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Tough guys do read!
Our author is absolutely not prepared to admit that bookshelves are a dying bree.
Last of all, I led my friend into the "shared room." After many years, I had treated myself to a new television set, a cool Samsung model, the work of French designers. It stands on four spindly legs and resembles a sheep that's been flattened by a steamroller. My friend nodded appreciatively, said, "Not bad, absolutely state of the art." He seemed to like the TV, but then I noticed a furrow on his brow and a dark look in his eyes. "What?" I asked. "That," he said, pointing to somewhere behind me as though he had seen a ghost there. But there was no ghost. I said, "It's a bookshelf." "Exactly," was the reply – "What's wrong with it?" I asked, "Is it tipping over?" – "No," he said, "but … who in Heaven's name still has a bookshelf these days? I mean… what for? It's so – so yesterday." He made a dismissive gesture. "Well," I countered, "it is very practical, as shelves often are." He smiled. Was that pity in his eyes? "There's nothing wrong with shelves as such, but why keep books you've already read? A bookshelf is nothing but the educated person's three-dimensional wallpaper, a massive boast: Look here! See how smart I am!" Perplexed, I fell silent, as he plowed on undeterred. "You'll never use any of them again, all the tomes and novels; and a book is there to be consumed – or do you really intend to read them all again?"
My friend stepped up to the bookshelf, picked out a volume at random and read the title in an undertone. Harte Männer tanzen nicht (the original English title sounds better: Tough Guys Don't Dance). He shook his head and said, with a firmer voice: Tough guys don't have bookshelves, either. What a man needs is a few great coffee-table books, some of those big things Taschen publishes, a hefty one by someone like Helmut Newton. Now that's got style."
The "shared room" is called that because it's the television room but also the library. Well, library sounds a bit much; there's just one bookshelf in there, one crafted my father-in-law. My father-in-law was a surgeon. On retiring, he found himself a congenial occupation that allowed him to work with similar tools to the ones he used in the operating room and similarly to serve humanity: carpentry. When we told him we were looking for a bookshelf for our new home, he was there straight away, measuring up – and three days later the bookcase was in place: 300 centimeters long, 245 high, 25 deep, with adjustable-height shelves. I loved it from the first, and that was 13 years ago.
There are 847 books in it right now. They are thin, thick, so so, light, heavy, illustrated, linen-bound. Some I devoured, others I only got halfway through and still others I closed after just a page. What they all have in common is that I want to have them close. Because I need them.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I come from a home where there was no bookshelf – because there were no books. There was a bible, but no one ever really read it. It had been a give-away at my parents' wedding and lay henceforth collecting dust on their nightstand. There was also my father's tractor handbook, but otherwise there were no books. Books only entered my life later on (but were all the more important to me for that). Maybe that's why I want to have them around me. Because I missed them back then, even though I wasn't aware that I missed them? So that I can reach for them and the information they contain anytime? A good phrase or a clever thought can sometimes help you to cope with the daily round, after all – even if it's a title like Tough Guys Don't Dance, which actually happens to be an amazing book by Normal Mailer.
And yes, maybe I really will read them all again, one day, when I have the time to read them entirely at my leisure, one after the other. The more I think about it, the more appealing that notion becomes.
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No doubt, nail art is seriously having a moment. But we're already at a point where certain patterns have become passé (accent finger anyone?). To keep your tips covered in fresh, fantastic looks, we've compiled Nail Art's New Wave, a collection of our favorite new patterns inspired by super-talented manicurist Julie Kandalec and Maybelline New York's Color Show Nail Lacquer – plus hints on how to execute them perfectly.
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Low birth rate after cloning: the consequences of highly disruptive interactions between uterus and embryo
When comparing cloned animal embryos and embryos that come about as a result of artificial insemination, there is a difference in gene expression at the moment implantation occurs in the uterus for more than 5 000 genes. Researchers at INRA and the University of California are shining the spotlight on this critical step for the survival of cloned embryos in cattle. Published in the 8 December 2016 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, these findings are furthering knowledge of hitherto poorly-understood mechanisms that govern interactions between cloned embryos and the uterus. They may hold the key to improving cloning in mammals.


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19, which is the number of financial institutions that reported a "cyberassault" last year. As Ellen Nakashima and Danielle Doulas of the Washington Post report:
Almost all reported that they were targeted in last year's highly publicized "distributed denial of service attacks" (DDOS) — efforts to disrupt access to Web sites by barraging servers with computer traffic. The assaults, which are ongoing, made headlines in the fall when U.S. officials said they believed they were launched by the Iranian government in retaliation for sanctions imposed because of Tehran's nuclear program.
Nakashima and Doulas go on to say that some analysts calculate the cost of dealing with these attacks in the "hundreds of millions."


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Tuesday afternoon's string was getting too long, so we've decided to start a new live string here, which begins after the bishops' mid-afternoon coffee break.
6:45 p.m.: Final press conference is here.
6:23 p.m.: Results are announced that the bishops have approved both liturgical items discussed earlier this afternoon — the Mass translations and the Grail Psalter. Both now need approval by the Vatican before they can be implemented.
And as Cardinal George just said, this ends the public portion of this year's fall general meeting.
6:17 p.m.: Some questions raised about the criteria and process for the CCHD funding and collection.
6:08 p.m.: He adds that auditors have found no connection between CCHD funding of local ACORN groups and the problems at the national ACORN office.
6:06 p.m.: He stresses that no funds are going to ACORN and that his subcommittee is formally ending any relationship to ACORN because of serious issues such as political partisanship and financial irregularities.
6:00 p.m.: Report now being given on relationship between Catholic Campaign for Human Development and ACORN by Bishop Morin.
5:45 p.m.: Each of the U.S. synod delegates — Cardinal George, Bishop Kicanas, Archbishop Wuerl, and Cardinal DiNardo — is giving a brief report on what the synod meant to them.
5:36 p.m.: Oral report, led by Cardinal George, now being given on last month's world Synod of Bishops on Scripture. (You can read all about the synod here.)
5:33 p.m.: Goals and objectives done. Bishop Kicanas thanks the bishops for their input because this will lead to specific goals and objectives to be voted on one year from now.
5:23 p.m.: Bishop Kicanas, who is leading the discussion on goals and objectives, points out that they're not listed in any order of importance. There had been some concern that cultural diversity was listed ahead of faith formation or vocations.
5:17 p.m.: Seems to be no objections to the goals and objectives, or maybe it's just because it's getting late in the day.
5:13 p.m.: I know I missed the debate on the Grail Psalter, but there'll be more on that later. Now they're on the long-term goals and objectives.
5:02 p.m.: Committee chairman election results announced. The new chairmen-elect are:
National Collections: Bishop Kevin J. Farrell of Dallas.
Cultural Diversity: Coadjutor Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento.
Doctrine: Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington.
Pro-Life Activities: Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston.
Communications: Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala of Los Angeles.
4:59 p.m.: Paper ballots now being collected.
4:48 p.m.: More discussion of whether these prayers are too long and too hard to understand, even though they're faithful to the original Latin. Bishop Galeone compares some of the prayers to music — a period is a full stop, a semicolon is a half stop. Should these prayers be poetic or faithful? But Bishop Serratelli, chairman of the liturgy committee, defends the translations, saying they are faithful but not slavish to the Latin. No translation will meet the personal preference of everyone who hears it, he says.
4:45 p.m.: Bishop Braxton warns that some priests and laity have already said they won't use these translations, so efforts must be made to educate our people.
4:35 p.m.: Ineffable stays. So now they're working toward a final vote. But this too will be a paper ballot, so results won't be available right away.
4:29 p.m.: What about the word "ineffable"? Some bishops think people won't know what it means, but others think liturgical words can rise above ordinary conversation and be worshipful and sacred.
4:21 p.m.: For instance, the dispute now is over how to properly translate a Mass prayer from the original Latin.
4:17 p.m.: This is going to get tedious for the ordinary Catholic, but liturgical issues always take time. And these are the prayers that were rejected at the last meeting.
4:11 p.m.: Here we go. First up, Mass translations.
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We're seeing a lot of posts about events that have nothing to do with this goal. They typically deal with events none of us want to see happen again, but those should be posted either in one of the General forums, or the Off Topic forum.
Here is a reminder of the subject matter for the "Never Again" forum:
Thanks,One of my flying magazines (AOPA Pilot) has a regular monthly column entitled "Never Again." In it are stories of close calls for pilots, most of whom made a subtle but critical mistake, or series of mistakes, that almost cost them their lives. Many times I've read Never Again stories and thought how easy it would have been to make the same mistake.
Well, let's take a cue from the flyboys, tell a few stories on ourselves, laugh a bit, and hopefully we can all learn something! But remember, this is a "G" rated forum.
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Leaders from U.S., Mexico & Canada have just agreed to help protect this threatened species through the NAFTA trade agreement.
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One of the big draws of Nintendo's new Wii U console is the fact it can stream games to a controller and also use that controller as a secondary screen. While Wii U won't be out until 2012, though, this iPad game can do it a lot sooner.
Real Racing 2 HD, already one of the most attractive and full-featured games available for download on Apple's Store, gets a little more fancy in the near future when it adds the ability to play without wires on a TV using the iPad as a controller.
You'll need something that supports Apple's AirPlay feature, and will have to wait until iOS 5 is released, but once those two things are in the can you can use the iPad as both a controller and an augmented display.


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Tarfaya: photo by dimworld (Dimitri), 12 December 2007
Tarfaya, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco: photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, April 2011
Blowing sand over the shoreline, Tarfaya, Morocco: photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, April 2011
And when the hour of his departure grew near..."Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry."
"It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you..."
(Holga toy camera - texture): textured photo by Marie Wintzer, 22 October 2011
Tarfaya: photo by dimworld (Dimitri), 12 December 2007
Tarfaya: image by dimworld (Dimitri), 12 December 2007
In another world: Sakura storm at Yanaka cemetery (Tokyo): photo by Marie Wintzer
Grandidier's Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) near Morondava, Madagascar: photo by Bernard Gagnon, 14 March 2007
The idea of the herd of elephants made the little prince laugh.
Family of African Bush Elephants (Loxodonta africana) taking a mud bath in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya: photo by Mgiganteus, 11 July 2007
"It is a question of discipline," the little prince said to me later on. "When you've finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care. You must see to it that you pull up regularly all the baobabs, at the very first moment when they can be distinguished from the rosebushes which they resemble so closely in their earliest youth. It is very tedious work," the little prince added, "but very easy."
Grandidier's Baobabs (Adansonia grandidieri) near Morondava, Madgascar: photo by Bernard Gagnon, 14 March 2007
Sunset showing at the Avenue of the Baobab, Morondava, Madagascar: photo by copepedo, 12 August 2010
Elephant, antelope and rainbow, Rift Valley, Kenya: photo by nijaba, 31 December 2007
Tarfaya: photo by dimworld (Dimitri), 12 December 2007
Musée Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Tarfaya, Morocco: photo by dimworld (Dimitri), 12 December 2007
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince): Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900-1944), 1943, excerpts from Chapter 22 and Chapter 5, with watercolour illustrations by the author


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What do you get when you remove deep fryers from the kitchen and replace them with ovens, decrease the price of healthy foods and increase the price of unhealthy options and introduce yoga classes, guided walks and stress management workshops for employees? You get healthier.
Recognized for the aforementioned and its mission to be a leader in promoting individual health and vibrant communities, the second place 2013 Healthiest Employer Award for large business this year went to CaroMont Health.
Last week, a crowd of about 300 gathered uptown to celebrate recent accomplishments at the Charlotte Business Journal�s Healthiest Employer Awards Luncheon and health expo. Among those present to receive the award on behalf of CaroMont Health was Jerry Levine, chief medical officer; Andrea Serra, vice president of health and wellness; and Debbie Bellenger, health and wellness director.
�This achievement is the result of our incredible team of employees,� said Serra. �And, it�s because of our employees� persistence, dedication and inspiration that we are on the road to achieving our goal of a healthier lifestyle.�
In 2010, CaroMont�s nearly 4,000 employees began their journey to health and wellness. By taking employee goals and weaving them into corporate health strategies, the motivation for change started happening. These included incentives for healthy behaviors, offering clinical health risk appraisals to employees and changing the philosophy of food service management from a retail-focus to a health focus, all of which set the culture shift in motion.
Today, when you walk into CaroMont�s cafeteria, employees and visitors really have no excuse when it comes to choosing healthy meal options. The color-coded food program easily signifies the healthiest meals, and the Weight Watchers point system serves as a guide for patrons following this nutrition program. Healthy foods are now less expensive, more accessible and more bountiful. Calorie and fat content prompt customers to pause before splurging on that chocolate chip cookie and opting for a succulent, red apple fresh from the local farmers market. And, for those who prefer international cuisine, sushi is made fresh daily.
The healthy food selection goes beyond just the cafeteria. All vending machines throughout the hospital are stocked with 60 percent healthy snacks, and a registered dietitian oversees the creation of hospital-catered meals for meetings and events.
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
Aldor versus Scryer
It's a pretty neat idea, acutually, having two opposing factions, and having your choice be meaningful. However, the execution of making that choice could have been improved.
As far as I could see, you go to Shattrath City, take the tour, and then are presented with the choice of which faction to join almost immediately. I found that I simply didn't have enough information to make a choice that I was happy with. All I knew was that Aldor = draenei and Scryer = blood elves. So I went with Aldor. I didn't really see any other place you could find out more.
I'm sure that you could have looked up the rewards online, and picked a faction that way, but that seems very clinical to me.
What Blizzard should have done is have a couple quests where the two factions are actively trying to woo you to their side. I'd go with two quests for each side (four total). One quest shows the good side of the faction, and the other quest shows the dark side of the faction. Rep changes would be fairly minimal to allow people to "taste" each faction.
Then, after doing these initial quests, you could make a meaningful, and more permanent, choice.
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- Anonymous3:07 AM, February 09, 2007
You don't have to look up the rewards online, you could visit their quartermasters in the two sections of the city and see the rewards in-game (I'll admit it's easier to compare them if you're given a nice online table though).ReplyDelete
Personally, with my main being a hunter with engineering and enchanting, there wasn't a lot I really wanted from either side in terms of rewards. In the end I decided to go with Aldor, since I'm planning on going for Scryers with my warlock and wanted to see the storyline for both sides.
Maybe when my shaman and warrior get to that point, they'll make their decision more based on which faction I think is better for them, chosen from personal experience with both. But for now, trial and error I suppose.
- Anonymous9:59 AM, February 09, 2007
I agree. It's like presenting a nomad from the Sahara with the option to pick between a Porche and and a Corvette. Both have very good performance, but they are targeted and built entirely different ways.ReplyDelete
There needed to be some clue to go to the quartermasters first, in my opinion, because that frankly never entered my mind because I was wondering what the decision affected. Was I going to get attacked in one zone rather than another, or something like that? If I deemed that I wanted to go somewhere or do something that only one ally would allow, I wanted to know.
Well, I did see the quartermasters before choosing.ReplyDelete
But loot alone is not good enough to make a decision for me. It's an important factor, but I don't think it should be the only one.
Tobold picked the Scryers (http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2007/02/aldor-vs-scryers.html) because falling down from the Scryer platform won't kill you, while falling from the Aldor one will... I guess he forgot that little thing called a flying mount you can get at 70 ;)ReplyDelete
I think it's generally accepted that for healers, pick Aldor while for damage dealers, go Scryer. But it's best to study the subject yourself a bit before committing yourself.
- Anonymous11:23 AM, February 12, 2007
Seems a loss for the game-play side of things for this choice to really boil down to just gear. There are a lot of great places they could have gone with this.ReplyDelete
The first thing that comes to mind are the factions that were prevalent in the old TSR Planescape world of Sigil...(DnD reference - don't be afraid.) In Sigil, your faction was your life and it directly impacted your relationship with the rest of the folks in the city.
I would have wanted there to be repercussions for making a choice. From the sounds of it, most folks are boiling it down to a class/spec based gear choice.
Still - maybe doing more than that muddies the waters a little for the average player of WOW. Most folks seem pretty happy with the red on blue of Horde v. Alliance. Adding in shades of gray with factions would complicate PvP and add a level interaction that I don't think most players would enjoy or understand.
...yeah - slow day at work....
Tobold picked the Scryers (http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2007/02/aldor-vs-scryers.html) because falling down from the Scryer platform won't kill you, while falling from the Aldor one will... I guess he forgot that little thing called a flying mount you can get at 70 ;)ReplyDelete
I think it's generally accepted that for healers, pick Aldor while for damage dealers, go Scryer. But it's best to study the subject yourself a bit before committing yourself.
I picked Aldor, because of the opposite reasoning to this, I want to jump of the highest ledge with my flying mount hahahaha.....
I chose Scryer at level 63 because I am a warlock and tailor and wanted access to the +spell damage pattern. Since hitting 70 and finding my way to Netherstorm, I found another reason why I prefer Scryer. Seems the Scryers taunt the Aldor with /chicken periodically in the Area 52 inn. It causes me to howl with laughter when they do that to my wife's character while I'm there.ReplyDelete


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The main reason the museum is located here in NIOLA is that the landing craft used in the invasion of Normandy and elsewhere were actually designed, built and tested here at the Higgins Shipyard. Our own native and historian Stephen Ambrose spearheaded the efforts to build the museum.
Its easy to spend the entire day and if you are a military history buff you could spend multiple days – a excellent destination during your stay at our New Orleans bed and breakfast. Enter the large lobby and you'll find a Sherman tank, jeeps and half tracks, a Higgins Landing Craft, artillery and aircraft. Aloft , is one of the wars most storied C-47 planes.
There is a 45 minute film of all the news reels that were seen at the movie theaters at the time of the war. This was actually one of the few places the home front was able to keep in touch with what was happening around the world. This is not to be missed.
Upstairs, dramatic galleries take you through the Prelude to War. You'll assess the political, economic and social distress that led up to the horrific World War II. You'll also take a look at what was happening on the Home front .
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Omaha. Utah. Juno. Gold. Sword. Hear moving personal stories from the men that stormed the beaches on that fateful day – June 6, 1944. Understand the ultimate cost of victory.
The attack on Pearl Harbor plunges America into the war. The Pacific Theater is full of maps, artifacts, rare photographs, and personal accounts from soldiers and civilians. You'll learn about the jungle fighting on Guadalcanal, the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and most sadly the dawn of the atomic age. This was The War That Changed The World.


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Hardee's Gears Up to Sponsor First Race in the New SLOTCAR Web Video Series
Feb 5, 2009
Original Online Programming Pokes Fun at the World of Auto Racing
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - February 4, 2009 - Hardee's® has signed on as the premier sponsor of the original Web video series, SLOTCAR. The no-holds-barred videos, produced by Animax/Unplugged, launches online this week and parodies one of America's largest and favorite sports – stock car auto racing.
"We produce each webisode only a week out from the launch date, so we are able to keep the content fresh and topical," said Tim Jones, COO of Animax. "If something big happens in a race on Saturday, you're going to see it spoofed on the next SLOTCAR webisode. Expect to see highlight packages, driver bios, controversial stories, rumors, speculation and good old non-stop action."
The humorous SLOTCAR videos are 1-2 minutes in length and follow the same format as the sport it satires. Each new webisode will be released to coincide with key dates on the 2009 racing schedule.
"Hardee's is known for our innovative burgers as well as our edgy advertising," said Brad Haley, EVP of Marketing for Hardee's Food Systems, "So we were thrilled to partner with a company known for producing original and very funny online content. The SLOTCAR series manages to blend a popular sport with the kind of irreverent sense of humor that we know our 'Young, Hungry Guy' customers enjoy, so we are happy to be able to help make it available it to them."
SLOTCAR is produced by Animax/Unplugged. Animax has a proven track record (pun intended) having won the first-ever Broadband Emmy for ESPN's "Off-Mikes." The webisodes will be directed by sought-after commercial director Richard D'Alessio (Unplugged TV), who has three Cannes Lions to his credit and has worked alongside Barry Levinson and Jerry Seinfeld as the animation director for the pioneering webisodic series, "Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman." D'Alessio was also the creative force behind "Knob Hockey," a similar web series spoofing NHL that has enjoyed 3 successful seasons in Canada.
The first full webisode featuring a Hardee's slotcar will launch Sat., Feb. 7th on www.Slotcar2009.com and www.hardees.com. Sister chain, Carl's Jr., is also a series sponsor and will be featured in future webisodes that will be seen in their entirety on www.carlsjr.com.
About Animax/Unplugged:
Animax was founded in 2001 by Emmy-winning writer/producer/actor Dave Thomas ("SCTV," "Grace Under Fire," "Brother Bear") and Andrew Bain, owner of multiple advertising and production companies in Europe. Animax Entertainment www.animaxent.com is an award-winning entertainment studio specializing in producing character-driven content for all screens. Animax Unplugged www.animaxunplugged.com is a branded entertainment studio that develops and produces original content supported with interactive marketing campaigns. Combining engaging creative with an eye for seamless branding, Animax Unplugged creates online experiences that increase brand equity.
About Hardee's
Celebrating more than 48 years in the quick-service industry, Hardee's Food Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the third fiscal quarter ended November 3, 2008, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,110 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 14 countries, including 1,185 Carl's Jr. restaurants and 1,912 Hardee's restaurants. For more information, or to find a Hardee's near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.hardees.com.


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Did you know that new languages are easier to learn when you are younger? Give your kindergartener a fun project with this series of Hiragana (Japanese alphabet) pages! He'll learn the symbols and a few Japanese words, all while building his reading and writing skills.
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I've been looking for an excuse for familiarising myself with PLT scheme's pattern matching library for a while. Finally, I came across an article about implementing a basic Computer Algebra System. The Ocaml source code can be found here. Using the pattern matching library it can be fairly mechanically translated into scheme.
(require (lib "match.ss")) (define-struct plus (e1 e2)) (define-struct times (e1 e2)) (define-struct divide (e1 e2)) (define MP make-plus) (define MT make-times) (define MD make-divide) (define simplify (match-lambda (($ times a ($ plus b c)) (MP (simplify (MT a b)) (simplify (MT a c)))) (($ divide ($ divide a b) ($ divide c d)) (MD (simplify (MT a d)) (simplify (MT b c)))) (e e))) (define expr->list (match-lambda (($ times a b) (list (expr->list a) '* (expr->list b))) (($ plus a b) (list (expr->list a) '+ (expr->list b))) (($ divide a b) (list (expr->list a) '/ (expr->list b))) (e e))) (define expr (make-times 'x (make-plus 'y 'z))) (printf "orig: ~a~n" (expr->list expr)) (printf "new: ~a~n" (expr->list (simplify expr))) (let ((e (MD (MD 'a 'b) (MD 'c 'd)))) (printf "div: ~a -> ~a~n" (expr->list e) (expr->list (simplify e))))
If I had come across this post a few weeks ago, I probably wouldn't have even considered the implementation using define-struct. HTDP has certainly improved the way I think about coding scheme now and indeed several of the exercises in the book involve constructing various scheme evaluators that embed a simple CAS like the one above.
The article concludes with the following quote:
"…as you can see, Ocaml's variant types and pattern matching are a perfect fit for the problems a programmer writing a CAS would face. In fact, few other languages, with the possible exception of Haskell, would have fit this problem as well."
It seems that with the appropriate extensions, scheme can be a good fit for this type of problem too.


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We're Number One!
by Gary Jason | Posted March 24, 2011
A report from the Tax Foundation gives us the happy news that as of next month, America will be number one in a new field: corporate income taxes.
The combined federal and (average) state US corporate tax is 39.2%. Among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries — the 34 most prosperous countries, which include all of our major economic competitors — this is exceeded only by Japan, at 39.5%.
During the last decade, nine of the OECD countries cut their corporate tax rates by 10% or more. The biggest tax-cutters were Canada, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Turkey. The average corporate income tax of the OECD nations, excluding the US, has fallen from 38% in 1992 — which was the first year in which the average dropped below the U.S. level — to 25.5% today.
And 75 of the non-OECD countries have also dropped their corporate tax rates since 2006.
Now Japan has announced that effective next month, its corporate tax rate will drop, too. It will fall by 4.5%, to 35%. England is also lowering its rate next month, from the current 28% to 27%, on the way to a scheduled 24% within three years. That will leave the US with the highest rate in the developed world — a full 10% above the non-US OECD average.
If the US wanted to match the OECD average and China's current rate (the rate was lowered in 2008), it would have to fall to 20% at the federal level. This is most unlikely under Obama's regime.
So we will remain less competitive, and wonder why our unemployment remains high.
Gary Jason is a lecturer in Philosophy and a senior editor at Liberty. His books can be found on Amazon.com.
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Reading some of the responses to my piece--which are similar to the reactions to my earlier piece on corporate taxes in January, called "At Least Some People Get It"--I guess I need to express my views on corporate taxes once again, slowly, for those who have a tendency to read in things that I never said.
Let's begin with an elementary logical distinction. A sufficient condition for a phenomenon is factor which by itself alone produces that phenomenon. A necessary condition for a phenomenon is a factor in whose absence the phenomenon won't occur. So, for example, water is certainly necessary for life, but hardly sufficient--you need more things than water to live (food, air, etc.).
As regards a prosperous economy, I have never argued that a low corporate tax is by itself a sufficient condition for prosperity, or even that a favorable business environment is. Much less have I ever, in the HUNDREDS of articles I have published in this journal, favored "corporate welfare." A favorable business climate is necessary for prosperity, however, and a low corporate tax is part of such an environment.
How low? Readers of these pages know my position well, since I have stated it repeatedly in past issues. I favor a flat 15% business AND personal income tax, with no deductions, exemptions, subsidies, tax credits, offsets, or anything else. Period, flat. I am sure that this would give government all the money it needs for its legitimate purposes. If it didn't, I would advocate consumption taxes to make up any shortfall. To provide stability, I would seek to make that income tax system a constitutional amendment.
As to whether business would support it, well, some would, some wouldn't. Let's have the fight and see what happens.
Finally, would such a low, flat tax by itself guarantee a favorable business climate? Hardly. No, we need to lighten regulation, repeal Obamacare, repeal Sarbanes-Oxley, repeal Dodd-Frank, enact more free trade laws, remove environmentalist barriers to responsible development of our natural resources, stop demonizing business, and do some other things as well. I have written articles on all of these topics. Together, those reforms would provide a good, reliable, and stable business climate.
But even that would not be sufficient (though it would help tremendously). We also need to reform government in a myriad of ways, not least by privatizing our public school system through vouchers to insure that all kids have a fair shot at a good education. Again, I have written a myriad articles on these matters.
But among all these other things, lowering the corporate income tax is certainly important. Sorry if mentioning that irks you, but then, that is your problem, not mine.
Mon, 2011-03-28 18:22
A Liberal in Lakeview
39.2%? Interesting number, but of course, there's at least one problem when citing such a number authoritatively.
Is that a weighted average or a straight one?
Furthermore, what counts is effective tax rate, not just the marginal rate, assuming that the marginal rate ever applies at all once exemptions are applied. Anyone who's ever prepared a tax return and, once finished, calculated his effective tax rate should be able to understand this.
So what's the real average marginal rate? What's the effective corporate tax rate? Is it 30%? 20%? Less than 20%? Does this rate account for subsidies, which would reduce the effective rate even further? I doubt it very much.
And what's the effective tax rate paid by foreign corporations? Does the story change radically in appearance when we evaluate the facts in this way? And how about economic rent? Can that, too, be legitimately factored in?
There's a lot of pissing and moaning about the corporate tax rate, but when was the last time that you heard the usual crowd of complaining shills united against welfare for businesspeople?
Well, never. Not. On. One. Single. Day.
As for the suggestion that the high nominal tax rate would be the culprit if unemployment remains high: Sorry, not convinced. That's correlation, only speculative thus far, which doesn't prove causation. And other possible causes are neglected.
But, as I argued earlier, the tax should be abolished altogether. So also the subsidization. So also incorporation itself.
Of course, the businesspeople don't want to give up the welfare, the looters don't want to stop double taxing the businesspeople, and even free market economists, often wrongly so called, habitually turn a blind eye to incorporation, which is interventionist.
Maybe what's needed to cut the knot is a contrarian approach. I have a solution.
Let's make the tax rate of 39.2% a tax on revenue. No deductions whatsoever. Every dollar of revenue will be taxed 39.2% The children will have an opportunity to pay back their welfare, and when the accountants are figuring gross margin, they won't have to worry about having enough money left after other expenses like interest expense.
Just think about the useless overhead in the tax dept. and outside counsel that could be shed. That savings could be used to pay for productive labor, too. The tax code will be simplified dramatically. Government will still be playing favorites, but at least some of the abuses will be elimited. In fact, businesspeople with corporate protections will get the simplifed tax code that they now only pretend to want.
In fact, wouldn't the relevant section of the tax code be just one line?
Section (1). The tax rate applicable to all revenues of incorporated businessness is 39.2% plus subsidies and less the tax rate of taxes paid to the States.
I predict that, like Hank Rearden, the American businessman will suddenly discover that he has an implacable hatred of crony capitalism.
Yeah, right. And John Galt wasn't in a big hurry to return to the world to scoop up distribution networks from bankrupt power companies and their creditors.
Gary Jason and others claim that the tax rate is 39.2%. Fine. Let's bring reality into line with fantasy. Afterward, if problems persist, we will have a factual basis for discussing the 39.2% tax rate, and in the meantime a tax code that is greatly slimmed down.
Sat, 2011-03-26 13:03
Erwin Haas
When corporate taxes are increased, businesses see this as an increaed cost of one of their raw materials and raise their prices, which all their consumers pay. If all of their competitors face the same cost structure then businesses have no reason to worry about taxes or the costs of other inputs, and customers be damned.
It's when costs are asymmetrical that problems for companies emerge. It's then that they have to either find someplace else to do business, or cease operations.
And so places as diverse as Delaware, the Cayman Isles and Ireland have had a booms because they offered lower taxes and regulations to companies.
And why the USA can expect a reverse boom.
Fri, 2011-03-25 08:09
Jon Harrison
According to this morning's New York Times, the corporate share of the nation's tax receipts has fallen from 30 per cent in the 1950s to 6.6 per cent today. This, according to the Times, can be attributed to the many loopholes that have been written into the code, plus creative accounting practices. Is the Times correct, or is it manipulating the facts to further its liberal agenda?
I believe the corporate tax rate was higher than 35% back in the Fifties. Yet US companies somehow survived and prospered. Suppose we reduced the corporate tax rate to 15%, while eliminating all corporate welfare and special breaks. Would U.S. corporations support such reform? Somehow I doubt it. Paying nothing (which some corporations apparently do, even when they are profitable) despite an on-paper rate of 35% is surely better than paying 15% in real dollars.
Don't mistake me, I support lowering the corporate rate to 25% or even lower, but I also support eliminating all corporate welfare and special tax breaks. The fact is that nobody is paying 39.2%. Corporate America has almost $2 trillion in cash on hand. If it's paying a 39% tax rate and still has all that money left over, then consumers must be getting ripped off big time by companies overcharging for their products and services.
Fri, 2011-03-25 07:48
A Liberal in Lakeview
Jon, why not just reduce the rate to zero?
Of course, there'd be an enourmous hue and cry, and not only from the leftists. Just think of all the tax attorneys who have heads full of knowledge about the relevant parts of the tax code. They'd have to look for new work. There'd be complaints that foreign owners are being subsidized, and there are plenty of people besides leftists who like the idea of digging their hands into business owners' pockets, which becomes easier to do when government sponsors businesses that grow larger as a result of the interventionism.
However, an advantage of eliminating taxation of corporations, improbable though such outcome may be, is that the road would be cleared for the abolition of incorporation altogether. Of course, that must be done province by province, and, of course, the redistributionists must be disabused of their love for taxing corporations.
Inevitably there'd be a quarrel about the rationalizations given for incorporation. But would a free market have this practice? Well, no. In a free market, or at least one less rigged and without government proclaiming the existence of corporations, businesspeople would solve organizational problems of their own choosing as best they can without the sponsorship of government. Whether they'd do so by sole proprietorships or partnerships would be for them to decide. In fact, why not just repeal the laws concerning those forms, too? Let the law be neutral about whether property is used for commerce or not.
But I suppose that the Wall Street crowd, too, wouldn't like that much. Lack of limited liability might make it difficult to entice buyers, impede transaction volume, and hurt commissions. Imperialists would howl about national defense being weakened and would demand exceptions for armaments makers. And so on and so forth.
Still, we need to choose:
(1) Interventionism and crony capitalism.
(2) No interventionism or crony capitalism.
When liberals, in the proper sense of the term, choose (1), they abandon liberalism itself. And if they defend incorporation, then they choose (1).
Fri, 2011-03-25 23:23
"Corporate America has almost $2 trillion in cash on hand. If it's paying a 39% tax rate and still has all that money left over, then consumers must be getting ripped off big time by companies overcharging for their products and services."
Cash on hand is money already taxed. What that tells you is that the holders of that money are so uncertain of returns that they'd rather hold it than invest it.
Some 2,000 pages of Obamacare remain of uncertain effect on business healthcare costs; a *major* issue. EPA's attempt to regulate CO2 ditto. Tax changes to support the unions' health and pension costs ditto.
Holding cash isn't a bad strategy right now.
Fri, 2011-03-25 22:08
Jon Harrison
"Cash on hand is money already taxed." Right, I know that. That was the point. If they have that much left over after paying 39%, then they must be overcharging us. In fact, of course, they aren't paying 39%, which was my real point. I agree, by the way, that business has actly shrewdly by holding on to cash.
"How about zero?" Interesting point. But in my view we require a government and some public services, so taxes there must be -- let's just keep 'em low, and with a budget in balance. Now, I'm familiar with the argument that says taxes are a cost that is simply passed on to consumers, and of course that argument is 100% right. But that touches me only if I purchase something from Company X. If I don't use X's product or service, I don't lose out. And if I have to pay taxes, then as far as I'm concerned Company X should too. A minimum amount of government and public services are required to maintain a civilized society, in my view. Any company that is in business and making money should contribute to the cost. Just my opinion.
Sat, 2011-03-26 21:27
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After she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Terry Smith kept working — and except for two weeks of sick leave she stayed in relatively good health. One reason the Ottawa woman did so well, despite surgery and radiation treatments, is that she was able to avoid chemotherapy and its side-effects.
"It was wonderful," she said. "It would have really affected everything, including my health and my job."
Her story is becoming more common as new research and diagnostic tools improve doctors' understanding of what works and what doesn't when it comes to treating cancer. Often that means patients who would have had chemotherapy in the past can now avoid it.
Is this the beginning of the end of chemotherapy? Oncologists say there will always be a role for the treatment, but for many cancer patients, the answer is yes.
The ability to get the same outcomes with less chemotherapy is the biggest recent development in breast cancer treatment, says medical oncologist Dr. Mark Clemons, a clinical investigator of cancer therapeutics at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. The trend is being cheered by doctors and patients.
"The vast majority of women, when they see they are going to get minimal benefit from chemo, say, 'No thanks,' and I don't blame them at all," he said. "Giving chemotherapy is terrible."
While so-called personalized medicine is still in the early stages, some treatment can be tailored to individual patients rather than being a one-size-fits-all model that, for decades, relied heavily on chemotherapy.
This less-is-more movement regarding chemotherapy is also informing research and treatment guidelines. National American guidelines now call for doctors to monitor older men with slow-growing prostate cancer, rather than administering chemotherapy. A 2011 study in the journal Therapeutic Advances Medical Oncology looking at chemotherapy and colorectal cancer noted: "We treat many patients without benefit, either because their cancer does not respond or because it has already been cured surgically."
There is no question chemotherapy has saved and extended countless lives since it came into standard use and is a major reason survival rates have improved so dramatically for many cancers. But it takes a huge toll on patients.
Designed to kill fast-growing cancer cells, chemotherapy also attacks other cells, and the hair. Baldness is the most visible side-effect, but it is just one of them. It also kills cells in the lining of the intestines, for example, and cells in patients' ovaries, rendering them infertile, which can magnify an already traumatic experience.
The treatment has also often been used with no real benefit. One estimate suggests that as many as 85 per cent of patients with the most common form of breast cancer — estrogen-positive and lymph node-negative — received unnecessary chemotherapy over the years.
Now, doctors are getting better at determining whether chemotherapy will actually benefit a patient and by how much, which helps patients decide whether it is worth it.
Dr. Angel Arnaout, a surgical oncologist at The Ottawa Hospital and a clinical investigator of cancer therapeutics at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, is studying the early use of hormone-blocking agents and more targeted treatments for breast cancer.
There is still a certain amount of estimation, using factors such as a patient's age and the size of their tumour, when it comes to determining how effective chemotherapy would be. Arnaout's research aims to take some of the guesswork out of that.
It involves administering anti-estrogen medication to breast cancer patients whose tumours are hormone sensitive (fed by hormones), immediately after diagnosis. The majority of breast cancer tumours fit this category. Traditionally, patients would be given this treatment in addition to chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. Arnaout's research should help doctors better figure out whether the anti-estrogen therapy alone is sufficient so that chemotherapy can potentially be avoided.
"It makes sense that if you want to subject someone to six months of really difficult treatment, a lot of which has side-effects, you should at least figure out whether it will truly work and that there is no other less toxic alternative treatment, such as anti-hormonal therapy," said Arnaout.
Clemons said mathematical modelling is helping more patients make informed decisions about chemotherapy but Arnaout's work is "taking this to the next level. I think this is where the future really lies."
"Being diagnosed with cancer is terrifying," he said. "Sitting with a patient in my clinic who is convinced she is going to need chemotherapy, and I am saying to her the benefits are so small it's not worth it, then when I see her smile and this relief come across her face … you know you are doing your job well."
Smith was involved in Arnaout's initial trial, which administered hormone blockers to patients as soon as they were diagnosed. Her findings were positive — in 49 per cent of patients, tumours were significantly suppressed or stopped growing within weeks, which suggests those patients would not need chemotherapy. Arnaout is due to begin a bigger trial later this year comparing patients who receive chemotherapy and hormone blocking therapy with those who simply received hormone blocking therapy.
Not only are the implications for avoiding chemotherapy positive, but, Arnaout said, patients were happy to begin any treatment immediately rather than waiting weeks.
"It was really good to feel that you were doing something in those three weeks (before surgery)," said Smith.
Arnaout said that in the future she hopes oncologists will have enough information about the genetic makeup of individual tumours and how they respond to hormone blockers that they will not even offer chemotherapy as an option.
"I think it is unfair to ask the patients to choose when they are in an anxious and confused state," she said.
The medical world is already getting far better at using chemotherapy only when needed, says Clemons.
"Nobody in their right mind would want to do chemotherapy, but when you see the benefits are very real it makes the toxicity far more palatable."
In 1990, Clemons said, a guideline went out in the United States saying that "there is no group of patients who do not benefit from chemotherapy."
Over the years, he said, many oncologists "cursed that guideline because it probably led to such wide use of chemotherapy and probably many people were hurt."
Arnaout calls the use of chemotherapy without knowing whether it is doing any good "the old way of doing things.
"The problem is that chemotherapy is not innocent. It is toxic and hard on the patients for a very long time."
85: Percentage of breast cancer patients who were treated with traditional chemotherapy a decade ago, according to Ottawa medical oncologist Dr. Mark Clemons
50: Percentage of breast cancer patients who are treated with traditional chemotherapy today
80: Percentage of patients with estrogen-positive, lymph-node negative breast cancer — the most common type — believed to have received unnecessary chemotherapy treatments over the past 20 years
0: The number of cancer patients a 1990 U.S. directive said would not benefit from chemotherapy.
49: Percentage of patients in a trial conducted by Ottawa cancer researcher Dr. Angel Arnaout whose tumours responded so well to anti-hormonal therapy that they did not require chemotherapy


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josko.ri wrote:slovenia plus 2 bonus is pretty unbalanced. it has bonus the same like albania, macedonia and turkey but is much easier to defend, if put a big stack in sredisnja hrvatska, as it is the only region which may attack slovenia bonus.
I suggest just remove mountains between istra and primorska. if you look at real map, mountains there doesnt exists. in real, mountains end above letter "S" in ISTRA. so, if you just remove mountains left of letter "S", you will do map which is in reality and also very ballance slovenia bonus of 2. it will then be harder to defense, just like it is albania, macedonia and turkey bonuses of 2. then Istra would be able to attack Primorska but still wouldnt be able to attack Kranjska.


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When Emily Gold worked for renowned wine importer Kermit Lynch in France and toured wineries with clients, the Boulder native's curiosity was piqued when she spied a couple of barrels tucked away or an extra plot of vines that went unmentioned.
After Gold pulled the winemaker aside to inquire, she was told "pour ma gueule."
The slang phrase, which translates to "for my mouth" or "for my trap," was uttered by winemakers who referenced a special stash of wine they kept aside for themselves, their family and friends.
"I like the idea that this is not the wine that is our business but the wine that we share with the people who matter to us," she said.
After two years at Kermit Lynch, Gold has returned home to Boulder and is infusing that sentiment with her longtime dream of running a wine bar in her hometown.
Gold's PMG Wine Bar — the name a nod to the saying — opens this afternoon at 2018 10th St. in downtown Boulder.
"It's like living in a dream," said Gold, while standing in the West End space formerly home to the now-defunct Beehive Restaurant. PMG came to life with the help of some sweat equity and a loan from a local bank, she said.
Gold credits her passion for wine to growing up with parents who were wine enthusiasts. Gold would have tastes of the different wines and develop an appreciation for the complex sensory experience the spirits embodied.
"I just feel like it was so much a part of my life," she said.
After college, Gold took courses at the Court of Master Sommeliers, Frasca Food & Wine and Volio Vino. She eventually landed a job with wine importer Kermit Lynch's office in the Burgundy region of France.
"When I was 12 years old, my father would tell me that any time you see (a Kermit Lynch import) label on a bottle, you know that's a good wine," she said.
The wine industry in the United States continues to grow. During 2013, wine shipments within the country — from sources including California, other states and foreign producers — grew 3 percent to 375.2 million cases, according to data from the Wine Institute.
The industry trends bode well for PMG, but Gold is aware that she is trying where others have failed. Dedicated wine bars have sometimes not been successful in Boulder.
Gold, 27, is optimistic her approach aligns with industry trends: A younger population is enjoying wine, and the spirit is not relegated to dimmed lights and date nights.
Gold said her aim with PMG is to create a space where quality wine is not price prohibitive and relegated to club status. PMG was designed to be casual, unpretentious and comfortable where people of all ages and means could enjoy and learn about wine.
In addition to a couple of two- and four-seaters, the bar has a longer community table near the front. Complementing the exposed brick is a sprawling wine cork-based art installation designed by Gold's sister, Corissa.
The wine menu includes a few wines by the glass and bottles ranging in cost from $20 to $248 (for a bottle of Grange des Pères Vin de Pays de l'Hérault Rouge 2009).
The food menu includes dishes developed by chef Salvatore Proia, of the Bitter Bar and Brooklyn-based Roman's. The fare, with influences from France and Italy, includes snack and full dinners and prices ranging from $5 to about $24.
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TUCSON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Ex-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a website urging gun violence curbs Tuesday, the anniversary of the mass shooting in which she was hit.
"Two years ago, a mentally ill young man shot me in the head, killed six of my constituents, and wounded 12 others," Giffords, D-Ariz., wrote on AmericansForResponsibleSolutions.org. "Since that terrible day, America has seen 11 more mass shootings -- but no response from Congress to prevent gun violence."
The website also features a commentary written by Gifford and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, published in USA Today Tuesday.
"This country is known for using its determination and ingenuity to solve problems, big and small. Wise policy has conquered disease, protected us from dangerous products and substances, and made transportation safer," the commentary said. "But when it comes to protecting our communities from gun violence, we're not even trying -- and for the worst of reasons."
The commentary said the website "will invite people from around the country to join a national conversation about gun violence prevention, [and] will raise the funds necessary to balance the influence of the gun lobby."
Giffords and Kelly last week visited affected families in Newtown, Conn., in mourning after December's mass shooting. A gunman killed 27 people, including 20 children, before committing suicide.
Giffords retired from Congress in 2012 to focus on recuperating after she was shot in the head in January 2011 at a congressional meet-and-greet outside of a Tucson grocery store. She was among the 13 injured; a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge were among the six dead.
Kelly has said he and Giffords were prepared to launch fundraising efforts and call for specific restrictions on high-capacity weapons, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The push came after they met with gun-control advocates and others, people knowledgeable about the meetings said.


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Patricia McLaughlin passed away in single-car accident
SNOW HILL � The mood was somber at West Greene Elementary School on Monday.
A beloved teacher, Patricia McLaughlin, 38, of 1402 Hammersmith Dr., Winterville, died Friday when her vehicle went off the road on N.C. 903 North at about 5:35 p.m.
A white floral wreath reminds visitors at the front entrance of the school of the staff and students� sadness, yet loving memories.
One young student, a friend of McLaughlin, brought a single pink rose to school to honor of the teacher who has spent a 12-year career in Greene County Schools. The rose is displayed near the entrance of the school.
�She was part of our family,� Caroline Whitley said on Monday as she and three other second-grade teachers shared their thoughts and feelings about McLaughlin.
Niki Dixon said she and McLaughlin were planning partners, working together for more than three years. The �Laugh� in McLaughlin�s name seems appropriate, Dixon said.
�She made me laugh. We made each other laugh,� Dixon said. �... It was like we were friends at first sight.�
Sara Beth Moore worked with her the past two years.
�She was always the one that would keep us going and make us laugh,� she said.
Mayce Murphrey said �She was so helpful and so funny.�
Moore said McLaughlin�s sense of humor would carry into her classroom, where she taught second-graders this year.
�She had a special bond with her kids,� Moore said. �She made school fun.�
It also carried over to other areas.
�Her personality,� Moore said, �probably got us through a lot of afterschool meetings.�
Working in instructional support, McLaughlin was known for sharing teaching resources, Whitley said.
�She had a big heart,� Dixon said. �She helped, not just her colleagues, but her students.�
Principal JoAnn Pennington said her first reaction when the district�s superintendent, Patrick Miller, called her with the sad news was disbelief.
�Then I felt it was important that our staff be contacted personally,� Pennington said.
She said she didn�t want them to find out through social media or the news.
�Our school is such a tight-knit family,� she said, �we felt they needed to hear it from us.�
When Murphrey got the call on Friday evening, she said she didn�t want to believe it was true.
Whitley made white ribbons, each with a white daisy as a sign of strength, for all the staff to wear this week to commemorate McLaughlin.
�I feel like when times get tough,� Whitley said, �we all get closer, so I feel like there�s a gap, there�s a hole.�
Pennington and other staff members also called the parents of McLaughlin�s students on Saturday morning, and a crisis team was mobilized with additional school counselors and support staff to assist with grief counseling.
�Mrs. McLaughlin was a caring teacher with a big heart who always looked for ways to help her students succeed,� Pennington said in a statement. �She was an integral part of the second-grade team and was known for researching Internet resources to enhance lessons and sharing them with her colleagues. She will be missed by everyone in the West Greene Family.�
Miller said he�s known McLaughlin for about 15 years, and the news of McLaughlin�s sudden death �shocked and saddened� him.
�The Greene County Schools family is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Patricia McLaughlin Friday evening,� he said in a statement. �Mrs. McLaughlin taught for many years in Greene County at Greene Central High School, Snow Hill Primary School and at West Greene Elementary. She was a valued teacher, colleague and friend to many.�
Trooper R.D. Carraway of the N.C. Highway Patrol said McLaughlin was wearing a seat belt when her car went off the road about 4 miles northeast of Snow Hill and hit a brick column at a driveway. When she didn�t attempt to correct the car as it veered off, it rolled over several times before ending up 35 feet down the road upside-down.
McLaughlin had left the school, stopped at a gym and was heading home. Speeding wasn�t a factor, Carraway said.
�We�re just going to wait for the autopsy to make sure it wasn�t anything medical,� he said.
McLaughlin left a husband and two daughters � one in fourth grade and the other in Kindergarten.
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Marc Benioff challenges Bay Area's tech leaders to give more
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Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff is challenging fellow tech leaders to raise millions to fund a new antipoverty program - and recast the industry as a local hero.
"We don't want to be the industry that looks like 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' " he told The Chronicle. "We want to be more benevolent."
On Friday - the software company's 15th birthday - Salesforce and the nonprofit Tipping Point will announce the formation of SF Gives, an initiative to raise $10 million over the next 60 days for Bay Area antipoverty programs.
Persuading 20 companies to contribute $500,000 apiece is just the start. Benioff, one of the city's leading philanthropists, said he hopes to eventually expand the program to $100 million. It's a challenge he hopes will inspire his future colleagues to believe local philanthropy is a part of their DNA when they start their companies, not an afterthought once they have piled up millions of dollars.
After only a few days working the phones, Benioff and Tipping Point have already landed more than $5 million in commitments from tech concerns large and small - including LinkedIn, Google, Zynga, PopSugar, IfOnly, Jawbone and Box. Tipping Point will distribute the money to some of the 45 Bay Area organizations it works with in fighting poverty.
'You can't just take'
Along with Google's recent pledge to give $6.8 million to fund two years of Muni rides for working-class youths, the challenge is the latest example of how some tech players are heeding public and private pressure to give back. City leaders hope SF Gives is a crystallizing moment for a new generation of philanthropists - something like a 21st century incarnation of longtime cultural patron and investor Warren Hellman.
"We have to keep a light on this idea that if you come to San Francisco, you need to also be committed to giving back," Benioff said. "You can't just take from our city. You can't just come here from another city, another state, another country, start a company, take advantage of all of our resources - and then leave with all of your money that you created.
"Now is the time that we have to make it crystal clear that tech is an industry that not only adds value through innovation, it adds value through philanthropy," said the native San Franciscan, whose family has lived in the city since the 1800s.
In recent years, Benioff and his wife, Lynne, have donated $100 million toward the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, more than $1.5 million to help homeless families and $2.7 million for public middle schools.
Since its inception, Salesforce.com has followed a 1/1/1 model - a promise to donate 1 percent of its equity, 1 percent of its employees' time and 1 percent of the firm's products to charity. What's different about Friday's challenge is how Salesforce, Tipping Point and Ron Conway, venture capitalist and head of the tech group sf.citi, have rallied other tech companies to join forces in giving.
While the tech boom has lowered San Francisco's unemployment rate to 4.8 percent, 1 in 5 Bay Area residents lives in poverty and soaring housing prices have forced many low- and middle-income residents to leave the city.
"The idea that Marc Benioff is putting out - to build community by giving back to the community - is one that will resonate beyond the dollar amount," said Kim Meredith, executive director of Stanford University's Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society.
New generation of giving
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee called the challenge a "milestone" moment and put Benioff at the front of a new generation of philanthropy.
"For him to say that we can do more, that we can also ask others to join in this effort, is to me defining success for more than themselves," Lee said. "To me, that's what Hellman, (Donald) Fisher and (Charles) Schwab have done, and he is representing a new generation."
Lee said Google representatives spoke privately with city staff members this week about how the search behemoth could help address the city's affordable-housing crisis.
Daniel Lurie, the founder of Tipping Point, said Friday's announcement "represents a sea change, a cultural shift that's going on" among San Francisco's tech industry. He said many of his early fundraising calls have gone well. Getting Google to jump on board, for example, was easy.
'There is a dark side here'
But Benioff said not every tech executive that he has chatted up has been ready to join hands. Philanthropy insiders and those knowledgeable about the industry say tech founders tend to be fiercely independent entrepreneurs who prefer to go at it alone. Plus, many newer organizations are so heads-down focused on building their companies that they overlook needs in the community.
"We still have some pretty epic companies here who have had IPOs and aren't giving - and aren't part of this and won't join. And entrepreneurs who don't believe in this. This is not all easy," Benioff said. "There is a dark side here. We get a guy on the phone, and he will say, 'No. No. That's not for us. We're not doing this.' "
Even the loudest critics of the region's tech boom praised the new initiative, though housing activist Ted Gullickson said he wished the money would be focused exclusively on the city's affordable-housing crisis.
The tech industry tends to attract highly paid workers from outside the city who bid up the city's housing stock, "so their impact is felt far less on health care or other social services," said Gullickson, director of the San Francisco Tenants Union.
Benioff brushes off criticism that some tech companies are making contributions because it is the political price of doing business in San Francisco - a way to tamp down the public outrage. He said he will take the charity "any way I can get it."
"Let's just get the cash and give it away," he said. "I don't care what the motivation is because I know at the end of the day when they actually do give we will get results. It can be a domino effect."
Charity party at kickoff
Salesforce.com employees will celebrate the company's anniversary and kick off the challenge at Justin Herman Plaza at 11 a.m. Friday. Singer Janelle Monáe will perform.
In typical Salesforce fashion, it won't just be a party - employees will put together 15,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now and donate more than 15,000 pounds of food to the needy. It's also open to the public, but, as Benioff pointed out, there is a price of admission: a donation of 15 cans of food.
Joe Garofoli is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @joegarofoli


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Tuesday, February 18, 2014) – The Colorado Rapids announced today that defender Kory Kindle has retired from professional soccer. Kindle was drafted 25th overall (second round) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, and signed with the club on February 21, 2013. He played in seven reserve league matches last season.
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"We want to thank Kory for his contributions to the Rapids over the last year," said Rapids Technical Director Paul Bravo. "He was a positive influence in our locker room and we are sure that his dedication and hard work will help him as he moves into other careers. Everyone at the club wishes him well moving forward."
"I will be forever grateful that I got the chance to be a part of the Colorado Rapids, in a locker room surrounded by amazing talent," said Kindle. "This was not an easy decision to make, but after countless hours talking to my mom and friends about the decision, I made up my mind to leave MLS. I have always had dreams about becoming a physical therapist, and will now pursue that opportunity."
Kindle, a left back from Ventura, Calif., played four years at California State University Bakersfield before joining the Rapids at the start of the 2013 season. He appeared in seven Rapids Reserve League matches, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in each match, before suffering a season-ending injury in September. He was training fully at the start of this year's preseason before deciding to retire from the league.


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Behavior Modification Training is appropriate for dogs that are experiencing medium intensity behavior issues.
- Canine Behavior Modification
- Canine Behavior Modification and Diet, Nutrition, Wellness
- Canine Behavior Modification and Socialization
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What Gets Addressed – Theory, Practice and Implementation
Sessions and Consultations are designed to address all you need to know and do to create and maintain a healthy, happy relationship with your dog.
Training approached in a truly meaningful way – a comprehensive, respectful and lasting learning experience for you and your canine, tailored to suit your individual situation and your life style.
I teach you how to use methods of communication and instruction that dogs instinctively understand and respond to. No reliance on training methods such as treats or force and dominance.
A session covers theory and practice – encompassing a full spectrum of essential and interdependent elements that work together to enable a happy, healthy, confident, obedient canine…
- Factors that Influence Dog Behavior
- Psychology 101 – Dogs and Humans
- Patience 101 – Dogs and Humans
- Communication 101 – Dogs and Humans
- How to be an effective communicator for your dog
- Awareness – yours and your dog's
- Facial expression and body language – yours and your dog's
- Communication
- Learn to direct your dog without speaking (voice is not the best way to direct a dog).
- Understand all of the ways in which humans actually communicate and how it affects your dog
- Know how to occupy space to communicate effectively
- Know how your state of mind affects your dog
- Know when your dog is asking for direction and how to respond appropriately
- Leadership and Situational Structure – putting all the above into real-life, real-time practice
- Diet, Nutrition, Wellness (optional)
Typical Behaviors Addressed for Dogs that Require Behavior Modification
- Anxiety, mild to extreme, i.e.
- Grief
- Hyper-activity
- Inability to settle down
- Fear of animate and inanimate objects, sounds, spaces, etc.
- Separation Anxiety
- Vehicle Anxiety
- Crates and crate training
- Demanding Behaviour, i.e.
- Barking,whining for constant attention
- 'Stealing' for attention – boots, shoes, children's toys, socks, towels, toilet paper etc.
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- Bolting out the door
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- Rushing the stairs
- Jumping on you when you arrive home
- Jumping on guests
- Owning, guarding the door, hallway
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- Counter, table surfing;
- Eating too fast (bolting food down)
- Grab and dash – food and other items that fall on the floor
- Guarding food
- Fussy eater or over-eater
- Obsessive Behavior, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD);
- Social Skill Deficit – Lacking Manners Dogs, Cats, People etc.
- Bashes into people, knocks children, adults down etc.
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- Chasing, injuring your cats, and other small animals
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- Dominating, over-excited play with other dogs
- Dominating, over-excited play with people
- Fearful insecure recessive-reactive (barks and hides etc.)
- Fearful, insecure, aggressive-reactive
- Guarding / owning people or other animals
- Owning People, Places, Things
- Elimination Issues
- Marking in the House
- Potty Training
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- Dog to other animal reactivity
- Dog to vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle etc. reactivity
- Etc.
Dogs are amazing, adaptable, intelligent beings – when given a fair opportunity the vast majority of dogs are willing to choose a better way.
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After the session (later that day, or the following day)
- I put together a your custom After-session E-book – that contains some or all of the following, as I deem applicable to your situation…
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– Exercises.
– Reference material.
– Dietary and wellness recommendations.
The contents of your e-book are specifically selected to reinforce what I went through with you in your session.
- You receive your After Session E-Book via email.
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