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After his leukemia diagnosis in 2010, Larry Lacerte had plenty of time in his hospital room to contemplate his life and fate. But the father of seven, then 58 years old, was loathe to complain. "I don't think I'd do anything different," Lacerte says, sitting in the elegant dining room of his Highland Park home. Few of us might be so sanguine. To those who know him, Lacerte is a quiet but influential force in the Dallas business community. He sold his first company, Lacerte Software Corp., to Intuit in 1998 for a whopping $400 million.
Three years later he launched ExponentHR, a technology firm that automates functions like payroll and human resources.
These days Joyce, his wife of 29 years, is by Lacerte's side as he wages an ongoing battle against leukemia that continues to beat the odds. After two bone-marrow transplants, he's now in remission.
But the road has been anything but smooth. Known for avoiding the limelight, Lacerte says he is happy to share his personal and business story now. But "not because I'm humble," he says. "It's because I'm scared.
"Previously, I have not done this personal of an interview," Lacerte adds. "My concern is that it is difficult to express my joy without being misunderstood. I didn't beat cancer; [the hospital] and the prayers of my friends and family saved my life.
"When you have a long-term medical issue, nothing is a straight line," he says. "I do not want the interview to appear to be patting myself on my back."
No one who reads this story will accuse Lacerte of that.
Pragmatic Thinker
Lacerte's circle of friends, many of whom he met years ago in the Dallas chapter of the Young Presidents' Organization, describe him as generous, optimistic, and entrepreneurial.
"Larry's got a mind like a steel trap," says Steve Utley, president and chief executive of Dallas-based JLA LLC, a privately held investment company. "He's very creative and a pragmatic thinker. There are very few people in life that you come across that have the ability to take in a tremendous amount of information and form a world view. He is wise beyond his years."
Utley views Lacerte as a mentor of sorts, one who has helped guide his business decisions. Utley's other company, First Worthing, volunteered as a beta customer for ExponentHR when it launched in 2001.
Much as he had with Lacerte Software, which specialized in online tax preparation, Lacerte was looking about in the early 2000s for an industry that needed more automation. Human resources fit the bill.
ExponentHR helps automate payroll, benefits, and human-resource functions for more than 500 client-companies and their 100,000 employees. Its software enables firms like the Dallas Cowboys, FC Dallas, Great White Trucking, and PlainsCapital Bank to manage employees by providing real-time access to data anywhere in the world.
Employees can self-manage their benefits, Lacerte explains. Human resources and payroll can do everything "exponentially" faster because of the automation. And CEOs and CFOs have access to a global-management tool. When factory-floor managers are assessing overtime issues, they have access to real-time information instead of two-week-old reports.
Lacerte estimates that ExponentHR's market potential is 5 million businesses strong, including every single team in a professional sports league. "There isn't a business that this doesn't fit," he says.
The Cowboys signed on in December 2011, and FC Dallas after that. Professional sports teams deal with unique tax consequences, as they're susceptible to local taxes. The teams are taxed where they play, and somebody has to keep track of all that.
"Instead of hundreds of man hours, we are able to automate it," says Fidel Baca, who is ExponentHR's chief marketing officer and also
Joyce's brother. "It's economical, it's efficient, and it's compliant."
ExponentHR charges its customers on a per-employee, per-month basis. When the recession hit, employee numbers dropped. But last year, ExponentHR saw 5 percent to 7 percent in organic growth among its clients as they began to hire again. Companies are gaining access to capital and acquiring companies, both of which are positive economic indicators, Baca says.
Dallas-based ExponentHR works mostly by referral, which is important for Lacerte, who says there's nothing better than a satisfied client. The company's competition—and Lacerte's main target—is HR outsourcing industry leader Automatic Data Processing Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP), which has 600,000 clients and processes 80 million employees.
With 120 employees, ExponentHR is small, but growing by 25 percent to 30 percent annually. Revenue in 2012 was expected to hit $15 million. Lacerte is optimistic the company will double in size in two years. He's also staffed up and ready for Obamacare, which he expects will have a big impact on businesses.
"Whatever direction it's going to go, we can respond to that," he says.
Self-Made Man
As a third-generation entrepreneur, Lacerte knows what it takes to build a business.
His parents moved to the United States—first to Florida, then to California—from Vancouver, British Columbia, when he was 8, the
youngest child of six. His Canadian-born father, who started a dry-cleaning business and also worked as a farmer and bookkeeper, toiled for others long enough to make money and break out on his own.
"He always said the best person to work for is yourself," Lacerte recalls.
Self-made, with only 12 credits of college courses, Larry taught himself how to write computer programs. He started Lacerte Software on a shoestring in his Long Beach, Calif., garage in 1978. He didn't know it at the time, of course, but his namesake tax software would help revolutionize the tax-preparation software industry for accounting professionals.
When he met Joyce in 1982, Lacerte had 17 employees and a modest income. For every tax season kickoff, the two would cook up a huge breakfast at 2 a.m. for their employees. Lacerte worked with them in the trenches, and the Lacerte children grew up with the company.
As his company and his family both expanded, Lacerte was keenly aware of the inordinate amounts of time he spent commuting to work. He began considering moving the company to an income-tax-free state: Florida, Washington, Alaska, Nevada, maybe Texas.
Dallas, he figured, had the Cowboys and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, affordable housing, friendly people, and a central location. The close proximity of schools meant he could easily sneak away to a game or school activity.
The company moved here in 1990, with a number of its 100 employees choosing to relocate.
Shortly after, Lacerte remembers receiving a phone call from retailing icon Stanley Marcus, asking him to lunch. The Neiman Marcus legend didn't have an agenda for the three-hour lunch. It was just a friendly visit.
"Stanley said, 'My family used to do this when businesses moved to Dallas to welcome them,' " Lacerte says of Marcus' gesture. "This was so different than California. Dallas is just a real friendly place."
Lucrative Deal
By the time he sold the company to Intuit, Lacerte had 350 employees, $100 million in sales, and had captured fully 35 percent of the professional tax-preparation market.
"I've very proud of it," he says of the company. "Basically, there is code in there somewhere that goes back to 1978. It was a fun ride."
Turns out it was a lucrative deal for his employees, too. As a thank-you to them, Lacerte and his brother, Phil, doled out $40 million in bonuses. Employees were guaranteed a job for a year, and also received Intuit stock options.
"For 20 years, this was like a child to me and, anytime you're a parent, ultimately the child is going to take off on its own," Lacerte says. "I felt good about the timing and the company that was buying it. I couldn't think of it being better for my employees.
"Anybody who thinks you get there alone is insane," he adds. "There are so many people I'm grateful to."
At the top of that list is Joyce, his biggest champion. Lacerte says it was Joyce who saved his life in February 2010, when he learned he had acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood cells in the bone marrow.
The two had been on an ocean cruise and disembarked a day early, because Larry wasn't feeling well. Joyce took him to the emergency room at a hospital in South Carolina for what they thought was a leg infection.
"An hour later, [doctors] told him he had leukemia and he needed immediate treatment," Joyce recalls. "By 4 a.m., he had a 104-degree temperature. He was going downhill quick. They told us to bring our kids."
A few days later, Lacerte was airlifted to Dallas's UT Southwestern University Hospital-Zale Lipshy. He wanted access to world-class doctors. But he also knew he was in bad shape and needed to be close to home.Joyce noticed he wasn't able to recall dates and details, so she alerted the doctors. A CT scan revealed a brain bleed. Says Larry: "24/7, Joyce was my advocate."
Lacerte received his first bone-marrow transplant in May 2010, from his older brother. Then, however, he relapsed. Baca helped organize bone-marrow transplant drives, which added more than 2,000 people to the registry. Baca says he knows of at least 10 matches in the last year and a half that resulted from those drives, saving half a dozen lives.
Doctors also tested Lacerte's sister, who turned out to be an unexpected match. Although he's been in remission since the second transplant, he isn't out of the woods yet.
Last February he suffered from septic shock and nearly died. He's also been hospitalized with pneumonia, and his immune system is compromised. That makes it difficult to walk around the neighborhood or spend much time outside the house or office, for fear (last year, at least) of the West Nile virus.
Through it all, however, Lacerte's "survivor personality" shines through. Joyce says her husband has the attitude that, " 'If somebody is going to survive, then it might as well be me.' When his doctor told him he sees him celebrating his 85th birthday, Larry said, '85? My dad lived to be 91.' "
David Michel, who's been in a YPO forum group with Lacerte for years, says that even when the odds were "crazy long," Larry never gave up.
"Looking back, it all makes sense to me now, because that's also why he's such a successful entrepreneur," says Michel, who's chief executive of Catapult Health, a health services company in Dallas.
Lacerte, for his part, says dying wasn't an option. "It was easy for me," he says, squeezing Joyce's hand. "With Joyce, there's an age difference. She's nine years younger than me. I could not see leaving her alone for 30 years, although she'd probably be dating."
Adds Joyce: "He knows I'd never do that."
Travels with Larry
All throughout his illness, Lacerte has never stopped thinking about the business. After eight days in a coma from the septic shock, Lacerte woke up, told Joyce he loved her, and asked about the kids. Then he asked for his iPad to check in at the office.
"I love my work," he says. "I love the people I work with and I love my clients."
After selling Lacerte Software, with more than $200 million after taxes in his pocket, Lacerte considered taking some time off. He asked his wife and children how they felt about taking a six-month luxury cruise to the Panama and Suez canals. They quickly shot it down: The idea of spending all that time at sea with only their parents and no friends their age seemed crazy to them.
Instead, they bought a home in London and used it as a jumping-off place. Over the next decade they traveled across Europe and to South Africa, China, Japan, and South America. When they first arrived at their six-story British home, they brought only their clothes.
The family didn't seem to miss their 26,620-square-foot Preston Hollow home with its baseball field, bowling alley, indoor pool, racquetball court, and private lake. "I think we all realized what's important, and it's not things," Joyce says.
Lacerte is full of thoughtful expressions, including this one that he admits isn't original, but is still a favorite: "God made people to love and things to use, and don't get them backwards."
No Shortcuts
Even so, Lacerte took only a few months off before starting three years of development on what would become ExponentHR. Most people expect that launching a company with millions of dollars in the bank would be easier than starting as a hungry entrepreneur. Not so,
Lacerte says.
"With my first company, every penny had to go to" running it, he says. "With the second company I had access to brilliant talent, funds, and a good reputation. I thought I was going to get there twice as fast, but there are no shortcuts. You have to build a foundation. I wasn't looking for an exit strategy. I was looking for a business."
About 10 percent of his employees from Lacerte Software now work at ExponentHR, partly due to nepotism and partly because it was a tightly knit group to begin with. Baca, Joyce, and Larry try to calculate how many family members work at the company, but it's hard to pin down. There are at least four or five families and about a dozen extended family members. The rest of the employees were referred by each other.
Lacerte says he doesn't want to be surrounded by people who agree with him. He wants to hear passionate opinions before making the final call. "Unlike American Airlines, I don't ever want to have an adversarial position with my employees," he bluntly says.
The family-like atmosphere also means that they argue like siblings, but ultimately do what dad (and mom) say, Baca jokes: "Although there are strong personalities, everybody understands that once the decision is made, that's the direction we're going to go."
Adds Lacerte: "But if we find three weeks from now … we can change that decision fast. We don't have to spend a year discussing it until everybody is happy. We can make the change because we're nimble."
To that point, Lacerte is passionate about not having "middle management" in his company. He also doesn't have a secretary, preferring to use technology to do it faster himself. He has a policy of never hiring management from outside the company.
"I always promote from within," he says. "It's demoralizing to hire from outside, and it's unrealistic [to hire] someone not in the trenches. At this company, managers are in the trenches. Programmers still program."
Exceeding the Dreams
Lacerte is known as a straight shooter, donating his time to organizations he's passionate about. He sits on boards for the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, St. Mark's School, and Universal Display Corp. (Nasdaq: PANL). In September he joined Dallas-based Blue Calypso's board of advisors.
"I like the cutting-edge stuff," he says. "I don't do anything [just] to put my name on it."
The family also is generous with its money to causes revolving around medicine, children, and education. In 1999 it donated $1 million to establish the Lacerte Family Children's Zoo at the Dallas Zoo.
"Larry is not a person who tries to become famous," says Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, who met Lacerte through YPO and bonded as Boston College supporters, as their kids both attended the school. "He's a great guy who puts his family first and is quiet, thoughtful, and generous."
Lacerte is an experienced Spades player, a voracious reader, and a history buff. The naturalized citizen loves American history so much that he named several of his children after presidents, including Madison, Monroe, and Quincy.
The family lived in that massive Preston Hollow home for 20 years, selling it in 2009 for about $29 million to Dallas billionaire Kelcy Warren. It was one of the top 10 most-expensive homes sold in Dallas that year.
The Lacertes bought their current Highland Park manse three years later, and today are building their "grandparent home," which is just under 20,000 square feet on a 1-acre lot down the street. The dining room will have seating for more than 30 people to accommodate their large family—a big change from the couple's first 3,000-square-foot home in California.
To say that life has exceeded their dreams is an understatement, Joyce says. Her husband agrees.
"There are a lot of people I know who work harder their whole lives than I have and without the success," Lacerte says, summing things up. "It's a combination of hard work, recognizing good ideas, luck—and timing. The harder I work, the luckier I get."


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Are you more worried or less than a week ago about the chances of serious flooding on the Souris River this spring?
I'd rather misuse a word than be wrong about life in general,people like you that are THE problem!
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I'm more worried about it not melting at all and, if by the middle of June, a 3-foot high formation of a nascent glacier starts becoming a grim reality.
Doesn't look like a flood, if it melts.
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raj, spelling gurus don't care about flooding.
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joferder--- ADD
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namexxx---You corrected animal's grammar AND insulted him at the same time. Economical. Nicely played sir.
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Can someone explain to me how we started with the concern of flooding and ended up talking about abortion and gun control? They may or may not be valid points, but they have nothing to do with the topic.
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@ animal "YOUR AN IDIOT!!!!"
You misspelled "you're."
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animal, it's a feel good policy, as it made somebody feel good when he did it. I've seen the commercials too, and it doesn't take much to imagine what "the mayors" think of us out here in ND. Yeah, the ND with the booming economy. Go away, sir, until NY is booming again. Then we'll talk.
My worries are the same as they were last week, as I plug in to the news updates every day. Time to be boy scouts: always be prepared.
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namexxx your an idiot you think banning 32 ounce drinks is going to prevent people young or old from being over weight. you think banning clips over 10 rounds is going to stop crimminals from killing people, YOUR AN IDIOT!!!!
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And the thin people of the country do not cost us anything in health care, right? :-) Now, again, back to the topic. There are many who are worried about the possibility of flooding. It is a reality for many, also. But, minotloner is right. The same people are in charge and they botched it last time, why would we think they would do better this time.
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We're the fattest nation in human history.
One out of three Americans is medically obese -- and two out of three are overweight.
Those stats are worse for children and young people.
PERHAPS it's true -- you're the one anomaly who can shovel triple bacon cheeseburgers and Big Gulps down your throat yet not gain weight. I doubt it, but PERHAPS that's true.
Nonetheless, you're still paying for the pigs -- because America's obesity epidemic is costing the nation 150 BILLION DOLLARS every year in health costs and loss of productivity.
It's fun to blame the mayor of New York, blame President Obama, and blame "the liberal media." However -- blaming politicians isn't making the nation any healthier or richer.
You swear you can handle it . . . well start handling it, right now.
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We have all seen the constant commercials, paid for by mayor Bloomberg,my answer is I can handle a big soft drink and I can safely handle a gun, so IDIOT BLOOMBERG stay the h*** out of my life!! Go back to N.Y. where you belong with the rest of the crazy people!!
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But we have 100 year protection from abortion!!
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Many of you who like to congregate here in this space believe Ryan Mallett could be the answer at quarterback for the Dolphins. Todd McShay disagrees.
The ESPN NFL Draft analyst took some time today to jump on a teleconference with NFL beat hacks from far and wide to discuss the upcoming draft. I asked McShay this, basically:
"What's your read on what the Dolphins should do at No. 15, especially given they don't have a second-round pick – and, secondly, there seems to be growing buzz down here surrounding Ryan Mallett … what do you make of how interested Miami might be in him?"
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Here's how he answered the second part:
"Ryan Mallett – I just don't know where you take him. Are you going to trade back and take him? Or are you going to take him at 15 overall? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Packaging picks to move up for a guy that just had character concerns and you're not sure is going to be the leader and have the maturity that you want him to [have].
"I just – I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something here but I just don't see him as the right answer for the Miami Dolphins."
So, all of you in the Mallett camp: What are you guys seeing that McShay isn't?
As to the first part of the question, McShay isn't in the draft-Mark-Ingram camp, either. He likes Ingram. Thinks Ingram can be a good pro. But given the natural durability concerns that come with drafting any running back in the first round, McShay makes the case that Miami would be best served to draft an offensive lineman.
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"There are a lot of people who have said that Mark Ingram is a good fit at that pick. I just don't know that I'm buying it, to be honest. And I like Mark Ingram a lot and I think he has a chance to be a really good back in the NFL. I love his instincts. I love his lateral quickness, getting in small areas … and the way he gets guys off balance and just generates a lot of yards after contact.
"He's good terms of pass protection. He's OK as a pass catcher – and doesn't have that home run ability. Which is not – it's lower on the list of things you look for but when you start talking about a player [in] the first half of the first round, and a position that has such a short shelf life, and it starts to make you nervous.
"I think that that's why when you look at 17 of the 18 running backs that were in the top of the NFL last year, rushing yardage, were from the 2004 draft to now. You're not getting guys back in 2003, 2002, 2001 that are lasting long and staying productive in the NFL. And I think that's what makes you nervous: how much value or how long are we going to get from this guy. If it's not running back, I really think Mike Pouncey makes a lot of sense. You can plug him in guard, potentially center – you've got Jake Long, you've Vernon Carey. You hope that John Jerry develops this year after struggling with injury last year.
"And now solidify that offensive line – make a decision at the running back position and if you wind up bringing back Ronnie Brown you're in good shape, and bring in another veteran or draft a guy later. So I think the offensive line would be the way to go if at 15 they decide that Mike Pouncey is worth that pick."
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Chocolate, pistachios and cranberries are great together. Adding the cranberries to this recipe made it not only sweeter, but healthier, too. —Gilda Lester, Millsboro, Delaware
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup pistachios
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- In a large bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and cinnamon; add to the creamed mixture and mix well (dough will be sticky). Stir in the chips, pistachios and cranberries.
- Divide dough into four portions. On ungreased baking sheets, shape portions into 10-in. x 2-1/2-in. rectangles. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until set. Carefully remove to wire racks; cool for 5 minutes.
- Transfer to a cutting board; cut each rectangle into 10 slices. Place cut side down on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 5-8 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 40 cookies.
Originally published as Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti in Healthy Cooking December/January 2009, p29
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"Tasty and easy to make!"
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"The taste is fabulous! My logs crumbled badly and stuck to the cookie sheet. I used walnuts and left out the chips and cranberries because that is what I had on hand. I'll try again after researching what might have made them break up."
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"Was fantastic. I took them to Xmas parties and was a definite hit. I chopped up part of the pistachios for easier rolling out."
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"Forgot to add that I chilled the dough for almost an hour. That made it much easier to work with."
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"This wa a very good lighter chocolate biscotti recipe. I have been making another biscotti recipe, but it was SO sticky. This one was much easier to work with and tastes great! Thumbs up!"


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Cadbury Fudge was a completely new discovery for me. I'd never heard of it before and I couldn't help but wonder why, as all of Cadbury's offerings are pretty widely known. Is it just a bar that is rare? Something unworthy of mention? Or is it the other way around and it's so good no one wants to share it outside the UK? These and a dozen other questions whizzed through my head as I looked at their cute, bright orange and purple wrappers.
The Fudge is really pretty self explanatory, described as "fudge covered in milk chocolate". They're small in size, only about four to five inches long and are round and tubular in shape.
It only smells sweet, and I dove right in as I knew this one would all be about the taste. The bite is soft, a little crumbly and a little grainy. The texture is just like fudge but a little dried. It softens up and it gets soft, chewy and sticky in the mouth. It's very thick and satisfying.
The flavor is very, very, sweet and I get more flavors of caramel and cream and burnt sugar than actual chocolate. I'm not surprised, since the basis of fudge is cream and sugar, so it's a accurate representation in that regard. I was particularly impressed by the caramel notes it had.
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Whether you are buying a tag for a new dog, or replacing the tags of an already beloved pet, your choice of dog id tags is an important one. Because many Veterinarians now recommend using a microchip, some pet owners may think pet ID tags are no longer necessary, but that is not true. Dog id tags are more important than ever. Though microchips are excellent technology, pet ID tags allow those without microchip technology to help in the return of your pet. You might consider having your phone number or address imprinted on your dog id tags. This may help secure the return of your pet without the finder bringing it to a shelter, where microchip reading technology is usually available.
Choosing the text for your pet ID tags involves some thought. Usually, the text includes your pet's name. This is helpful because it allows the rescuer to interact with your dog and calm it more easily. Usually, a phone number is also printed on the ID tag. Use a current phone number, and replace the tag immediately if the phone number changes. For extra security, give two phone numbers -- both yours, and the number of a close friend or family member. Use a phone that does not block private calls, to ensure that a potential rescuer can return your pet easily. You might also consider putting your address on the tag. This does, of course, have a potential downside. You may not want every stranger who encounters your dog to be able to see your home address. Another option is to include your email address.
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Which word to use when we ask for help?
Some conditions:
- We know that the person asked is able to do it.
- We don't know if the person asked is able to do it.
Which word to use when we ask for help?
Some conditions:
As waiwai993 answered, Can/May/Will have different meanings. However asking someone if they can help you usually implies that you would like their help, and it gives the person an opportunity to decline without being rude. Maybe they are able to help in theory, but can't right now because they are too busy. In that case they can say that they can't help. If they simply don't want to help they can just decline without a reason. So I would always use "Can you help me with this" or "Could you help me with this" unless I needed a more specific case (such as I KNOW that they CAN, but I am forcing to answer whether they WILL or not, or I know that they are ABLE, but maybe their mother won't let them*).
* Note: I think it's very unusual to use "May you help me" and would probably never say that under any circumstances, unless I was trying to be ironic.
I would actually offer a couple additional options:
Under condition 1 (that you know that the person is able to help, but you're unsure if they will):
Under condition 2 (you're unsure if that person is able to help):
These are similar in meaning to will and can respectively, but are a more polite way of asking. I would especially recommend these if you're in more formal setting, talking to strangers, etc.
Technically, this asks if it is physically possible for the other person to help. However, it is commonly used to mean "Will you help me with this?"
This is equivalent to "Are you permitted to help me with this?"
This is the one you probably want—it basically asks whether or not the other person is going to help.
As for me, I sometimes feel a bit shy talking to people, so I prefer polite variants like:
Or you can just say:
I don't have much experience in communication with English-speakers, but I think those variants can be used in different situations.
May implies that you are asking for permission. Can implies that you are questioning somebody's ability. Will implies that you are seeking an answer about the future.
Why not ask etymology for some help here?
"Can" and "could" come from Proto-Germanic *kunnan, "to be mentally able, to have learnt", says the Online Etymology Dictionary.
"May" and "might" come from Proto-Germanic root *mag-, infinitivie *maganan, from Proto-Indo-European *magh-, "to be able, have power".
So, "can/could" is about ability proper, the ability to do things for yourself, knowing how to do them,
"may/might"is more about power, the position a person is in which entitles them to grant or refuse you permission to do something; it is highly hierarchical.
So, "Can I go to the bathroom?", etymologically, is not really appropriate for asking permission as it means something like "Do you think I know how to go to the bathroom?" Rude, even!
On the other hand, "May I go to the bathroom?", etymologically again, means something like "Would your highness allow me to go to the bathroom?" and, in the classless world we live in (?) we are not really ready to your-highness anyone if we can avoid it! Well, little children cannot really avoid it for a question of stature, but when you have grown up, using "may" is felt as humbling, if not humiliating yourself, as if you were kneeling in front of someone.
A middle ground between rudeness and humiliation, which can satisfy both the speaker and the listener, is found in "Could I go to the bathroom?"
Using the modal "can" in the conditional, 'unrealising' the present, making it hypothetical, dampens the shock. I am asking about objective conditions (do you think I know how to) but using the conditional instead of the present puts more emphasis on the listener, on their ability to assess the situation, which is a tacit acknowledgement of their authority. It is give-and-take!
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I've been throwing out my thoughts on Monday mornings on Twitter and will probably continue to do so, but felt like a proper article makes a ton of sense.
With that in mind, welcome to NFL Late Hits, my new Monday article here at The Thundering Blurb. It won't cover everything that happens in the NFL on a Sunday, just the stuff that for whatever reason sticks in my brain by day's end.
Two huge plays yesterday have caused some chaos in the NFL media and Fantasy Football community – one was the 4-2 call to go for it by Patriots Coach Bill Belichick, the other, Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew taking a knee at the one to milk the clock in the Jets game.
Let's start with the call by Belichick. I'll admit, I didn't see it when it happened.
I did discover a new food allergy so, you know, win!
Instead, I went over the hightlites and looked over the game info at NFL.com. I can't say I thought it was the best call, but I'm not sure it's the worst ever.
Say what you will, but Belichick goes on fourth pretty often and it works out for him more than most coaches. I may be remembering wrong, but on NFLN last night, I believe Mariucci said it worked somewhere in the neighborhood of 78% of the time for him.
It's not a bad percentage – on the other end of the field.
Look, Belichick has forgotten more about football in the time it took me to type this sentence out than I know now. So I'm sure he had all the facts, figures and percentages in his head when he made the call.
I just don't know why you risk giving Peyton Manning the ball on your side of the field.
A great coach rolls the dice. Sometimes you hit the point, sometimes you crap out. Like The Hoodie said in his press conference, people will question you anyway.
I think it was a bad call. I also think the media shouldn't be pulling their hair out over it.
Especially since, had the Pats made it, we would have had another round of 'This is the kind of GENIUS which has made him so successful'.
A little perspective please.
Speaking of perspective – ok, so if you lost your Fantasy Matchup because Maurice Jones-Drew took a knee on the one yard line, you might want to skip a few paragraphs to where I chat about Brian Westbrook.
This was the right call. Could Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee have biffed the extra point kick? Sure. It happens less than 2% of the time, but like the man said 'so you're saying there's a chance?'.
Listen, when people say Fantasy Football is ruining enjoyment of the game, it's because of reactions like this.
Scobee – shaky though he has been – wasn't missing that kick. A short, high, kick is very hard to block. I know it cheeses you off not to get the 6 points but the Jags needed to milk the clock.
Whether reports are true that Head Coach Jack Del Rio called for a knee prior to the play or not, it was the right decision.
Seemingly overlooked in the 'DAMMIT MJD YOU COST ME MY GAME' shouting was the fact that Jones-Drew picked up the first down. That game was done. They could burn the clock all the way to the wire (which they did) and kick a 'gimme' field goal (which they also did).
It's a no brainer. Sure, like Belichick's call above if something bizarre had happened and the Jets had gotten the ball back and won, it would look foolish.
But the best way to finish a game and win is to keep the ball out of the hands of the opposing offense's hands. They did that. As much as I don't love the thought of Mark Sanchez having to lead his team 80 yards to a win, all it would have taken was a missed tackle and the Jets could have walked away with a win.
Why take that chance? Keep the ball in your hands as long as you can. Milk the clock. Kick the field goal.
It's maddeningly simple to me, as it was when Brian Westbrook did it previously.
Hell, MJD even apologized to you which he really didn't need to. Of course he admitted he had himself and screwed himself too, but also pointed out that hey 'you play to win the game'.
Side note: With players owning themselves and other players in leagues that often deal with pots of prize money, is the league going to come down on this as gambling? I know the arguement has been Fantasy isn't gambling, but you have to wonder if the NFL worries.
Things didn't go all that well for the guy who last took a knee at the line either. Brian Wesbtrook suffered his second concussion in less than a month yesterday and you have to start thinking we're seeing the end of him in the NFL.
Listen, I'm no doctor – in fact I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night – but twice in a month is bad. In fact, as far as I can tell, it's awful.
The more often you get them, the more easy it is to get them. More than one player can testify to that and with the recent discussion in the media and NFL circles about head injuries and their long term effects I cannot imagine the Eagles rushing him back out there.
Especially not with LeSean McCoy there. I mean, isn't this what you picked him for?
Maybe not, if you run a grand total of 13 times. The Eagles only threw to the backs a total of five times as well.
Sure, they were down and yes they moved the ball through the air effectively in the fourth quarter. Still, there was never a threat that they were running the ball – I wonder if the success moving the chains via air freight than on the ground says more about deficiencies in the Chargers secondary than the Eagles pass attack
Either way, one hopes the Eagles – and Westbrook himself – are very cautious this time out.


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If you're not my mom, here's some highlights from Robert Redford's Sundance 2011 opening/keynote Thursday afternoon at the Egyptian theatre:
I thought it would be good idea to focus on a part of Sundance people don't know. Why are we here? What's our point? Thirty years ago, in 1980, I wanted to create a space and a place for new artists; that happened a place about 40 miles from here called Sundance. What I learned is nobody votes for a new idea - it's something you have to cobble together yourself.
We started on a shoestirng.... As I look back on it, I might've felt bad about it at the time, but (now) that's not a bad thing. I don't think it's bad we started on a shoestring - that's our core, keeping that shoestring in place. Keeping that as a part of our core has always felt very right.
We started with a lab program - that was '80-'81. That led five years later to the festival, where (these films) could be seen because there was no marketplace at the time.
All my life I'd come along at the end of a community: the end of theater, the end of live TV. When we started the festival we had one theater, the Egyptian. Not many people showed up. The success of the festival didn't come for another six or seven years.
Documentaries are a personal passion of mine.
There was also a point where we could go international - stories from other countries - pain and suffering. Their stories cross borders and cross ways of thinking. We saw a certain kind of audience coming here. The mainstream was shrinking a bit. Our obligation to help artists was to grow audiences if we could. That led to the Sundance Channel. That helps take what happens 10 days here in Park City (to a broader) audience. And then came Sundance Cinemas.
I couldn't agree (the fest is too commercial). Maybe they (naysayers) are looking at it from a different point of view. I don't know exactly where that comes from. Nothing at all has changed in terms of programming.
Retirement? I think you've just given me a great idea. ...I've not thought of retiring. I'm going to die... (big laughs). ...No, it's been a rocky road and there are people who've worked with us on a ground level all the way up to professional proficiency. (Festival director) John Cooper has worked his way up through and through ...and he's only been out of prison a month (more laughs). Seriously, I'm proud of him.
I'm anti-ideology because of the example that's been set in our political system. Red State/Blue State, doesn't mean a lot to us. Social activism is part of my life. Particularly lazy journalists ask 'what's the buzz' of the festival, that's none of you of course.
What are we doing? Why are we here? What's the point of all this? The point is to create new opportunities for artists. As things in the country and world were changing, we sort of kept our point ...and changed with it. The festival gets a lot of attention and we're really grateful. The engine that drives it, I'm not sure people are aware of it. Pur future's going to be taking that pledge - keeping that place; continue the pledge to help filmmakers.


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Yes we all know that any caliber Saiga requires the same requisite number of compliance parts for any given stamped receiver AK. Namely, 5 without muzzle brake, 6 with.
Saiga shotguns have the distinction of being an apparent exception to this mindset. The Saiga 12 shotguns require fewer US compliance parts, according to the original ATF Tech Branch response posted on the (now defunct) SoupBowl website. I managed to find an archive copy of the letter and posted it on my website.
The letters are not as readable as I'd like, and I have not yet had the time to resize them and copy the transcript:
I have uploaded resized and sharpened photos to my gallery here, not sure how readable they are:
The moral of the story is that, according to the tech branch, the Saiga 12 shotgun has only 13 countable parts out of the box! Interesting, no? Apparently the parts are counted differently... I could count them up to 15 parts based on function. That, however, is a discussion for another time.
For the high-cap mag conversion that most people prefer, this means that you need only the mags to meet the "10 or less imported parts" quota. If ever the Tech Branch modifies this parts count, it would be a trivial matter to add more US parts.
Obviously, those who want to create the uber-cool "military" style build will need to check their parts count more closely if they were to use all Russian-built parts. Case in point - most of us will probably use a US-built trigger set simply because they are so nice and easily used. Take that, with the mags or a possible furniture conversion, and it still puts us at < 10 imported parts, even with the additional parts (like muzzle brake, etc).
Let's not forget that our very own Hotbarrel can make pistons for us, so there is another source of US parts.
I have yet to see anything that specifies chokes, etc. as a countable US part, so that one is open for debate.
I am not aware of a rifled barrel for these. Given today's AK smiths know their way around these shotguns, I believe the potential exists for a (US-built!) rifled rebarrel for the slug-only shooter.
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- 1 large symmetrical watermelon (12 to 14 pounds)
- Bamboo skewers and one round wooden toothpick
- 1 red grape
- 1 medium unpeeled kiwi
- If necessary, cut a thin slice from bottom of watermelon so it sits level. Using a sharp paring knife, trace outlines of tail pieces, propeller and wings on the melon as shown in Fig. 1. Referring to Fig. 2, cut and carefully remove sections A, B and C. Remove fruit from sections, leaving 1/8 in. of fruit on the rind; set fruit aside. Set sections B and C aside for back wings. From section A, cut propeller, two side wings and two tail pieces; set aside. Carefully remove fruit from the melon to form a shell. Cut all fruit into cubes or balls. Set aside. Trim wings and tail pieces to fit smoothly against the melon. Attach wings and tail with skewers (fig. 3); trim skewers if necessary. Attach propeller with a toothpick; insert grape on end of toothpick. Place one halved kiwifruit next to airplane on either side for wheels as shown in photo. Fill with reserved watermelon cubes, a salad or dessert. Yield: 1 watermelon airplane.
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Beauchem spent the last four seasons at Western Illinois and the previous 16 years at Bradley.
Schweiss, a senior cross country and track student-athlete, holds a 3.935 GPA in mechanical engineering.
Kristen Levi (20th) and Kelley Gallagher (21st) both earned All-Midwest Region honors.
The men's 10K will begin at noon, and the women's 6K will start at 1:15 p.m.
Seven cross country MVC Scholar-Athletes are the most in a single season in SIU history.
Photos from the SIU sweep of the Missouri Valley Cross Country Championships on Nov. 2, 2013 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Email Cross Country/Distance Coach Matt Sparks
Matt Sparks enters his 13th season at SIU in 2014-15 as both the middle distance and distance track coach and the head coach of the cross country program.
A native of Noblesville, Ind., Sparks has been at SIU since 2002, starting out as the head women's cross country coach and women's distance track coach until the track and field programs were combined in 2004. Since, Sparks has been head men's and women's cross country coach and men's and women's distance coach for Saluki track.
Sparks has led a resurgence in Saluki cross country not seen since the days of legendary coaches Bill Cornell and Lew Hartzog. He owns six MVC cross country titles to his name in his 12 seasons -- including two alone in 2013. The Saluki men and women swept the MVC Championships on Nov. 2, 2013, becoming the first school to do so since 1989 (Illinois State) -- making Sparks only the second head coach in conference history to sweep both the men's and women's titles (John Kornelson, Wichita State, 1987).
The men's win in 2013 was his fifth at SIU, which tied Bill Cornell for the most men's titles in school history and is also tied for the fourth-most in conference history. The sweep made Sparks the winningest cross country coach in SIU history and the fourth-winningest coach in Valley history.
The Saluki men were able to replicate some of the same magic from 2012, posting three 2012 All-MVC runners (Zach Dahleen, fourth; Nick Schrader, fifth; Oscar Medina, sixth) back in the top-10 en route to a dominant 59-point victory over newcomer Loyola. That margin of victory is the largest in the 103-year history of Missouri Valley cross country.
The Saluki women earned their first title in 21 years (1992, Don DeNoon) in a more dramatic fashion. Southern was down eight at the midway point of the race, but made an impressive charge for the victory, besting pre-championship favorite Bradley by 20 points. The Saluki women put three in the top-10 for All-MVC (Kristen Levi, third; Sadie Darnell, fourth; Kelley Gallagher, fifth) and three more within the top-20 to seal the victory. The Saluki women also went on to have a historic outing at the NCAA Midwest Regional, where they finished in fourth place -- the highest finish in women's history at SIU.
This success is not recent, however. Since coming to Southern in 2002, Saluki cross country under Sparks has consistently been one of the top squads in the highly-competitive Missouri Valley. In addition to his six team championships, Sparks has coached 43 All-MVC performers, two All-Americans (Jeff Schirmer, 2008-09), four MVC champions (Mohamed Mohamed, 2006; Jeff Schirmer, 2007-08; Dan Dunbar, 2010), and five national qualifiers -- the most recent finalist being Brian Dixon in 2012 (143rd). His men's teams have not finished worse than third in the Valley since taking over the combined program, and his women's teams have posted three conference runner-up finishes before breaking their 21-year championship drought in 2013.
In just two seasons with the women's program in 2002 and 2003, Sparks improved the Saluki women to an MVC runner-up finish in 2003 -- the highest finish for SIU on the women's side since their first and only title in 1992. In his first season in charge of the combined program in 2004, Sparks led the Saluki men to a share of the MVC title (the first for SIU in nine years) and posted the second-straight runner-up finish for the Saluki women.
In 2006, Sparks coached Mohamed Mohamed to an individual MVC title -- Sparks' first as a head coach and SIU's first since 1996 (Stelios Marneros). Jeff Schirmer took the crown in 2007 (with Mohamed right behind him in second and Kevin Doran in third) to help seal Southern's first outright title since 1995 -- the first time in the records of the Missouri Valley men's championship that the same school claimed spots one-through-three. Schirmer and the Saluki men repeated as champions in 2008 -- the first SIU repeat since 1994-95 (Bill Cornell).
Schirmer was deposed in 2009 by Illinois State's Scott Krapf, but both he and Mohamed finished their Saluki careers in the top-three to help Southern cling to a runner-up finish. The year still turned out to be remarkable for Schirmer, who finished second at the regional meet and 19th in the nation -- helping SIU secure fifth in the Midwest region. The following year, Dan Dunbar picked up the torch left behind and cruised to a 16-second MVC championship victory to help secure yet another second-place finish for Sparks' SIU squad.
In 2011, Sparks coached four All-MVC runners for a third-straight runner-up finish, but in 2012 the dam broke loose. Sparks claimed five All-MVC runners en route to his fourth MVC title -- the most ever for Sparks and the most by any school in the Valley since 2009 (Indiana State).
On the track, Sparks has had similar success with his distance runners -- who have contributed to some of the best Saluki track and field teams in school history. In 12 seasons Sparks has coached 47 MVC champions, 96 All-MVC performers, five MVC Most Valuable Track Athletes and five NCAA finals qualifiers. The Saluki men captured their first championship in 20 years indoors in 2012, due in large part to Sparks' MVC champion distance medley relay team and the individual efforts of five-time MVC champion Zach Dahleen.
The SIU track record book is littered with Sparks' athletes. His runners own 13 all-time SIU records and claim 61 other top-10 spots all-time. Chief among those are two records by Zach Dahleen in the mile (4:00.16) and 1500 meter run (3:41.18) -- records that were each held for over 40 years prior. Most impressively, each top-10 spot in the women's 3000 meter steeplechase is occupied by a Sparks disciple -- an event that was broken twice within the last calendar year alone by Sadie Darnell and new record holder Krista Menghini (10:12.54).
In addition to the athletic accomplishments his runners have achieved, Sparks has led one of the most successful academic programs at SIU and in the MVC. His cross country teams have consistently achieved top-20 GPAs nationally and his student-athletes have earned numerous awards for their academic efforts. From 2002-09, Sparks' women's teams achieved Academic All-America status, with the 2003 squad notching the second-highest GPA (3.61) in the country. In 2010, his men's team returned the favor with the second-highest GPA nationally at 3.60.
Across both track and cross country, Sparks has accumulated 127 total MVC Scholar-Athletes honorees. In fact, he owns 73 of SIU's 140 (52.1 percent) track and field Scholar-Athletes accumulated during his time in Carbondale (2002-present). In addition, every MVC Elite 18 award that SIU track and field has earned have all been Sparks' distance runners.
Sparks graduated from Noblesville High School in 1992 where he was a three-time top-five finisher in the state cross country meet and a four-time All-Indiana track and field recipient.
As a student-athlete at his alma mater Indiana University, Sparks was a consistent scorer at the Big Ten Championships on the track. In 1996, he narrowly missed qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., running a time of 14:12.82 in the 5000 meter run. All four years he spent in Bloomington, Sparks was a top-three runner for the Hoosier cross country team. He gained valuable experience working with four-time national champion and American record holder Bob Kennedy and Hall of Fame coach Sam Bell.
Sparks graduated from IU in 1997 with an education degree in general science and biology, and he completed his master's in applied sports science at IU in 1999. From there, Sparks gained his first coaching job at IU as a graduate assistant and volunteer assistant for three seasons. He played a key role in the recruitment and development of many cross country and track and field athletes for the Hoosiers. Additionally, he was part of the coaching staff of the women's Hoosiers team that won both the indoor and outdoor Big Ten Championships in 2000.
Prior to joining the Salukis, Sparks enjoyed a successful two-year stint at Ohio State as the head women's cross country coach and women's distance coach alongside future Saluki coaches Connie Price-Smith and John Smith from 2000-02. The Lady Buckeye distance crew set school records in the 3000 meter steeplechase and the distance medley relay under Sparks' direction.
Sparks and his wife, Emily, reside in Carbondale with their son, Samuel, and daughter, Eliza.
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Career Notes (Track and Cross Country):
Winningest coach in SIU cross country history with six Missouri Valley Conference championships
Owns five MVC men's cross country titles (2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013)
Guided the Saluki women cross country team to its first title in 21 years in 2013
Four-time MVC Cross Country Coach of the Year (2007, 2008, 2012, 2013)
Coached 51 MVC Champions
Coached 140 All-MVC performers
Five MVC Most Valuable Track Athletes
Four MVC Cross Country Athletes of the Year
Coached 127 MVC Scholar-Athletes
Coached 10 NCAA Finals Qualifiers
Has qualified an SIU athlete in every distance event for the NCAA Regional meet
Two Cross Country All-Americans (Jeff Schirmer, 2008-09) and two outdoor track second-team All-Americans (Schirmer and Dahleen)
Coached ten USATF Junior All-Americans
Coached 11 cross country teams that have earned Academic All-American status. His 2003 women's squad (3.61) and his 2010 men's squad (3.6) had the second-highest GPAs in the nation
Coached one USATF Junior National Champion, a World Junior competitor and a Pan Am Junior competitor
Notable Pupils
Jeff Schirmer | Southern Illinois, 2006-11
Two-time cross country All-American
First SIU cross country All-American in 24 years
Outdoor track second-team All-American (10,000m, 2011)
19-time MVC Champion
22-time All-MVC performer
Four-time MVC MVP
All-time MVC record holder in the indoor 5000m (13:53.60) and outdoor 10,000m (28:42.71)
All-time SIU record holder in the 10,000m (28:42.71)
Only four-time MVC champion of the indoor 5000m
Only four-time MVC champion of the outdoor 10,000m
Only three-time MVC champion of the indoor 3000m
Mohamed Mohamed | Southern Illinois, 2005-10
2006 MVC Cross Country Champion
2007 NCAA Cross Country qualifier
2010 MVC 5,000m champion
Dan Dunbar | Southern Illinois, 2007-12
2010 MVC Cross Country champion
2010 Outdoor MVC champion in 10,000m
2008 USATF Junior Champion in the 10K
Finished 19th in 10K at World Junior Championships
Joe Byrne | Southern Illinois, 2003-05
2005 NCAA qualifier in cross country
Three-time All-MVC in cross country
Member of 2007 MVC All-Centennial Cross Country team
Zach Dahleen | Southern Illinois, 2009-2014
Five-time MVC champion
School record holder in mile (4:00.16) and 1500m (3:41.18)
2013 MVC Indoor Most Valuable Track Athlete
2012 outdoor second-team All-American (1500m)
Brian Dixon | Southern Illinois, 2010-2014
2012 NCAA qualifier in cross country (143rd)
Ty-Nica Davis | Southern Illinois, 2003-06
2006 outdoor NCAA finals qualifier (800m)
SIU all-time record holder in indoor 600m (1:30.65), indoor 800m (2:07.65) and outdoor 800m (2:06.31)
Four-time MVC champion
Finished ninth in the 800m at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2008 (2:03.22)
Noa Beitler | Southern Illinois, 2001-04
Eight-time MVC champion
SIU all-time record holder in the mile (4:45.80) and distance medley relay (11:44.48) indoors
2003 outdoor NCAA qualifier
Only three-time MVC champion in the outdoor 1500m