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The attached patch eliminates the :meta, :set, :vector, and :map ops.
These four operations can be defined more simply in terms of
calls to with-meta, set, vector, and hash-map respectively.
The compiler was optimizing construction of vectors and maps. Now,
those optimizations are implemented as macros. Additionally, sets
are optimized in much the same way.
3 files changed, 52 insertions, 99 deletions
Also worth mentioning: as macros instead of ops & emit methods, these optimizations can apply to any backend. The macros create ClojureScript forms, rather than manually generating JavaScript.
I'd also like to extend this for Symbols and Keywords.
I've been experimenting with fleshed out Symbol and Keyword objects with interning. I've found that I need emitters, macros, and functions. With the approach here, I could eliminate the emitters and instead have the analyzer produce invocation forms.
I think this is an interesting patch. It would be worth adapting it to the decoupled emitters. It raises the question of how it would be possible to share part of the emitters between backends.
I don't see many benefits falling out of this patch. How to best emit language primitives like literals and constants may vary from host to host - perhaps emitting bytecode directly will work best for some implementations.
Couldn't macros emit bytecode via a mechanism similar to the js* form?
My goals with this are:
1) Move some optimizations from the emit phase further down the pipeline. For example, consider choosing the best associative data structure to create. Why should {:foo "bar"} be optimized to an ObjMap or ArrayMap but (hash-map :foo "bar") not be? Why should that optimization be implemented in such a way that it can not be reused by alternative backends?
2) Operate at a higher level. Prefer working with Clojure forms over target-language code fragments (either strings or byte codes). This is where the code length savings is coming from.
If we continue with this approach, I see 4 or 5 more places where analyzer & emitter code can be replaced with shorter, simpler macros, which are more readily reused by alternate backends.
The one implication (downside?) this approach has on consumers of the analyzer or API is that they may need to do a little extra work when considering :invoke operations for static analysis and the like. However, that seems likely for most analyzers anyway, so this would be a matter of (defmethod handle-special-form :map) vs (defmethod handle-invoke :hash-map)
Re: 1, I don't think we should be "optimizing" hash-map or array-map (or similar) calls. These functions are a documented way of requesting a map of a particular type (see the docstrings) which I think should not be removed. If anything, we might want to introduce an obj-map function to create arbitrarily large ObjMaps on request (in fact I'll look into that, but that is a separate discussion).
Additionally, the fact that {} is optimized to be a ObjMap in CLJS goes to show that any map-emitting macro will need to be rewritten for each target platform (ObjMap only makes sense when targeting JS, so this optimization simply won't be applicable to other backends). If so and assuming hash-map & Co. retain the behaviour advertised in their docstrings, there's not much gain to implementing this in a macro over just writings a bunch of emitters.
As for decoupling emitters – I think it's perfectly fine for them not to be decoupled, they are the layer closest to the platform after all. Certainly if there's some code which turns out to look the same across multiple platforms it might be worth it to move it upwards in the stack (not necessarily, though – moving it sideways, to a utility namespace / library, might turn out to be more appropriate), but I have a feeling this is an issue best decided once there actually are multiple backends in place and the various costs and benefits can be judged properly.
Now, the story might well be different if we were to introduce some generic factory functions – "create a map of some type", "create a set of some type" etc. – if (and only if!) they would be meant for public consumption. Then implementing a bunch of compiler macros around those new factories and letting them handle data structure literals would save some duplicate work. I don't want to pronounce an opinion on the usefulness of such generic factory functions at this time – just pointing out the possibility.
> These functions are a documented way of requesting a map of a particular type
D'oh! You're right.
> we might want to introduce an obj-map
I see you did just that with
CLJS-322 – nice.
> the story might well be different if we were to introduce some generic factory functions
There are already some generic factory functions. 'set, for example, is documented as "Returns a set of the distinct elements of coll." despite always returning a PersistentHashSet. Similar for vector and some others. It seems like map is the only core data structure that realistically has several reasonable choices for a default representation.
> implementing a bunch of compiler macros around those new factories and letting them handle data structure literals would save some duplicate work
So all this was somewhat inspired by tagged_literals.clj – You'll see that those functions are effectively macros which take a form and, generally, return an invocation form.
In my mind, I see Clojure's sugar syntax as a strict expansion transformation.
For example, ^:m {:x [@y 'z/w true]} is simply a shortcut for:
(with-meta (make-map (keyword "x") (vector (deref y) (symbol "z" "w") Boolean/TRUE)) (make-map (keyword "m") Boolean/TRUE))
This sort of thing already happens for @ derefs, # lambdas, etc.
In theory, this could be implemented at a level lower than the compiler. You could, for instance, define a reader "desugar" mode which only returns lists and primitives instead of vectors, maps, etc. This would greatly reduce the number of special forms in the compiler, since all of these boil down to invocations with macros.
Emit methods could be replaced with macros for at least these things: vars, maps, vectors, sets, nil, bools, regexes, keywords, symbols, metadata, and empty lists.
The result would be a significant reduction in the amount of code in the compiler for a proportionally smaller increase in the amount of code in per-language macros and maybe the reader.
> I have a feeling this is an issue best decided once there actually are multiple backends in place
I'll grant you that.
I've said my piece on the topic and don't feel very strongly about this particular patch. I just wanted to spark the discussion about reusing more bits of the compiler between backends. In my mind, it's almost always preferable to transform lists than it is to emit strings. I tried that, and the result was a reduction in responsibilities for the analyzer and macros that were easier to work with than emit methods.
Some further discussion here:
One other advantage of function application over special casing maps/sets/etc is that argument evaluation order is well defined for function application (left-to-right). The Clojure reader returns un-ordered maps & sets, so without changing the reader, we have no way of being able to know what order map key-value-pairs or set elements were originally in. I filed a bug on that. I think we need to make the reader extensible to say to create the return values from their children expressions. In the case of the ClojureScript compiler, we do care about order, so we'd want to return either a (make-map ...) form directly, or a sorted-map by read-order. Same goes for sets.
There's not enough rationale for this one.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures jumped Thursday as the government reported that weekly applications for unemployment benefits hit a five-year low and the construction of new homes surged.
Dow Jones industrial futures rose 39 points to 13,476. The broader S&P futures added 6.7 points to 1,472.30. Nasdaq futures rose 13.5 points to 2,739.50.
Stocks were relatively flat before the housing and jobs data were released, weighed down by leaden quarterly performances from the nation's largest banks.
Citigroup fell short of Wall Street expectations for the fourth quarter, partly because of mounting legal expenses. Even excluding one-time charges in the quarter, the bank's per-share earnings were 28 cents below the predictions of analysts. Shares slid more than 2 percent before the opening bell.
Bank of America was dragged down by mortgage settlements in the fourth quarter, though it had already warned its shareholders of that. But the bank fell well short on revenue expectations and shares dipped.
Futures moved higher after the Commerce Department said that builders began work on new homes in December at the fastest pace since the summer of 2008.
The report capped off the best year for home construction since the real estate meltdown. Builders broke ground on houses and apartments at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 954,000, up 12.1 percent from November.
Shares of the country's big home builders rose in premarket trading, led by Hovnanian Enterprises in New Jersey.
New home construction for the year rose 8.1 percent, thanks to low mortgage rates and a recovering job market.
That trend continued last week.
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment benefit applications fell 37,000 to a seasonally adjusted 335,000. That's comparable to numbers seen just after the recession began.
The weekly numbers are subject to a lot of seasonal volatility, but the overall trend suggests an improving landscape.
Even the ongoing fight in Washington, which some economists had feared would spook employers, did not slow the pace of hiring.


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Achoo! In winter, post-nasal drip and bad breath can get you down
SUMMARY: In a day, this common condition can cause you to swallow up to two quarts of your own mucus. Gross!
Posted: December 14, 2011
If you thought bad breath was tough to get rid of in the summer months, just wait until you have a raging case of it this winter. Due to colds, flus and post-nasal drip, halitosis can turn your winter into a seemingly endless bummer. That latter condition is particularly problematic, since many people don't realize they have it, or that it is giving them oral odor.
What is post-nasal drip?
Though it may sound synonymous with a cold, post-nasal drip is its own distinct health problem. The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAOHNS) states that plenty of things can cause nasal discharge, from air allergies, hay fever, colds, spicy foods or even bright lights.
However, when this discharge only lasts a few minutes or hours, it isn't a health condition. It's only when your nose continually runs down the back of your throat that you may be said to have post-nasal drip.
The direction of the discharge - that is, down the throat - is important. If you are blowing most of your nose's moisture into a hankie or tissue, it is unlikely to affect your breath odor. However, if you are constantly coughing and swallowing, or you can feel a trickle running down your throat, you may have post-nasal drip.
The AAOHNS estimates that, in a day, this common condition can cause you to swallow up to two quarts of your own mucus. Gross!
...And it can cause halitosis, at that.
Whether your post-nasal drip comes from an infected sinus, air allergy or ear infection, it's important to realize that it can make your breath smell absolutely terrible.
When you repeatedly swallow this trickle of moisture, your tongue deposits it on your tonsils, adenoids and the walls of your throat, coating your airways with layer after layer of mucus. In this slick mess, bacteria can spread like wildfire. If your immune system is compromised, they can grow even faster, giving off smelly molecules in the process.
According to the National Institutes of Health, you may want to contact a physician if your post-nasal drip lasts more than ten days in a row, or if it smells exceptionally rotten.
Before then, consider keeping your tongue and throat and clean as possible by gargling often with a specialty breath freshening mouthwash. To avoid irritating delicate oral tissues, stick to rinses that do not contain alcohol or harsh chemicals.


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Hydro rates not rising for first time since 2008
For the first time in eight years, electricity rates in Ontario will not rise on Nov. 1.
The Ontario Energy Board sets rates for customers on time-of-use pricing every May and November, when it also changes the hours for peak and off-peak rates.
The board says it is holding the line on rates for about five million Ontario households and small business customers next month for the first time since 2008.
Electricity customers will continue paying the same rates they've had since last May until May 2017.
The off-peak rate of 8.7 cents a kilowatt hour is less than half the on-peak rate of 18 cents per kwh, and off-peak hours expand to 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. weekdays and all day weekends and holidays starting next month.
Mid-peak hours, which cost 13.2 cents a kwh, will run from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. weekdays, while on-peak hours will be 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays.
Meanwhile, MPPs on Wednesday passed legislation — announced in the throne speech in September — that will rebate the provincial portion of the HST, aka 8%, from electricity bills as of Jam. 1, 2017.
The government says the move will mean an average savings of about $130 annually or $11 each month, for about five million residential consumers, farms and small businesses.
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The Cornelia Street Cafe Festival of Festivals, A series of festivals celebrating the artistic diversity of one tiny enterprise and one enormous city. This week: Brazilian Music, Listen to a variety of Brazilian musicians. Tues. - Sat., thru Aug. 26. Poetry and Translation, Chris Brandt and Madeline Millan curate a multi-lingual festival of poems in German, French, Portuguese, Flemish, Russian, Italian and other languages. Mon. - Wed., Aug. 28-30. Flutes, The festival will end on a high note. Tues. - Thurs., Aug. 29-31. The Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia St., bet W. 4th & Bleecker. 212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com.
Fringe NYC 2006, 10th Anniversary, The New York International Fringe Festival is the largest multi-arts festival in North America, with more than 200 companies from all over the world performing for 16 days in more than 20 venues. Check below for details on selected performances taking part in the festival. $15. Visit www.fringenyc.org for more information or to purchase tickets at least 24 hours in advance. Selected performances: American Absurdum, The show that launched FringeNYC returns. This black comedy weaves together a funeral parlor, senior prom, an airline crash and a mysterious wolverine. The Lucille Lortel Theatre,121 Christopher St., bet Bleecker & Hudson Sts. Wed., Aug. 23 at 8:45pm; Thurs., Aug. 24 at 11pm; Fri., Aug. 25 at 6:30pm and Sat., Aug. 26 at noon. Bloodties, Based on the life of musician Ned Massey, including his childhood in an Irish-Catholic family, an abusive father, and his entrance into the music world.
Access Theatre, 380 Broadway. Fri., Aug. 25 at 9:45pm and Sun., Aug. 27 at noon. Happy Sauce, A guy creates a sauce tasty enough to win him fame, fortune and a girlfriend. Unfortunately, the sauce also seems to be killing people. Access Theater, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor, bet Walker and White Sts. Fri., Aug. 25 at 3:45pm and Sat., Aug. 26 at 9:45pm. Never Swim Alone, Two friends compete in a series of events refereed by a girl with a secret from their past. Who's taller? Who has the "bigger"? And who has the gun? A comedy in 13 rounds. The Actors' Playhouse, 100 7th Ave. South, bet Bleecker & Christopher Sts. Wed., Aug. 23 at 7:15pm; Fri., Aug. 25 at 4:45pm; Sat., Aug. 26 at 7pm; Sun., Aug. 27 at noon. Pith!, In 1931, a sailor leads a widow and her housekeeper on an treacherous journey into the South American jungle, without ever leaving the living room. The Village Theatre, 158 Bleecker St., at Thompson St. Thurs., Aug. 24 at 8:15pm; Fri., Aug. 25 at 2pm; Sat., Aug. 26 at 3:45pm and Sun., Aug. 27 at 5pm. Puppet Government, A comedy featuring various household appliances as the leaders of our country. Players Loft, 115 Mac Dougal St, 3rd Floor. Wed., Aug. 23 at 7pm; Thurs., Aug. 24 at 5:15pm; Fri., Aug. 25 at 8:45pm; Sat., Aug. 26 at 6:30pm and Sun., Aug. 27 at 2pm. A Show of Force, The story of one young mans crisis as he searches for uneasy answers.
The script is made up of found texts of various political views ranging from the war poetry of Wilfred Owen to William Shakespeare to the Bible to Mark Twain. Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, bet Broadway & Elk. Enter on Chambers. Sat., Aug. 26 at 3:30pm.
Hot, The 15th annual NYC celebration of queer culture with dance, music, theater, literature and performance art by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender artists. Thru Aug. 26. Dixon Place, 258 Bowery, bet Houston & Prince Sts. Literary events are $6, all others are $10-15. Tickets: 212-219-0736 or www.theatermania.com. More information: www.dixonplace.org.
The Sam Shepard Festival, The Michael Chekhov Theatre Company presents three sets of performances dedicated to the works of contemporary American playwright Sam Shepard. Set 1: Forensic and the Navigators set in the post-apocalyptic future when two rebellious men attempt to liberate an asylum run by a vicious opposing faction, and States of Shock, a brilliant exploration through the landscape of the tortured minds of two army veterans. Mon. - Tues., thru Aug. 29 at 8pm. Set 2: Savage/Love includes 19 monologues about the universal hope and fear inevitably involved in starting a relationship; 4-H Club, three aimless young men exist in a landscape of apocalypse and destruction. They succumb to occasional fits of violence and paranoia as they search for daily sustenance; and Rock Garden, one of Sam Shepard's earliest plays, a family farce exploring the depths of alienation in the American home. Wed., Thurs. and Fri., thru Aug. 31 at 8pm. Set 3: Seduced, examines the mystic aspects of American Life. Thru Aug. 27, Sat. at 8pm and Sun. at 2 & 8pm.
THE BIG LITTLE THEATRE, 141 Ridge St., one block south of Houston. $18. 212-868-4444. www.SmartTix.com. www.chekhovtheatre.com/shepfest.
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Ian Somerhalder Interview - JustJared.com Exclusive!
Check out this preview of Ian Somerhalder in next week's episode of Vampire Diaries, titled "The Dinner Party" and airing February 17.
Synopsis: Damon's (Somerhalder) brother Stefan (Paul Wesley) tells Elena (Nina Dobrev) about a dark time in his history and the surprising person whose influence changed everything.
The 32-year-old recently chatted with JustJared.com about his hit CW show, his character's new love interest, and a cause close to his heart – the Ian Somerhalder Foundation!
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JJ: So there's a new lady in Damon's life, a reporter named Andie Star. What can you say about her?
IS: Andie's awesome. She's hot, quick, quirky, and witty. Even under compulsion she doesn't give Damon sh–. What she does is she fires back at him as quickly as he fires off to her, and what's cute about it is that he has this funny little answer yet he ties her scarf around her neck so no one can see. It's just awesome. I love the dynamic that they created with her and they're sort of this little team. She's helping him execute his plans and they're really just an unlikely team.
JJ: And who's playing her?
IS: Her name is Dawn Olivieri. She's a good friend of mine and I've known her for years and I was stoked when I heard that she was coming [to Vampire Diaries]. I don't know how long we can keep her because she's just got cast opposite Don Cheadle [in House of Lies] so I don't think we get to keep her, but it's bad for Damon and great for her.
JJ: Executive producer Julie Plec teased, "We have this impending ritual, the sacrifice that will break the curse of the sun and the moon — that's where we'll end our season". Can you talk or hint a little bit about that?
IS: It's funny because we get our scripts just a couple of days before. I know that there's going to be a pretty sizable showdown between the werewolves and vampires and I can't imagine Klaus not showing up after all this talk. So I don't know, I can only imagine the way I see things going so there will be a big showdown, its a problem. Damon forged these relationships, found himself caring in places and times when its very intermediate, but I think protecting Elena and his home from one entity that's more powerful or could possibly kill him is enough. Protecting her too is very difficult and it's wearing on him and the couple is starting feel emotional and start not being able to understand how to grapple with all this emotion, it's really tough.
JJ: Besides reading the scripts, is there a certain thing you always do to get into character?
IS: Yes. I think being able to pool from your life's present, past, and future and knead the thread of life into that text is always a good idea. But there's a woman I work with, and she's probably one of the most renowned acting coaches walking on the face of the planet. She trains a lot of actors that we've grown to respect and I worked really closely with her day in and day out. There is a significant amount of preparation that goes into this.
JJ: Let's talk about your IS Foundation. Has environmental protection always been a passion? Was there a specific experience that influenced your decision to launch it?
IS: Environmental protection was always a big thing for me. I grew up on the marshes of Louisiana; literally my front yard was thousands of acres of marsh. It was all in my dream to be part of an organization that protected the environment, but the Gulf oil spill was ultimately what made me drop the hammer immediately and say that "this is enough". Watching my entire home be destroyed because of the lack of regulatory commissions for fossil fuels and the amount of back scratching that goes into the petroleum industry – or even any large industry. It changed my life and the lives of a lot people … This also involves cruelty and overpopulation issues with animals, so this is one of the most phenomenally inspiring thing I've ever been in involved in. The amount of support for this foundation goes above and beyond. Obviously it's invariably difficult to raise money in a time of economic depression which we're about to get into, but it's so inspiring. Put it this way: a 6-year-old girl sent me an e-mail saying she gave our foundation her tooth fairy money to help save the planet and it blew my mind. She asked what she can do to help and just thought that this girl is going to be the president one day.
JJ: Any plans to travel with the foundation? There was a report saying you were heading to Africa and South America?
IS: Yeah, I'm not going to get to do Africa this year, but I am going to be in Central and South America. We'll be going with The Global Alliance for Conservation, which is one of the largest environmental protection organizations in the world. Don Cheadle and I have signed on to be the two spokesperson for this … I'm going to Central and South America to look at the areas hit hard by deforestation and to figure out how to reforest them sustainably, efficiently, and economically to find ways to put people to work. I actually can't sleep at night sometimes and I would go on my own foundation's website and find more factors. So every tree we save, we have been able to put the actual cost benefit analysis of, so it recycles an X amount of dollars worth of air and water. Next Year we'll be in Africa.
JJ: That's awesome. Besides your busy schedule with the foundation, do you have any other upcoming projects?
IS: We've been looking very diligently, we're looking for anything that fits into our time frame so hopefully the next time I talk to you I'll have something interesting for you.
JJ: Got to ask, you were included in the most recent issue of People's Sexiest Man Alive. What did you think about that? Did you get teased about it by anyone on set? What was the feedback?
IS: I become tongue-tied because of stuff like that. Of course I get teased by stuff like that, but we all have the ability to get the best out of ourselves and those around us. I think it's awesome that People magazine was crazy enough to include me in that roster of pretty bad ass dudes, but if they're crazy enough to believe it then I'm stoked.
Catch Ian Somerhalder in Vampire Diaries Thursdays on The CW at 8 p.m.!


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DOC Employee Indicted for Allegedly Using State Funds for Personal Purchases
A Plymouth County Grand Jury returned indictments against Gary Mendes, age 50, of Berkley, on charges of Conflict of Interest-Financial Interest, Conflict of Interest-Gratuities, Procurement Fraud (2 counts), and Larceny Over $250 (3 counts).
"We allege that Mr. Mendes abused his position of trust within the Department of Correction to use state funds for his own personal purchases," Attorney General Martha Coakley said.
In 2007, the DOC Internal Affairs Division started investigating allegations that a member of their Special Operations Division had been improperly acquiring personal items that were purchased with state funding or credits from state returns, and that members of the Special Operations Division had gone on a trip to Florida that was paid for by a state approved vendor of law enforcement supplies located in Western Massachusetts. After conducting their investigation, the DOC referred the matter to the Attorney General's Office in March 2008.
Investigators discovered that starting in 2004 Mendes developed a personal financial relationship with a vendor in the months before it began to bid on (and won) the multi-million dollar statewide contract for firearms, ammunition, and related accessories. Mendes was a member of the five-person Public Safety Procurement Management Team (PMT) that solicited, reviewed, and awarded the contract. Mendes was also the DOC purchasing agent who used the statewide contract to order approximately $250,000 per year in supplies from the vendor.
While working for the DOC and serving on the PMT, Mendes began to accrue both a "personal credit" and a "DOC credit" with the vendor. Mendes obtained personal credit purportedly by selling ammunition left over from military training programs conducted at the DOC's Bridgewater facility. In exchange, the vendor would write checks to or for Mendes's benefit, including checks payable to Mendes, his bank, and various personal credit cards, including Home Depot, Lowe's, Staples, and Sears. Over time, the dollar value of the checks out-paced the dollar value of the military ammunition, and Mendes was bringing in ammunition and other items to "pay down" what he owed. In all, between June 2004 and September 2008, Mendes's ammunition sales and running line of credit resulted in the vendor issuing over 70 checks totaling over $80,000 that were either to or for Mendes's benefit.
The vendor also kept track of a separate DOC credit that Mendes funded by returning DOC purchased merchandise, or by asking the vendor not to ship all of the items on a particular DOC purchase order, or by finding a lower price for items than the price on the purchase order and applying the difference to the credit. The DOC credit (like the personal credit) was kept informally as a running handwritten tally on a succession of manila folders maintained by the vendor.
Mendes used the store credit to purchase items without a DOC purchase order. He would purchase items from the vendor's store, other stores, and on the Internet. When purchasing from other stores, Mendes would frequently place the orders and pay for the items using the vendor's business credit cards. The value of these credit card purchases would be deducted from the accrued DOC credit. Mendes used the DOC credit to buy equipment and supplies for both DOC business and for his own personal uses and needs including: a pitching machine, baseballs, and other baseball equipment, paintball guns and accessories, a bow and two bow cases, a gift for his wife, and various supplies and equipment that he sold to colleagues. Mendes was the person who could get anybody anything they needed.
In addition to using DOC credit to cover in-store personal purchases, and personal purchases from other stores and the internet using the vendor's business credit cards, Mendes enjoyed additional personal financial benefits. Each holiday season in 2004, 2005 and 2006 he received over $200 in Omaha Steaks from the vendor. In 2007, the vendor paid for all or some portion of a trip to Orlando, Florida that Mendes and other members of the Special Operations Division took with the vendor.
In the summer of 2008, it is alleged Mendes pocketed cash derived from selling DOC brass shell casings, "shorting" one DOC ammunition order to pay for the personal purchase of five brand new Smith & Wesson firearms sold for $2,500, and inflating another DOC ammunition order by $9,000 to cover both DOC and personal purchases and have enough left over for Mendes to pocket several thousand dollars more.
On November 19, 2008, Mendes was arrested at his residence without incident by the Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Attorney General's Office. Mendes was arraigned that same afternoon in Greenfield District Court where he entered a plea of not guilty. Mendes was released on personal recognizance on the condition that he stay away from the law enforcement supplies distributor to whom he had close ties. The Commonwealth had requested that Mendes be held on $25,000 bail.
A Plymouth County Grand Jury returned indictments against Mendes on June 25, 2010. He is scheduled to be arraigned on July 28, 2010, in Brockton Superior Court.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Jim O'Brien, Chief of AG Coakley's Corruption and Fraud Division, and Assistant Attorney General Jessica Massey, of Attorney General Coakley's Enterprise and Major Crimes Division. The case was investigated by financial investigator Jessie Dean, and members of the Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Attorney General's Office, and the Commissioner's Office of the Department of Correction.


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In a year when a spike in humidity is a welcome development to help cut down on the threat of wildfires, any amount of falling rain, large or small, is a welcome sign. Over the last week, heavy rains across large areas of New Mexico have been the cause of great relief to farmers and ranchers who say dry conditions throughout the summer not only hampered agriculture but also threatened the livelihood of heritage farm and ranch operations.
Earlier this year, officials at the Carlsbad Irrigation District (CID) were warning farmers that irrigation allotments were being cut as a result of another year of extreme drought across the state, prompting water disputes between southeast New Mexico farmers and water users to the north in Roswell.
Carlsbad area farmers gathered last spring at a CID board meeting to voice their collective concerns and in hopes of spurring district officials to ask state lawmakers for help in the form of financial relief. District officials had told farmers they would be receiving only a small potion—about one-tenth—of their normal irrigation allotment this year because of the drought.
But alarmed alfalfa producers across the county wanted irrigation district support to approach legislators and confront them with a long-standing state policy to deliver water to land users who historically have been using water for the longest period of time. Alfalfa farmer Ronnie Walterscheid told farmers at the meeting it was time to fight back and to make sure lawmakers recognized the priority water rights of farmers across the state.
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District water manager Dudley Jones told farmers he was sympathetic to their cause, but he warned that state lawmakers would not limit ground well pumping in Roswell in order to irrigate farm fields in Carlsbad. He reminded farmers that water in southeastern New Mexico is shared by homeowners and industry—especially oil and gas—and by agricultural interests, like dairy operators, farmers and ranchers.
"In a dry year, there just isn't enough water to go around," he told the crowd of anxious growers.
But as August slipped into September, tropical activity in both the Gulf of Mexico and across the Mexican Pacific coast began to change as great masses of moisture-rich air began streaming across New Mexico, fueling an extended monsoon season over the lower Rocky Mountains. Over the last weekend the state received measurable rainfall as a result of not one, but two tropical systems influencing weather across the region. In fact, just two weeks into the month, the entire state of New Mexico has been reporting record or near-record rainfall.
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Road closure and bridge failures have been reported all across the state as heavy rains caused flooding in Albuquerque, Los Alamos, Santa Fe, and dozens of other cities spread across the state. In Albuquerque alone, where the average annual rainfall measures just over 8 inches, between 3 and 5 inches of rain were reported over the last five days.
Just south of Los Alamos over 9 inches of rain fell near White Rock, New Mexico, while Tucumcari received just over 4 inches. Socorro recorded nearly 5.5 inches of rain and Roswell reported almost 6 inches in the same period.
Storms closed roads and highways, damaged a number of public bridges across the state and stranded motorists and homeowners causing a number of rescues. By Sunday morning, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez elevated the state's Emergency Operation Center to Level 2 to help coordinate resources for assisting victims of heavy rains and flash flooding across the state.
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Σεβαστός wrote:The ἐπιτάττοι seems hard to explain. The construction is obviously a conditional following ἀφοσιούμενος - a participle functioning as an apodosis. The εἰ must be the protasis, but the use of the present optative would not make much sense - the optative is used only of future unreal conditions (or whatever you know them as: unfulfilled, closed, less real etc): "If it were to rain tomorrow, I would get wet".
Qimmik wrote:I think this is just an instance of εἰ ἄρα with optative substituting for indicative after a secondary tense in a clause that is in effect indirect discourse because it represents what Socrates was thinking in the past time. (
if Plato had used the aorist optative here, then that would have implied that Socrates' deliberation in the past was about the then past and so would be translated with a pluperfect: "If after all perhaps it had enjoined me to...".
Σεβαστός wrote: ... the indirect statement is implicit in the εἰ ἄρα?
Qimmik wrote:I think the difference between present and aorist optative would probably be a difference of aspect, not tense: in English translation, "were enjoining" vs. simply an untensed (in relation to the main verb) "enjoined." There would not necessarily be any implication of anteriority if the aorist ἐπιτάξοι had been used, although our tendency as English speakers locked into the English tense system might be analyze the injunction as anterior, and to translate the aorist, had Plato used it, as an English pluperfect. But with πολλάκις he seems to be emphasizing the repeated, continuing nature of the dream visions; hence the "present" aorist.
Pl. Laches 179b
εἰ δ᾽ ἄρα πολλάκις μὴ προσεσχήκατε τὸν νοῦν τῷ τοιούτῳ,
ὑπομνήσοντες ὅτι οὐ χρὴ αὐτοῦ ἀμελεῖν,...
and if by any chance you have not given your attention to the subject,
we would remind you that it ought not to be neglected,...
--W.R.M. Lamb. (Cambridge , 1955)
Pl. Statesman 264b
τόδε, εἴ τινων πολλάκις ἄρα διακήκοας·
Whether, as I suppose, you have often[1] heard people speak of this,—
--Harold N. Fowler. (Cambridge, 1921)
Qimmik wrote:But maybe the optative just indicates a more tentative "maybe" than an indicative would. (And why isn't λέγει optative, too, if my first explanation has any validity?)
Σεβαστός wrote:I suppose all the above are primary sequence (true perfects with have) and so don't require the optative, right?
NateD26 wrote:I'm not sure. Cooper's treatment of εἰ with ἄρα as quoted by Stirling -- that it "may suggest an interesting
possibility that is worthy of consideration" -- would suggest an optative may be more suited here.
"The optative is often used in oratio obliqua after verbs of past tense to represent indicatives in the original. When this occurs the present optative of the O.O. represents a present indicative of the oratio recta O.R., or less commonly, an imperfect indicative of the O.R., an aorist optative of the O.O. represents an aorist indicative of the O.R., a perfect optative of the O.O. represents a perfect indicative of the O.R., the future optative of the O.O. represents a future indicative of the O.R. ..." Guy Cooper Attic Greek Syntax 1:54.5.0 v1 p697, 1:53.7.10 v1 p. 658.
NateD26 wrote:Thanks, Stirling, for these references. So it seems in this particular passage,
indirect speech is the reason behind the use of the optative.
However, I've always been taught to distinguish between a true optative, conveying potentiality (+ἄν)
or (im)possibility, (im)probability and an optative standing in place of an original indicative.
My question is whether εἰ ἄρα + original indicative/optative of indirect speech is the common
construction for this mere possibility, is equivalent in sense to a potential optative with ἵσως?
Certainly the sense is very similar and perhaps identical. Smyth mentioned this mere possibility as
being undesired, and sometimes full of irony. Perhaps herein lies the difference between the constructions, both of which are very much a Platonic trademark.
The MSS. has λέγοι Bekk.; λέγειν Bodl. with λέγει in the margin.
Qimmik wrote:One other thought: the grammar books are supposed to reflect the corpus of ancient Greek texts, not the other way around. Perhaps there's a nuance to the optatives that the grammar books just missed.


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Longtime Portsmouth High School football coach Murphy steps downBy JOHN HABIB
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 26. 2013 7:46PM
They say some coaches wear their team on their sleeves. When it comes to Bill Murphy of Portsmouth High, he goes right to the skin. He actually has a tattoo of a Clipper ship on his right lower thigh.
Murphy, who has been associated with Portsmouth football for 51 years as a coach, announced Tuesday he was stepping down from his head coaching post of 17 years. He plans to remain with the coaching staff as a defensive coach.
"I'm no spring chicken anymore and it's time to let some of my young assistants take over the program," said the 65-year-old Murphy, who was a starting senior defensive back on the 1964 Division I state championship team.
Four years later, he graduated from the University of New Hampshire and returned to Portsmouth High, where he landed a teaching job.
In 1972, former head coach Tom Daubney hired Murphy as his freshman coach and Murphy has never left the program. Daubney, Walt Beaulieu and Murphy have served as the only head coaches at Portsmouth over the last 51 seasons.
Murphy guided a program that was in a titanic mess when it transferred from Division I to Division III. He righted the ship.
"I was not in favor of moving down from Division I in the late 80s," said Murphy. "But I was fortunate to have former players return and coach who really have made a difference. When Chip Kelly (current Philadelphia Eagles' head coach) was the offensive coordinator at UNH, my staff went and learned the spread offense from him. That was part of our success in turning our program around."
Murphy has led the Clippers to six state championship game appearances over the last seven seasons. In 2006 Portsmouth qualified for the state finals for the first time since 1981 when the Clippers won their last Division I crown, 14-7 ,at the expense of Salem.
Portsmouth lost to Plymouth in 2006 and was runnerup to Souhegan of Amherst three straight years (2008-10) before breaking through with championship wins against Bedford (41-6) in 2011 and Goffstown (54-27) last fall at Tom Daubney Field.
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Chelsea and Manchester win district openers and more playoff basketball results
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AnnArbor.com Washtenaw County district scoreboard:
Bedford 50, Milan 7
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Temperance Bedford led 16-1 after the first quarter and 22-1 at halftime to earn a win in its Class A district opener at Monroe High School.
Bedford's Rachel Lewandowski led all scorers with 10 points. Nine Bedford players scored at least two points in the game.
Bedford (15-5) will play Monroe, which had a first-round bye, in the district semifinal on Wednesday. The two teams met twice in the regular season, and Bedford won both meetings.
"I think it's going to be a real battle," Bedford coach Billy Ryan said. "They have a strong senior core, so they won't go down without a fight."
Jessica Hagan scored three points for Milan (2-19).
"I think we had a really great group of girls," Milan coach Brad Baden said. "I have to say that they were even better to work with than I thought. They really impressed me with their effort, desire, and poise."
Chelsea 54, Stockbridge 43
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The Chelsea (14-6) offense oppened up in the second quarter, outscoring Stockbridge 17-8, giving the Bulldogs a 12 point lead at halftime.
Grace Sauers scored a game-high 17 points to lead Chelsea, going 11 for 17 from the free-throw line; Riley Singleton added 14 points.
"In the second quarter we were really able to take control of the game," Chelsea coach Tood Blomquist said. "We we able to force them to just one shot."
By the third quarter, Chelsea had amassed a 19 point lead, but Stockbridge did not quit; by making some 3-pointers the Panthers closed the gap to eight points.
Kelsey Crockett scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers, to lead Stockbridge (7-14) and Tara Hall also added 15 points.
Chelsea will move forward in the district tournament to face Napoleon (16-4).
Blomquist will have his team examining film to prepare for the game, and hopes to execute the team's game plan as well as possible.
Manchester 56, Greenhills 25
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Manchester's Taylor Manders scored the first four points of the game, recording her 1,000th career point on the second basket. The senior ended the night with a team-best 14 points and four assists in the win for the Lady Dutch (20-1).
Along with McKenna Erkfritz, Manders is the second Manchester player to reach the milestone this season.
Erkfritz contributed 13 points and eight rebounds, and Sarah Thompson had eight points and six steals. Manchester recorded 25 steals as a team.
"We jumped out to a quick lead and applied a lot of pressure," Manchester coach Cori Kastel said. "Between Taylor and McKenna, our guards put a lot of pressure on them and forced a lot of turnovers."
For Ann Arbor Greenhills (11-8), Jackie Oestreich totaled 17 points. Manchester advances to play Willow Run on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Clinton 40, Whitmore Lake 31
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Clinton (8-13) advances to play Arbor Prep (16-4) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Washtenaw Christian 34, Calvary Christian 15
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Rachel Ballantyne had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Michaela Donat added 10 points, in Saline Washtenaw Christian's opening round district win.
Courtney Bryant led Calvary Christian with seven points.
"They've (Calvary Christian) got a young team over there, so we put a little pressure on them and were fortunate enough to get a couple buckets on them," Washtenaw Christian coach Bob Trevino said. "We challenged Rachel to have a good game and she responded."
Washtenaw Christian (11-6) advances to the district semifinal against Monroe Meadow Montessori at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams played once during the regular season, and Washtenaw Christian prevailed 39-12
AnnArbor.com coverage:
Huron 65, Ypsilanti 43
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Dexter 66, Skyline 47
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According to her father's Civil War pension file, Elva M. Pemberton was born 30 Sep 1873, probably in Almont, Lapeer, Michigan, to John Pemberton and Mary Ann Coombs. She married John Lawrence Harriman, son of James C. Harriman and Catherine Crandall, on 11 Sep 1895 in New Baltimore, Macomb, Michigan.
Lawrence and Elva Harriman are found living next to John and Mary Pemberton, Elva's parents, on the 1900 U.S. Census in New Haven, Lenox Township, Macomb, Michigan. Lawrence was working as a house painter. They had one son, Lynn Harriman, age 3, born Oct 1896 in Michigan. According to Lynn's birth record, he was born 12 Oct 1896 in Lenox, Macomb, Michigan.
In 1910, I found Elva living with her younger sister, Myrtle, and Myrtle's husband, Hayes Wheeler Finkle (who was also Elva and Myrtle's first cousin -- Hayes' mother was Eliza Jane Pemberton, sister of the girls' father, John Pemberton). They were all living at 2322 Forestdale Avenue in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Also in the household were two of Hayes' brothers, Jerry and Roy Finkle, and Elva's sons, Lynn and Hayes Harriman. Hayes Harriman was presumably named after his uncle, Hayes Finkle. Elva's marital status was given as divorced. Lynn, enumerated as "Lind," was age 13 and Hayes was age 8. According to Hazen Jesse Harriman's (aka Hayes) birth record, he was born 4 Oct 1901 in New Haven, Macomb, Michigan.
In 1920, Elva was living at 136 Main Street in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio with both of her sons, "Linn" and "Haden." Lynn was age 23, and Hayes was age 18. Both were laborers for a bridge company. This time Elva's marital status was given as widowed. I know she was divorced from John Lawrence Harriman because I've found his second marriage to a woman named Charlotte Grinnell in April 1910 in Detroit. I wonder if Elva married someone else after Lawrence and became a widow. She was still enumerated as a Harriman on the 1920 census record, though, so it's possible the census taker made a mistake on the marital status.
In 1930, Elva was still living in Toledo, this time as a boarder in the home of widower George P. Lerch at 337 Canal Street. With further research, I discovered that George was the widower of Elva's first cousin, Cordelia May Fink (daughter of Jacob Fink and Elmira Pemberton, John Pemberton's sister). I could not seem to find a death record for Elva Harriman in either Ohio or Michigan, but I found a death record for an Elva M. Lerch from 1941 at the OHS's online death index. I ordered it for $7.00, and sure enough, Elva had married George P. Lerch, likely some time between her 1930 and her death in 1941. Here is the death record below:
This week, Mark from Ohio mailed me a copy of her obit that he obtained from the OHS library/archives in Columbus.
Mrs. Elva M. Harriman Lerch, 58, of 933 South Avenue, died today in her home following an illness of several weeks.Mark also kindly found her death record for me and sent some info about her son Lynn's WWI service. I would like to thank Mark very much for his kindness.
A resident of Toledo many years, she belonged to South Side Cassel Rebekah Lodge No. 675. Surviving are her husband, George P. Lerch; sons, Lynn Harriman and Hazen Harriman, Detroit; sister, Mrs. Myrtle Hendrickson, Cleveland; brothers, Lovell Pemberton, Lexington, Mich., and Burton Pemberton, Los Angeles, Calif.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Bolander Funeral Home. Burial will be in Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery.


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|48 months
|No Deposit
|48 months: £1.41Final Payment: £1.41No settlement fee
|36 months
|No Deposit
|36 months: £1.78Final Payment: £1.78No settlement fee
|24 months
|No Deposit
|24 months: £2.57Final Payment: £2.57No settlement fee
|12 months
|No Deposit
|12 months: £4.69Final Payment: £4.69No settlement fee
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You should get an instant answer on whether your application has been successful, though in some rare cases Klarna may need to look at the application in more detail.
Please note: This is only available on orders placed via the website consisting of a single delivery, and is not available in store or via phone currently.
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Mobile Compatibility With Clarity
Connecting to any mobile device featuring a 3.5 mm input jack, the MVL offers precise audio reproduction anywhere. The flexibility make it ideal for use with interviews, videography and public speaking. Whilst integrated mobile microphones offer decent sound quality, the Shure lavaleir microphone simply surpasses the standard with electromagnetic interference protection, low self-noise, high signal-to-noise ratio, low susceptibility to distortion and maximum sound pressure levels. With an added windscreen, breath and wind noises are drastically reduced for a crisp sound.
High Quality Recording App
Recording on the go is made easier with the ShurePlus MOTIV iOS app, designed for specific use with the MOTIV microphone series. The app enables 24bit/48kHz recording and full control over the MV88 microphone. Users can share files through email and texts all whilst making real-time alterations. No matter the situation, the five preset modes will automatically adjust to suit the best settings for the purpose of recording.
Included In The Box
- 1 x MOTIV MVL Lavalier Microphone
- 1 x Replacement Foam Windscreen
- 1 x Drawstring Carrying Pouch
- 1 x Metal Tie Mount
- Superior audio clarity
- Effective immunity to audible interference
- Compatible with ShurePlus MOTIV Mobile Recording App and other iOS audio/video recording apps
- Connects to headphone jack with 1/8" TRRS connector
- Compatible with all portable devices with a 3.5mm input
- Low self-noise
- Even, natural response across frequency range
- Less susceptible to distortion
- Matte black, sleek, low-profile design for unobtrusive placement
- Snug-fit foam windscreen
- Includes storage pouch, tie clip, and windscreen
- Microphone Capsule: MEMS
- Polar Pattern: Omnidirectional
- Transducer Type: Condenser
- Frequency Response: 45Hz - 20kHz
- Output Impedance: 350Ω
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 65 dB
- Maximum SPL: 124 dB SPL
- Dynamic Range: 95 dB, Typical
- Sensitivity: -44.0 DBFS/Pa @ 1kHz
- Equivalent Output Noise: 29 dB A-Weighted
- Equivalent Selfnoise: 29 dB(A)
- Microphone Connector: 3.5 mm TRRS
- Microphone Bias: 2.7 V DC Through 2.2KΩ Resistor
- Current Drain: 245 µA, Typical
- Switchable Low Cut: No
- Attenuator: No
- Interchangeable Capsule: No
- Main Functionality: Recording
- Headphone Output: No
- Cartridge: Fixed
- Housing: Cast Zinc
- Cable Length: 1300mm (130cm)
- Weight: 8 g
- Dimensions 15.2mm x 5.5mm x 5.5mm (H x W x D)
The product price includes 6 years' warranty and 180 day money back guarantee.
However, the Gear4music extended warranty scheme provides an enhanced service, and is designed to offer a higher level of protection than many 'free' warranties offered by some retailers and manufacturers.
The highlights of this enhanced warranty service are:
- Warranty is extended to 6 years from the date of delivery.
- Our Money Back guarantee is extended from 30 days to 180 days (terms apply after 30 days)
- Collection and delivery costs are included for the first 2 years
- Claim 50% cash back on the cost of the policy after 6 years if it has not been used!
- Warranty is transferable if the item is re-sold
- Loan or replacement equipment will be provided if the product isn't repaired within 30 days
- If an item can not be repaired, a similar alternative product or cash discount (as defined in this policy) will be offered
- The policy can be cancelled within 30 days, and at any time after that for a pro-rata discount
Please note that this extended warranty is currently only available on products sold within the EU or EEA, and is subject to the terms and conditions as detailed on the extended warranty certificate provided.
For customers in outlying areas of the country, the price of the Extended Warranty may be marginally higher, due to the potential for higher collection and redelivery transport costs.
This enhanced warranty is in addition to the standard Gear4music and manufacturer warranty policies, and the Gear4music terms and conditions of trade. No statement or condition of sale contained within these terms affects or restricts your statutory rights as defined under the Consumer Contracts Regulation 2014.
Once the product is delivered, you have 180 days to decide that you definitely want to keep it. If you decide it is not suitable for any reason, you can return it back to us for replacement or full refund, including standard delivery charges.
All Products are new unless stated, and include a minimum of 2 years warranty.
Some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging, and in the case of software, unregistered. These items include:
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We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package, such as computer system built to a customer's personal specifications. Exceptions may only be possible with prior agreement of the vendor, and may be subject to a cancellation fee.
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Splitz-6 ATV
The Splitz-6 ATV is a 6 wheeler ATV made by American Motors found in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. It is capable of traveling on land and water. It drives slow on land, but is very slow on water. The Splitz-6 ATV has the same engine sound as the Comet, Infernus, and the Stinger, strangely enough. It cannot be found driving around Vice City, just like the Quad and the Bulldozer. It is based on the Amphicat ATV. The name comes from the TV show, The Banana Splits, which featured an Amphicat as their car.
- Can be bought at The Compound for $4,500 after the mission From Zero to Hero.


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Taylor Swift Holds at No. 1
She sold 344,000 more albums this week.
Red sold another 344,000 copies in its second week, making it the second best-selling album of 2012, with 1.553 million total. (Adele's 21 is still tops, with a mind-boggling 4.132 million sold.) Meek Mill's 165,000 copies of Dreams & Nightmares landed him the No. 2 spot; Mumford & Sons slipped all the way to No. 7; and over on the "Hot 100" chart, Maroon 5's "One More Night" is No. 1 for an eighth straight week, because America's radio listeners do not value themselves.


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Bonnie Chyle Lifelike Baby Doll With Bottle
Baby holding bottle with her hands and feet looks so real! Hand-painted vinyl, hand-applied hair, outfit with lacy ruffled bottom. Bottle included.
Measures 17" L with legs extended
From The Ashton-Drake Galleries
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Look what this little girl has learned to do, all by herself! Your heart will melt when you see how this collectible lifelike baby girl doll balances her bottle in not just her little hands, but her feet as well! Of course, you can pose her lots of ways, but she's awfully cute curled up in this adorable pose!
An exclusive from The Ashton-Drake Galleries, this amazingly lifelike So Truly Real® vinyl baby doll was designed by renowned doll artist Bonnie Chyle. She's handcrafted with RealTouch® vinyl skin, hand-applied hair, lashes, fingernails and toenails. She comes to you dressed in a one-piece outfit with lace ruffles across the bottom, a diaper, stretchy headband, and even her own baby bottle. Don't miss a single moment with this clever baby girl - order now!
Fine adult collectible, not intended for children under 14.
- A breathtakingly lifelike So Truly Real® vinyl baby doll, designed by renowned doll artist Bonnie Chyle, available only from The Ashton-Drake Galleries
- This collectible lifelike baby girl doll is beautifully handcrafted, posable, and designed to lie in your arms just like a real baby, with RealTouch® vinyl skin, hand-applied blonde hair, delicate eyelashes, and carefully applied fingernails and toenails
- Tippy Toes is dressed in a one-piece outfit with floral embroidery accents and ruffled lace across her bottom, plus a stretchy headband and diaper
- Comes with her own baby bottle
- Certificate of Authenticity
- Measures 17" L with legs extended; 43.2 cm L
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The 2012 white-tailed deer rut is mere weeks away from kicking into full gear. Are you prepared? Deer & Deer Hunting has two brand-new downloads that will help make sure you're in your stand for deer hunting's primetime.
2012 Rut Forecast
Target the best days to be in your stand this fall using the 2012 Rut Forecast Download. Through research involving the phases of the moon, longtime Deer & Deer Hunting contributor Charles Alsheimer and Vermont wildlife biologist Wayne Laroche detail how the 2012 whitetail rut will unfold. The in-depth download explains the timing of the different phases of the rut — seeking, chasing and breeding — and tells you what you should expect to see as the whitetail rut plays out. Most importantly, it will let you know the dates when you absolutely need to be in your hotspot with your bow or gun in hand!
Get your 2012 Rut Forecast Download today for only $4.99!
2012/2013 Southern Rut Forecast
Any Southern deer hunter can tell you the rut plays out a little differently down there. That's why we created the 2012/2013 Southern Rut Forecast Download. Read about the influences that determine when the rut will hit its peak in your neck of the woods — biology, photoperiod, genetics, weather, herd demographics and more — and what that means for the Southern properties you hunt. Jeremy Flinn, Dr. Steve Demarais and Dr. Bronson Strickland provide a breakdown of peak rut estimates within each section of the Southern states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. With this download, you won't miss the peak rut in your part of the South!
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Plymouth High School band headed to state finals
INDIANAPOLIS - What's better than setting a record and making history? Doing it twice.
On Saturday, the Plymouth High School Marching Band headed South to Pike High School in Indianapolis to compete in the Indiana State School Music Association's Semi-State competition. The Pride of Plymouth will move on qualifying for the state finals for the first time in their current Open Class B classification.
Open Class competition is the hardest level of state competition and bands are divided into four classes (A, B, C, and D) based on school size. Class B is the second largest class and Plymouth High School is one of the smallest schools in Class B. In 2010, the Pride made school history by becoming the first Plymouth band to ever qualify for the state finals. The band placed 5th in the state in Class C competition.
The marching band state finals will be held this Saturday in Lucas Oil Stadium. The Pride of Plymouth will compete at approximately 10:13 a.m.
Tickets will be on sale in the Plymouth High School main office by Wednesday. State Finals tickets are $20. The Pride of Plymouth also has several themed t-shirts for fans to wear to state for $18 and PHS white and red car flags for $5. Shirts and car flags can be purchased from the band office.
The band is planning a community night performance on Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. If you can't make it to state finals, come out and show your support for the band on Wednesday. Everyone is encouraged to bring your flashlights as tradition calls for the final rehearsal of the season to include a flashlight tunnel that the band will march through from the stadium back to the school.
For more on this story, read tomorrow's edition of the Pilot News.


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Frequently Asked Questions about Referrals
Who can make a BRT referral?
How do I refer a student to the BRT?
How do I know if my concern warrants a BRT referral, or is more appropriate for another campus resource?
What happens after I make the referral?
Why should I report my concern to the Behavioral Response Team?
Why not just call Counseling Services?
Who are the members of the BRT?
What sorts of things should I report to the Behavioral Response Team?
Can students make referrals to the BRT?
What if a student in my class is just belligerent or annoying, but doesn't appear dangerous or threatening?
Download the Students in Crisis Quick Reference for Faculty and Staff for simple guidelines and quick access to referral contact information.


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We consider handcrafted, unique, and one-of-a-kind jewelry a "piece" of art. We compliment great necklaces and rings by saying, "that's a great piece!" Which means jewelry like Rebecca Williams Sako's are definitely pieces of art. Her one-of-a-kind cuffs, earrings and necklaces are made from vintage and scrap materials that also draw upon Sako's experience as a clothing designer and textile artist. Her use of upcycled and vintage materials give the pieces a down-to-earth and natural look.
Sako's necklaces are constructed with vintage sequins from the 1930's, which were made in France and Belgium and then exported to New York Fashion houses to make elaborate evening gowns. When the US entered WWII, imports from Europe quickly stopped, and the remaining sequins were stored away. Unlike modern sequins which are made from plastic, these vintage sequins are made from gelatin, and have an earthy quality to them.
The sequins are strung face to face, so we miss out a bit on the shimmer they were made for, but bring out a new dimension and character – one that is reminiscent of Native American jewelry. What makes this jewelry even more interesting is the limited supply of the sequins, which underlines their unique connection to the past and their re-invention as art in the present.
Rebecca Sako tries to use sustainable materials throughout her entire process. The cuffs, bracelets, and earrings are made from scrap leather and wool sourced from local clothing manufacturers and the thread comes from local scrap shops. Each piece is uniquely designed, embroidered, and treated as thought it were a painting, Sako says, "I design as I go, allowing the pattern to emerge by intuition."
Sako, who was born in Texas and raised by a weaver and opera director, was always experimenting with her hands and materials. She trained as a fashion designer and textile artist, spending many years in Japan and Asia. As she describes her art:
"I have a deep affinity for fibers and the connection they give us to the earth, sometimes as art. My jewelry work is an exploration on a smaller scale of this relationship using a hybrid textiles/metals approach, which satisfies my needs to use both a sewing machine and a blowtorch."
This past summer, Sako was selected to feature her work at the 33rd Annual American Craft Council Show in San Francisco. She was one of 10 finalists who showed their work in the Alt-Craft Exhibition, which featured DIY practices and creative repurposing of materials. You can find Sako's pieces throughout the San Francisco area and in the Netherlands. Check out her website for individual stores.


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Philadelphia - Students graduating from U.S. medical schools in 2012 feel they've received a better education in health policy issues than graduates surveyed in 2008, according to a multi-center study led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and published online this month in Academic Medicine. The study applied a new framework for teaching and evaluating perceptions of training in health policy, first proposed by the authors in a 2011 perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"Our prior work found that for nearly a decade, more than 50 percent of graduating medical students were not satisfied with their training in health policy," said lead author Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, a General Internal Medicine physician and a recent graduate of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Penn. "Since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010, we found new signs of improvement in perceptions in 2011-2012, but 40 percent still report inadequate training. Education in health policy provides future physicians with training in fundamental concepts that will help them to adopt and incorporate new policy changes into their medical-decision making practices that will ultimately impact patient care."
Drawing on data from nearly 53,000 respondents to the Association of American Medical Colleges Medical School Graduation Questionnaire, the study assessed medical students' perceptions of their education in 13 topics assigned to four "domains" of health policy: systems and principles, quality and safety, value and equity, politics and law. Students reported their training in these areas as "appropriate" or "inadequate."
The study found relative improvements in three of the domains: 11.7 percent in appropriate education of "systems and principles," 6.3 percent for education in "value and equity," and a 2.8 percent increase in "quality and safety." The domain "politics and law" had a relative decline of 4.8 percent which was mostly due to perceptions of inadequate training related to medical licensure and regulation.
"We could not assess in this study whether these changes represent improvements in medical school curricula or increased exposure to broader national discussions regarding health policy," said Dr. Patel. "However, it is clear that we have a significant opportunity to impact the training of our future physician workforce by focusing on continuing to improve education in topics related to health policy."


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History Museums
There's reading about history. Then there's experiencing history firsthand. And nowhere else provides opportunities to do the latter like Massachusetts.
Here you can stand on the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill; take in the hysteria of the witch trials at the Salem Witch Museum; stroll down the gas-lit cobblestone streets of New Bedford's historic whaling district and visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum; celebrate democracy at the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum; and see firsthand where all of the famous, and infamous, events that helped shape an entire nation took place.
For more information visit The New England Museum Association. A list of more than 400 museums and heritage sites from the New England region and their current exhibits.
Plimoth Plantation
Salem Witch Museum, Salem
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge
Epic History: it's all here
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Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Complex-Bourne Historical Society
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Hello everyone, i have here a question for you.
here is my situation, i have a network with 2 internet connections,behind 2 routers. I have other routers that connects to another 2 systems (private network).
What im looking for is, a hardware firewall, so that the 2 internet connections could be more secure.
what im thinking is, a SonicWall Pro 5060(or CheckPoint) -->(maybe a sniffer)--> Proxy-->Network , and a linux firewall on one of the private systems, because one of them have its own internet connection, so if an attacker wanna get acess, he could attack from there, because that connection is impossible to pass through the hardware firewall.
I would like your expert opinion, about the firewall, and about the implementation of this security.
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Gymnastic Seminar:
The point of this seminar is to educate you in basic gymnastic movements which in turn will allow you to progress in your CrossFit workouts. Such skills and drills, basic or otherwise, will allow you to develop strength moves and variations in your personal training. All of these movements are based on form and the progression toward form with strength. Small moves will bring great rewards – you don't rush these movements, you LEARN them!
Basic Spotting and Safety:
High Bar/Pull Up Bar Variations
The price of this Course is $595 USD. Please place a $250 deposit to secure your space in the Course.
You can continue to make payments as long as your balance is paid in full three weeks prior to the Course. Please make sure you are paid in full three weeks before the Course you will forfeit your place in the Course.
If you plan to pay by check we must receive your check payment before you can register. Please print and fill out this form to send with your check:
Registration Form
After we receive your check, we will notify you via email or phone of the code you will need to register for the Course.


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Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE – Specs Review: 1.2Ghz Dual Core 5.3 inch Android 4.0.9 Dual SIM
If you are up for a bigger screen smartphone, just like the official Samsung Galaxy Note phablet, then this latest MT6577 tabphone at 5.3″ screen from Haipai is a good device to check out. Read more for the rundown on Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE good points and clear specs review.
The Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE sports a MT6577 Dual Core chip, clocked at 1.0GHz. Partnering it up with PowerVRTM SGX Series5 3D GPU, with this in pack yields an impressive 5270 score on Antutu benchmarking test.
It runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) out of the box, supporting the following languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic, German, Indonesian, Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese, Malay, others.
The Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE has a 1GB RAM and 4GB ROM. That is more than enough for an ICS phone. The 1GB RAM allows you to multitask seamlessly and the 4GB ROM gives you more internal storage for your use. Memory can be expanded with a Micro SD Memory Card (TF-Card), MAX support 32GB.
It also has a 5.3 inch Capacitive Multi-touch Screen at 5 points touch. Same screen size like the Samsung Galaxy Note. It has a WVGA resolution, having 800 x 480 pixels and 16 million colors.
It is also a Dual SIM device, that supports 3G on all carriers worldwide. However, having 4G LTE on name; I am not sure if it really has 4G/LTE support.
The X710D also has impressive set of snappers at 8.0 megapixel on back and 2.0 megapixel front-facing camera.
Battery is also impressive, it has a Polymer Li-ion battery at 2800mAh rating. That means, a single charge could possibly last up to 3-4 days on usage. This is much more than the older released Android ICS devices, only having a 1650mAh battery rating.
Haipai X710D MT6577 Specs and Features
- CPU: MT6577 Dual Core 1.0GHz
- GPU: PowerVRTM SGX Series5 3D
OS: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)
Language: Multilanguage
- Micro SD Memory Card (TF-Card), MAX support 32GB
- Size: 145 x 85 x 12 mm
- Weight: 190 g
- 5.3 inches Capacitive Multi-touch Screen (5 points)
- WVGA resolution (800 x 480 pixels)
- 16 million colors
- Dual SIM
- 2G:GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- 3G:WCDMA 850/2100 MHz
- Supports GSM service all over the world
Color: Black
- GPS Built In GPS & A-GPS
- Connection Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- Wi-Fi : IEEE 802.11 b/g
- micro USB 2.0
- Dual Camera
- Back 8.0 megapixel
- Front 2.0 megapixel
- Supports recording of video
Battery: 2800mAh Polymer Li-ion battery
- Earphone / 3.5 mm Audio Jack
- USB Cable
- Charger
Price: USD192.00
Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE Videos
Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE Hands-On Demo
Here's a hands on video of the Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE, to give you a better feel of the device.
Here's a 3D gaming demo of the Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE . No doubt that with its high-performance CPU chipset and powerful GPU, almost any games you want to play will have no problem being played on this device.
Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE Pictures
The Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE has a form factor design, very slim and not too bulky even with all that packed specs. Not too much space is taken by the bezel linings, over-all the Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE has a classy and premium design.
The Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE is really a classy-looking phablet, very similar with the elegant design of the Samsung Galaxy Note.
Even the back portion has a very nice design, curvaceous edges and textured back cover makes it more easy to grip and ergo at par with its bigger size than normal smartphones.
The Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE also have some good and not cheap looking accessories set. Two batteries on package, that means more power for you on the go. The headset, cables and charger are all white; making it look a premium set.


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Is this:
a) the last mile before reaching home?
b) a moment before the bullet strikes?
c) just another bend in the road?
Where this road leads is, for now, a mystery. The writer may -- like life -- deceive.
Enter my world, the world of a writer-- a world where all things are possible.
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The Human Nutrition Program is licensed and accredited by the Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education and the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
Accreditation by The American Dietetic Association is not required, since the Master of Science program is NOT a dietetics training program.
It does not include the 900 hours of clinical training required for eligibility to take the registration examination for the R.D. credential.


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LARCHMONT, N.Y. – Mamaroneck High School students undertook a day of service Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, participating in various volunteer programs to better several communities in Westchester.
More than a dozen students and adult volunteers got to work in the Larchmont Temple kitchen, making 400 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that will be split between the Hope Soup Kitchen in New Rochelle and Grace Church food pantry in White Plains.
While sandwiches were being made upstairs, members of the Cards for a Cause Club were busy crafting Valentine's Day cards that will be distributed to senior citizens at the Sarah Neuman Center in Mamaroneck.
Volunteer Pam Anselmo praised the students for sacrificing their day away from school to help out the less fortunate members of the community.
"It's impressive that they're giving up their time. Many of them signed up to do this as far back as December," she said. "Most of these kids have been very fortunate. This will teach them to give back, and is a good way to begin doing community service."
Juniors Leonie Rauls and Kaitlyn Talt, who were in charge of the group making cards for the Sarah Neuman Center, said that the residents get as much joy out of receiving visitors as they do from the cards themselves.
"When we drop off the cards, it's nice to see their faces brighten up. A lot of these people don't leave their room during the day, and they enjoy visitors," Rauls said. "It's important to do as much as possible. Something as simple as a card can really make a big difference in someone's life."
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Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week's set is 8823 Mistlands Tower.
Mistlands Tower was released in 2006 for Knight's Kingdom II. King Jayko and Sir Adric attack Mistland's tower guarded by Vladek, Karzon, and his catapult. The tower includes two doors, a catapult, a blacksmith and his forge, a skeleton, various weapons, and a magic crystal.


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What's happening in European politics? What impact do EU decisions have in Europe and the rest of the world? 'The European Sting' offers a broad overview of these topics.
Oumeng.eu is a new platform that brings together information and tips on various topics of interest for Chinese speakers interested in the EU and its Member States, as part of an increasing EU-China cooperation.
"The vision of the European Youth Forum is to be the voice of young people in Europe, where young people are equal citizens and are encouraged and supported to achieve their fullest potential as global citizens."
Do you want to experience the role of a Member of the European Parliament, a Minister of the EU Council, a journalist, a lobbyist or interpreter? Join the simulation of the process of approving new laws in the European Union.
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I 2013 feiret vi 100-årsjubileet for kvinners stemmerett i Norge. Stortingets vedtak av 11. juni 1913, sikret Norge plassen som det fjerde landet i verden der kvinner fikk like rettigheter som menn ved valg.


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Tall Boy Water Heater
Hydro-Logic's Tall Boy De-chlorinator and Sediment Filter system removes up to 99% of chlorine and 90% of sediment, including rust and silt, etc.
The Tall Boy easily produces 120 gallons per hour of clear water filtered down to 5 microns! It has a filter capacity of 7,500 gallons.
The Tall Boy water filter system includes:
2-stage 20 Filter UnitWall Mountable Metal BracketFemale Garden Hose ConnectorBrass Male Garden Hose Connector4 Feet of Feed Line4 Feet of Outlet LineFilter WrenchInstructions
— Ships from Portland, Oregon USA.