sit down together during that time of year and reserve the boat for specific weeks throughout the year. And of course they also like to try and plan a time for everyone in the family to get together on the houseboat.
"We tried this year in July to get everyone together but it's hard," says Jill. "When my brother comes to town we try to all get together since he's coming from Vegas."
Adds Bob, "We're combining three states when we all come together-Texas, Illinois and Nevada."
Lithia Springs Marina rents out several different types of boats including four Sunstar houseboats. Working closely with Sunstar has really helped make the decision of which builder to go with an easy one.
"The company has such a good rapport with the marina in general because of all the rental boats," says Bob. "They've been buying rental boats from Sunstar for such a long time. As for our personal boat, we really enjoy working with [owner] George Roberts, Bobby [Gehring] and Paul [Decker]. The guys from Sunstar have treated us very very well."
Bob trusted those at Sunstar to include those little finishing touches like the beautiful trim accents, rope lighting and high-quality cabinetry work that he's come to expect from the Kentucky manufacturer. But when it came to decorating, there was only one person he trusted.
"We loved working with Patty Roberts; as far as the interior design she was very helpful. We needed an eye for that," says Bob. "We were able to customize the boat to our taste and Sunstar was very easy to work with. We took pictures to them to give Patty a sense of what our tastes are and she did a great job."
Besides the second lower cuddy, some additional changes were made that might not be as noticeable unless you were looking for them. The stairs leading up to the top deck were widened. And the ceiling accent with the fan in the front salon was moved forward to give the boat a longer look and feel.
"It's the little touches like the wider shower stalls and the lighted closets that Sunstar has done to this boat that make a big difference," says Bob. "Plus the trim work on this boat is magnificent."
Tag-a-Long is powered by twin 4.3L MerCruisers and Bob feels he now has the ultimate houseboat that custom fits his personal needs and he couldn't be happier. His new Sunstar keeps him and his wife closer to their family, including their seven grandchildren, and really that's what being retired is all about.
Will there be another Sunstar in this family's future? Only time will tell, but they're extremely pleased with their current boat with no immediate plans to do it again. But two things are probable if the Taggarts ever do decide to build another custom houseboat: it will most likely be a Sunstar and chances are very good the name of it will be Tag-a-Long unless Bob successfully lobbies for Bob-a-Long.
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The Voice Kids 2014 unveils teenage heart-throb
The Voice Kids may have unearthed a teenage heart-throb to follow in the footsteps of Australia's international pop star Cody Simpson.
Ethan, of Victoria, may not have been the most impressive of the young artists to sing on Sunday night's show, but he still managed to charm the mentors.
Wearing a fashionable slouch beanie, the 13-year-old possesses an infectious smile and used it to his advantage when choosing which mentor to pick.
But he's lucky he got the chance to move through to the next round because Delta Goodrem and brothers Joel and Benji Madden, who are working as one mentor, were slow to turn.
The twins waited until the last 10 seconds of Ethan's rendition of Ed Sheeran's Give Me Love to spin their chairs while Mel B opted out.
"Very handsome and you have a beautiful voice," Goodrem said while trying to convince Ethan his best chance of winning the series, which carries a $50,000 scholarship, rests with her.
Knowing they were up against luring Ethan their way, Joel tried some charm of his own.
"You remind me of me, the first time I talked to a woman like Delta," Joel said.
Bad luck for Joel because the next possible Simpson or even Justin Bieber, if that's not stretching it too far, chose Delta.
Yet it wasn't all rejection for the Maddens who snared one of the show's biggest voices so far.
Despite telling powerful 13-year-old singer Imogen she was so good there was little they could teach her in the way of singing, the Victorian gave them the nod ahead of Goodrem and Mel B.
"I don't know if could teach you anything about singing, but I love you," he said.
The cutesy prize for the second episode went to 10-year-old Olivia who told the story of how she made $65 busking to give a friend dying of cancer.
Olivia got all three coaches to turn for her version of Katy Perry's Roar.
She then put a question to Goodrem, the Madden brothers and Mel B which was possibly going to be asked at some stage given the age of the contestants ranges from 8 to 14.
"Do you believe in Santa Claus?"
After they all gave the affirmative response, the coaches did their best to lay claim to the very lovable 10-year-old.
"I'm going to go with what my gut says ... or heart or whatever it's called," Olivia said before choosing Delta.
The coaches need to take 15 artists each into the next round and after two episodes, Mel B has filled four spots, the Madden twins have five young artists and Goodrem has six.


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Chris Savoy's Modern Kitchen
Chris Savoy's friends claim his new construction is the "ultimate party house" and I most definitely have to agree. The open floor plan and copious amounts of windows give the house a great vibe and you definitely can't forget about the pool. Another feature of the house that lends itself to being the ultimate party house is the modern kitchen.
Due to the fact that the house is so open you can pretty much access the kitchen from every angle. It's located right next to the living room and that makes it so easy to entertain and even cook while entertaining and no one feels left out! The island is absolutely enormous and I really love that feature. There's so much space to prep and there's ample seating for dinner parties. I think it's smart that the largest aspect of the kitchen was kept white to avoid anchoring the room.
The cabinets along the wall are a good compliment to the mostly white home. The wood breaks up the monotony of the sea of white and certainly provides ample interest. They're so sleek, simple and definitely sophisticated without being too high brow. At first glance you wouldn't imagine there would be much storage space because it's hard to see each separate cabinet, but if you look closely, this is storage heaven! No wonder Chris doesn't have much on the counters — because he's got enough space for everything to have its own home.
See the full tour: Chris Savoy's California Contemporary Home
Related: The Smiths' Fun & Funky Kitchen
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Author Notes: Oh gosh! I wish I had the whole week to play with these. I make small marzipan candies using a host of recipes, some even from potatoes! My joy is painting them with natural food coloring where I blend my own colors. Usually I am doing portraits in miniature of actual fruits and vegetables. Sometimes I use these on chocolate frosted cakes to create my mini gardens. But I have to drive to Queens this weekend to hang a show of my abstract miniature landscape paintings for an opening later at a Thai cafe there! Still, I just had to make the time to create a series of mini pumpkins for this theme. For a very fun children's party, have each child make one. Kids are very good at molding these, especially if they are to carve jack-o-lanterns using toothpicks! It is easy to have work stations set up with toothpicks, paint brushes and food colors, which are all water soluble for easy clean up. It is then very quick to paint these for a take home treat. - Sagegreen —Sagegreen
Food52 Review: Such fun! I had a great time making these delightful marzipan pumpkins. Attempts at sculpted, painted realism gave way to a more stylized version suitable for my skill level. I rolled marble-sized pieces of marzipan dough into balls in my hands, dipped the balls into a saucer of food coloring and then rolled them around in my hands again until they were sufficiently orange. Pushing a clove into the top for the stem shaped the ball into more of a pumpkin form. To mix orange from the India Tree natural food colors, I needed mostly yellow with one drop of red and a micro drop of blue. For Jack-o-lanterns I painted faces with melted chocolate, and alternately, pressed in tiny triangles of dried pear or candy corn. This recipe is terrific for all ages. - Apple Annie —The Editors
Serves: 8-10
ounces marzipan paste
ounces sifted powdered sugar
teaspoon honey (linden used here)
teaspoon pumpkin jam (or use honey, if you do not have)
cloves for stems, as per AppleAnnie's innovation
natural food coloring, red, yellow, blue and brown
tooth picks and small brushes
- Work the honey with jam (if you have that flavor) into the marzipan paste. Otherwise you can use all honey. Roll this in a bowl of the powdered sugar to incorporate the sugar into the dough. When the dough is no longer sticky, it is ready to begin molding. You may still have powdered sugar left, which you can use in another batch or in frosting.
- With your very clean hands mold the dough into pumpkin shapes. Look at real pumpkins when you do this, so you capture some actual realistic irregularities. I create the stem from a small piece of dough that I then add to the body.
- Next using toothpicks score some lines into the pumpkin and stem to simulate details.
- Set up some saucers to work with a palette of colors from your natural food coloring. Have some plain water ready to modulate the hues. Using small brushes ( I have a set reserved just for food) paint the surface of your pumpkins with your colors. Mix in some shades for added realism: There are some greens in the stem. Notice there are browns and olives alive in the pumpkin orange. I sometimes use a little honey diluted in water to also dip my brushes in mixing color for tiny bite size candies. This is a crude kind of flavored varnish, in a way.
- Serve these to your guests when dry. You can package these as party favors in small boxes with some broken shredded wheat underneath, top chocolate frosted pumpkin cupcakes with them, or just serve them upon fresh grape (or mint) leaves on their own. You can use cloves for the stems if you like.
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Independent country torchbearers Jason Boland & The Stragglers have announced their ninth studio album Hard Times Are Relative, releasing May 18th via Thirty Tigers. Together with his longtime band The Stragglers, Jason Boland has remained a true craftsman of genuine, no-frills country music for nearly two decades. In a genre that too often focuses on style over substance, Boland puts substance at the forefront with his intelligent, insightful lyricism that challenges listeners to think beyond the obvious. His unwavering aversion to artifice and audacious attitude is reminiscent of the genre's forbearers, while his deep, baritone delivery and the band's spirited live performances have earned them a fiercely loyal following. Hard Times Are Relative finds Jason Boland & The Stragglers once again expanding the boundaries of what country music can be, while staying true to its original purpose: storytelling in the purest form.
Hard Times Are Relative is immediately gratifying country with a conscience and a shot of adrenaline. The theme running throughout much of the album focuses on our complicated relationship with the past and accepting the inevitability of change. Songs such as "Do You Remember When" and "Tattoo Of A Bruise" address the need to preserve our history, while "Predestined" questions how much we control the future. Hard Times Are Relative was recorded live to tape, a trademark of the band, and co-produced by The Stragglers, David Percefull and Adam Odor.
Jason Boland & The Stragglers is a band with staying power. Taking a true DIY approach, with a crew of honky-tonk aces that currently includes Grant Tracy (bass), Brad Rice (drums and background vocals) and Nick Worley (fiddle, mandolin, and harmonies), the band has sold over a half million albums independently and continues to pack houses all over the country. Their explosive live performances and jangly, gritty albums have established a large and devoted fanbase that is not limited by geography. Critics seem to agree, as previous releases have garnered positive coverage from press including The New York Times, Garden & Gun, American Songwriter, The Wall Street Journal, Billboard and many more.
Recently, there has been a healthy resurgence of artists inspired by country traditions ranging from classic to outlaw. Jason Boland has always stood as a beacon of honoring the genre's history while pushing forward to widen its borders. Hard Times Are Relative is yet another solid offering from a band that proves having one foot in tradition doesn't have to be limiting. Thankfully, substantive, quality country music has been right in front of us all along, and it doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon.


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Code Transformers
This package exposes various tools to help in the creation and testing of barback transformers, as well as an interface for logging messages with constant ids for documentation purposes.
Messages and logging
This package exposes a
BuildLogger class as well as
MessageTemplate, and
MessageId classes. These work together to provide
stable error messages with ids that can be referenced in documentation.
MessageId is a constant definition of a message in a package. These are
used to group messages with the same id or link to sections in a document.
const myId = const MessageId('myPackage', 0);
These ids should typically never change or disappear throughout the entire lifetime of a package.
Message is a const object which has a
MessageId and
const myMessage = const Message(myId, 'my message');
TODO(jakemac): Docs on this, see https://github.com/dart-lang/code-transformers/blob/master/lib/messages/messages.dart
BuildLogger class just wraps a normal
TransformLogger to provide some
additional functionality. You use it in the same way as a
except that the log methods can accept a
String or a
Message. This should
usually be created in the first step of your transformers
apply function:
apply(Transform transform) {
// If detailsUri is passed, then a link will be output with each log
// message that follows this format
// `$detailsUri#${msg.id.package}_${msg.id.id}`.
var logger = new BuildLogger(transform, detailsUri: 'http://foo.com');
You can optionally dump out a file containing all the logs found in JSON
format by calling the
writeOutput method on the logger when you are done.
The output file will have the same file path as the primary input of the
transformer, with an extension matching this pattern
._buildLogs.$i. The
i increments starting at 0 each time that logs are output (if multiple
transformers run on the same file for instance). These can all be combined
into a single file later on by calling the static
combineLogFiles(Transform transform) function.
Testing Transformers
TODO(jakemac): Docs on this, see
testPhases in
Using the Analyzer in Transformers
This package exposes a
Resolver class which helps out when using the
analyzer in a transform.
TODO(jakemac): Docs on this, see https://github.com/dart-lang/code-transformers/blob/master/lib/src/resolver.dart
Barback AssetIds and Uris
This package also provides some helpers to convert
AssetIds to and from
relative to a source asset.
TODO(jakemac): Docs on this, see
uriToAssetId &
assetIdToUri in
- code_transformers.assets
- Common methods used by transfomers for dealing with asset IDs.
- code_transformers.benchmarks
- code_transformers.messages
- Defines messages templates and an adapter for TransformLogger to be able report error messages from transformers and refer to them in a consistent manner long term.
- code_transformers.messages.messages_logger
- code_transformers.resolver
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If you are looking for an easy-to-prepare but impeccably delectable treat to impress your sweetheart this Valentines Day, here is the perfect recipe! These jazzylicious truffles make an easy, fun and fabulous Valentine confection! Rich, dark chocolate combined with strawberry preserves fills the bill when a decadent dessert is called for! Remember to keep these truffles chilled until right before serving.
Strawberry Valentines Day Truffles
Makes 10 truffles
31⁄2 ounces vegan dark chocolate (chocolate bar, not baking chocolate)
2 heaping tablespoons strawberry preserves or jam
1⁄3 cup raisins
1 teaspoon unsweetened coconut flakes, for garnish
3 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder, optional, for garnish
Line a mini-muffin tin with 10 festive paper liners.
Drain off all of the excess liquid from the strawberry preserves. Put the strawberry preserves in a medium bowl. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over medium-low heat. Pour the chocolate into the strawberry preserves and stir until thoroughly combined. Fold in the raisins.
Mound the mixture into the 10 mini-muffin cups, dividing it evenly, using a small scoop. Top each truffle with a bit of coconut.
Refrigerate for 3 hours or until firm. Dust the truffles with cocoa powder, if desired. Serve chilled.


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Brand loyalty is on the rise across the auto industry, as today's drivers are more likely to stick with a name they know and like more frequently than they did in the past, according to a new study by IHS Automotive.
Although there are a number of factors that can affect a brand's rating, those with a wider product portfolio tend to have higher loyalty numbers because car buyers' needs change over time. For example, a speed demon may end up purchasing a minivan to ferry the kids to school and soccer practice, or a truck owner may want to downsize to save on gas.
Some of the brands that didn't make it into the top 10 received lower ratings because of their more narrow product offering, said Thomas Libby, IHS Automotive's manager of loyalty solutions and industry analysis.
"One of those is Porsche," Libby said, adding that the brand is almost entirely devoted to small two-door sports cars. "For a 911 owner who needs a family hauler—they have to leave the brand."
Luxury carmaker Jaguar also has a slim and focused product line, and Land Rover only makes SUVs. These are desirable names, but may not have scores that reflect the loyalty their customers feel, Libby said.
Still, virtually all carmakers have customer loyalty foremost in the mind.
"It is less expensive to retain a customer than to go out and capture one from another brand," Libby said. "Both at the manufacturer level and the dealer level, they are thinking a lot about how to keep customers."
To compile its quarterly loyalty list, IHS accessed records for every car registered in the U.S. each month. The firm identified every person who purchased a new car in the last 10 years (120 months, to be exact), and found those who then returned to buy another car in the last three months.
Click through to see the auto brands with the highest loyalty ratings.
—By Robert Ferris, Special to CNBC.com.
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"size 2 red devil we where pulling in yellow perch than we caught a 7 pounder trolling..." Stoney Lake
"Pike are hitting hard, but no walleye action. Be sure to have your fishing license here because you'll need it unless you prefer a ticket...." Touchwood Lake
"This is mostly a Yellow Perch Lake, I have never tried for Pike but their supposed to be here too! There are no Trout in this Lake...." Manatokan Lake


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Gourmet Madagascan Bourbon Vanilla Pods
Gourmet Madagascan Vanilla Beans
Madagascan Bourbon Vanilla Pods (Vanilla Beans)
Our Gourmet range of Madagascan Bourbon Planifolia Vanilla Pods (Vanilla Beans) from the SAVA region of Madagascar are supple and ideal for your vanilla needs.
These vanilla pods are certified Kosher Pareve by OU (Orthodox Union)
Product Details
Approximately 300-350 Pods/kg depending on individual pod weight and crop.
Vanillin Content: 1.5%
Moisture Content: 30% (+/- 2%)
Individual Pod Weight: 1-2 Grams (Approx)
Country of Origin: Madagascar
*****Note: Vanilla Pods are natural products and aspects like count per kg, length, size, colour etc. are estimates only and will vary from crop-to-crop. Therefore, when purchasing vanilla pods by weight, you may not receive the exact number you require. If you need an exact quantity of vanilla pods, we suggest that you buy a specific quantity amount For e.g. 10, 20, 50 or 100 Pods*****
Vanilla Pods are shipped in bespoke food-grade foil pouches
Item weights shown are Packed (Shipped) weights and are approximates only
Product Reviews
Great prduct. Great Price
Posted by Dave-Mike on 18th Dec 2015
I get through quite a lot of vanilla pods so it was nice to find a supplier who could provide them in bulk at a price way cheaper than the supermarkets. Not only that though, i recieved my order promptly too. Shall be using Vanilla Mart again.
Posted by Ian Ollerenshaw on 28th Oct 2015
I have bought these many times and I'm very happy with the quality and price of the product.
Also efficient order handling and delivery from this company.
Many thank from a happy customer
Great product
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These are great and the price is amazing.
Will be buying more and recommend.
Great service.
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These are nothing like the tired, small, shrivelled up tat that I can get from the supermarket OR the overpriced, battered, mauled over pods from the market.
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- This article is about the theory. For emotional self-regulation, see Monitoring competence.
Self-monitoring is a theory that deals with the phenomena of expressive controls. Human beings generally differ in substantial ways in their abilities and desires to engage in expressive controls (see dramaturgy).[1] People concerned with their expressive self-presentation (see impression management) tend to closely monitor themselves in order to ensure appropriate or desired public appearances. People who closely monitor themselves are categorized as high self-monitors and often behave in a manner that is highly responsive to social cues and their situational context. High self-monitors can be thought of as social pragmatists who project images in an attempt to impress others and receive positive feedback. Conversely, low self-monitors do not participate, to the same degree, in expressive control and do not share similar concern for situational appropriateness. Low self-monitors tend to exhibit expressive controls congruent with their own internal states; i.e. beliefs, attitudes, and dispositions regardless of social circumstance. Low self-monitors are often less observant of social context and consider expressing a self-presentation dissimilar from their internal states as a falsehood and undesirable.[2]
Historical contextEdit
During the 1970s when the self-monitoring concept was introduced it became part of two larger ongoing debates. Within personality research there was the tension between traits and situation; one could think of this as the nature versus nurture debate. Were people more inclined to behave consistent with innate personality traits or were they shaped by their environment? The self-monitoring construct offered a resolution to this debate because there was no need to argue that humans needed to fit entirely into the nature or nurture paradigm. High self-monitors were better predicted by their environment (situation/nurture) while low self-monitors were better predicted by their traits (traits/nature). Another debate that was raging during this time period within social psychology was whether or not attitudes were good predictors of behavior.[3] The self-monitoring construct offered a resolution to this debate as well because it posited that low self-monitors would behave largely consistent with their attitudes, while attitudes would be poor predictors of behavior for high self-monitors. The self-monitoring construct fit neatly into the arguments of the day where high self-monitors affirmed the situation-oriented view typically associated with social psychology, while the low self-monitors affirmed the trait-oriented view typically associated with personality psychology.[2]
Self-monitoring scaleEdit
Snyder originally developed the scale in 1974 as a 25-item measure. In his original study he found that Stanford University students scored significantly higher on the scale than did psychiatric inpatients, but significantly lower than people in the acting profession. The scale was revised into an 18-item measure that is considered psychometrically superior to the original scale and has been used extensively in self-monitoring studies.[4] There has developed great debate over whether or not the self-monitoring scale is a unitary phenomenon. During the 1980s, factor analysis postulated that the self-monitoring scale was actually measuring several distinct dimensions. The three-factor solution was the most common and usually interpreted as Acting, Extraversion, and Other-Directedness (see willingness to communicate).[5][6][7] There has developed consensus about the multifactorial nature of the items on the self-monitoring scale; however, there remains differing interpretations about whether or not that jeopardizes the validity of the self-monitoring concept.[2]
There are several theories within social psychology that are closely related to the self-monitoring construct. Icek Ajzen argues that subjective norms are an important antecedent to determining behavioral intention in the Theory of Reasoned Action/Theory of Planned Behavior.[8] High self-monitors tend to weigh subjective norms more heavily than low self-monitors. Studies that evaluate private attitudes and public actions include Ajzen, Timko & White, 1982; and DeBono & Omoto, 1993. Informational cascades theory is related to observation learning theory which was developed by Bikhchandani, S.; Hirshleifer, D. & Welch, I. (1992) and describes how people will follow, sometimes blindly, the actions of others. The self-monitoring construct would identify that high self-monitors may be more susceptible to informational cascades and herd mentality. The difference between high self-monitors and low self-monitors has also been studied in relation to advertisements congruent with the Elaboration Likelihood Model where high self-monitors are more prone to react favorably to peripheral processing of images consistent with high social status.[9][10][11]
See alsoEdit
- Ajzen, Icek. (1985). From intention to actions: A theory of planned behavior. In J. Kuhl & J. Beckman (Eds.) Action-control: From Cognition to Behavior. Heidelberg, GE: Springer, 11–39.
- Ajzen, I.; Timko, C. & White, J.B. (1982). Self-monitoring and the attitude-behavior relation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42, 426–35.
- Bikhchandani, S.; Hirshleifer, D. & Welch, I. (1992), A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades. Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 100, No. 5, 992–1026.
- Briggs, S.R.; Cheek, J.M. & Buss, A.H. (1980). An analysis of the Self-Monitoring Scale. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 38, 679–86.
- DeBono, K.G. & Omoto, A.M. (1993). Individual differences in predicting behavioral intentions from attitude and subjective norm. Journal of Social Psychology, 133, 825–31.
- DeBono, K.G. & Packer, M. (1991). The effects of advertising appeal on perceptions of product quality. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17, 194–200.
- Hosch, H.M. & Marchioni, P.M. (1986). The Self-Monitoring Scale: A factorial comparison among Mexicans, Mexican Americans and Anglo Americans. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 8, 225–42.
- Lennox, R. & Wolfe, R. (1984). Revision of the Self-Monitoring Scale. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 1349–64.
- Riggio, R.E. & Friedman, H.S. (1982). The interrelationships of self-monitoring factors, personality traits, and nonverbal skills. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 7, 33–45.
- Shavitt, S.; Lowrey, T.M. & Han, S.P. (1992). Attitude functions in advertising: The interactive role of products and self-monitoring. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 1, 337–64.
- Snyder, M. (1974). Self-monitoring of expressive behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 30, 526–37.
- Snyder, M. & DeBono, K.G. (1985) Appeals to image and claims about quality: Understanding the psychology of advertising. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49, 586–97.
- Snyder, M. & Gangestad, S. (2000). Self-monitoring: Appraisal and reappraisal. Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 126, No. 4, 530–55.
- Wicker, A.W. (1969). Attitudes versus actions: The relationship of verbal and overt behavioral responses to attitude objects. Journal of Social Issues, 25, 41–7.
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The first track is the DBA 1 in the main auditorium. MVPs Sean McCown (Dallas) and Wesley Brown (Austin) are 2 of the speakers. It is good to see the Texas crew coming to Louisiana. Jim Murphy (Austin) and Ryan Adams (Dallas) are scheduled in this track as well as Mike Byrd.
8:20AM AlwaysOn - Finally, A usable 'mirror'!
In the past, High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HADR) had many limitations. Clustering and Mirroring are great, but the mirror/secondary database is not very usable since it is not online. Finally, AlwaysOn solves this limitation by merging both multi-node Clustering and mirroring. AlwaysOn also allows the secondary database to remain ONLINE, so we can use it for reporting purposes without resorting to a Snapshot! Come see this lively session with extensive demos of setting up, configuring and testing AlwaysOn. We'll also test automatic fail-over using a real web app to see how well this feature works.
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The segment has been growing in India, with revenues surging from around Rs 1,500 crore in 2007-08 to an estimated Rs 13,900 crore in 2012-13, or a annual growth rate of 56 per cent, Crisil Research said in a report.
Yet the sector still remains a nascent portion of the overall e-commerce segment in the country where the travel business dominates with about two-thirds share, it said.However, it said, the scenerio is changing fast to pose a threat to brick-and-mortar retailers, not just of books, music and electronics, but also apparel and grocery.
"From around eight per cent share of the organised retail market in India now, online retailing will zoom to around 18 per cent by 2016. But as a proportion of overall retail, including the massive unorganised segment, it will be just over 1 per cent at the end of that year," said Rahul Prithiani, Director (Industry Research), Crisil Research.
Yet, he said, the potential is huge for example, in the US, which is the biggest market for online retail and the UK, the share of online retail is around 9-10 per cent.
Further it pointed out that companies focused on books and music are closing down many stores or even shutting down completely because they are unable to compete with the huge discounts offered by online retailers.
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Brent crude is down 14 percent from its 2013 peak on the back of weaker demand in China and a sluggish recovery in the U.S. economy.
Brent crude slipped 42 cents to $102.18 a barrel by 1200 GMT. U.S. oil fell $1.14 to $93.07, declining for a fifth straight day.
The euro zone's economy contracted for the sixth straight quarter at the start of the year, marking its longest recession since records began in 1995.
Germany, the region's largest economy, narrowly dodged falling into recession thanks to a rise in consumption.
"The euro zone contraction is not a huge surprise. The market already priced in the weak results, but Germany, which accounts for a third of the euro zone GDP, came in weaker than expected," Harry Tchilingurian, head of commodity market strategy at BNP Paribas, said.
Oil has also faced pressure in the past few sessions from a stronger U.S. dollar, which makes commodities more expensive for holders of other currencies. [USD/}
"In the absence of a catalyst to push prices higher, the stronger dollar, particularly after the weak results from the euro zone, weighs on oil," Tchilingurian said.
Traders were waiting to see the ramifications from news on Tuesday that European authorities raided offices of oil majors Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Statoil, investigating suspected manipulation of oil prices in the physical market.
The market outlook was weakened after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report that rising U.S. shale oil production will help to meet most of the world's new demand in the next five years, with OPEC spare capacity set to rise.
In the short term, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported that crude inventories rose by 1.1 million barrels in the week to May 10, far higher than forecast.
Investors await data from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration later in the day to gauge the country's demand outlook.
Iran faced fresh international pressure over its nuclear programme on Wednesday in two separate meetings in Vienna and Istanbul, but no breakthrough was expected.
"The world is to remain well supplied in the medium term ... At the same time, price volatility is still set to come from macro events or geopolitics, where any price spike would be temporary given the current comfortable supply cushion," VTB Capital analyst Andrey Kryuchenkov said.
(Additional reporting by Manash Goswami; editing by Keiron Henderson)