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[This article is part of the F# advent calendar 2016]
A couple of months ago I wrote a blog post called "Make failure great again" and this joke backfired on me. The post was meant as an introduction to the F# compiler project and showed in a simple scenario all the steps that are needed to get a Pull Request into the compiler.
Around the same time as the blog post I sent a Pull Request to the compiler project which is pretty similar to the one described in the post. In #1142 I extended it to give a better error message on the following snippet:
Before the change the compiler would just complain about the type error between the if and the corresponding else branch.
Newcomers from statement-based languages like C# might have a hard time to understand what's going on.
After the change we would get something like the following:
This message now additionally explains that F# treats "if/then/else"-constructs as expressions and the return type of both branches must return the same.
Unfortunately reality is a bitch and it turned out my test cases were too┬Ānarrow. Since the new error messages are already released in Visual Studio 2017 RC1, it didn't take long for the following bug report to appear:
The compiler is now showing the following error:
Obviously this is not correct, but what exactly went wrong? In order to understand the problem we need to take a look at the principal change of the pull request.
This strange looking code is part of TypeChecker.fs and represents the part where F#'s compiler tries to type check "if/then/else"-constructs. It uses pattern mattching on the abstract syntax tree (line 1) to destructure the current expression and calls the the type checker with all sub-expressions recursively (look for TcExpr* calls).
In line 15 I added context information to the current type checker environment. This allows the type checker reporting engine to show a more concrete error message if a type check fails.
The new bug is that we actually type check recursively and that the context information is passed down into all sub-expressions. So basically every type error somewhere in a else branch will show this way too specific error message. Ouch.
So what we really want is to limit the context information only to the one type check of the result type. So I tried to replace line 15-17 with the following:
This code splits the type check in two parts. In line 1-2 we type check the else-branch with a fresh type variable and in line 4-5 we add the missing restriction that our if and else branches must have the same type. This actually works nicely and limits the error message to exactly the one type check that we want.
Fortunately red unit tests on the CI server catched the fact┬Āthat I introduced a new problem.┬ĀIt took me a while to understand the problem, but it comes down to the fact the the type checker also acts as type inference algorithm. In contrast to C#'s var keyword where types are only inferred from the right side of an assignment the F# compiler also infers types from the context.┬ĀBy splitting the type check into 2 parts we didn't pass captured type inference information (in overallTy) down into the recursive type check call and therefore some specific situations can't be inferred anymore. Ouch.
I also forgot to pass the new type checker environment to the UnifyTypes call. This would probably have fixed all tests in the compiler code base, but since we would still change the order of type checking there might be cases that are still broken. So that's a risk we clearly don't want to take just for fancy error messages.
So what's the correct solution then? We still need to limit the context to the last type check but we can't split the check in this naive way.
One way to do that is to keep track from where the context information is coming. The F# compiler is already using a "range" type to specify locations in the source code.
This allows us to check if the range of reported error matches the range of the whole else-branch and report the corresponding error:
Case closed.
If you are interested in the details then take a look at #1827.


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By Franklin Lamb in Lebanon
Part I: Historical Context and Current Posturing
"The Bush administration parking a flotilla from its US 6th fleet off the coast of Lebanon was made necessary, it claims, to demonstrate Washington's 'commitment to stability in the region'. This provocation, aimed at Hezbollah and also Syria, is the equivalent of a Sicilian fish wrapped in newspaper with a white rose—left on a doorstep: "This is business. It is not personal. Here is an offer you cannot refuse". – Italian officer seconded to UNIFIL outside his Tebnine HQ, South Lebanon
Background to the Offer: the Writing on the Wall
Recent US back channel feelers to Dahiyeh, where Hezbollah's decision makers are sometimes present, reflect US calculations that given current trends in the Middle East, Hezbollah will play a major regional role.
According to US Senate Intelligence Committee sources, the efforts to date have run tepid and less 'qualitative' than informal Iran-USA contacts. US diplomat Thomas Pickering has revealed that he has been a participant in secret Iran-US 'back channel' discussions for the past five years. The subjects discussed include Iran's nuclear program, the broader relationship between the two and US relations with Hezbollah. Other participants include former US diplomat William Luers and MIT nuclear expert Jim Walsh. While "unofficial", the discussions, organized by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and the UN Association of the USA, are thought to be useful.
Dismissive of Republican Presidential candidate John McCain's pledge to "drive Hezbollah out of Lebanon", serious US officials want to engage the Lebanese Resistance partly because they are concerned with Israel remaining a Jewish state in the region.
The Bush administration no longer believes there is a viable military option – American, Israeli or combined – for destroying Hezbollah. The Party is deeply embedded in much of Lebanon and has broad support in the region. Recent reports indicate that some of its administrative staff is moving offices into Sunni areas including Tripoli and north Lebanon and that more Sunni, Christians and Druze are joining the Lebanese Resistance under Hezbollah leadership.
Even if there had been a US military option against Hezbollah, the war in Iraq has effectively eliminated it. American military strength has been exhausted in Iraq and Afghanistan and it has inadequate force to devote to a particularly dangerous third front. This is perhaps the greatest damage done by the Bush adventure in Iraq, where after five years there is no end in sight. The United States may be in Iraq for years to come with Israel ending up a victim of the Iraq adventure it instigated.
Doubts about Israel's Future
CIA and Israeli demographers such as Sergio Della-Pergola estimate that in the next 10 years Jews will be less that 45% of the population in Palestine i.e. between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River. This sets up the South African Apartheid model of a minority occupying population ruling the indigenous majority.
According to an Israeli academic who has studied Israel's 60 year history and the growing conflict between Zionism and Judaism relative to Israel's future prospects:
"We should have taken Uganda when Britain offered it to our Zionist leadership in 1903. Ben Gurion's plan took over Palestine in stages. Given the growing strength of the Palestinian Resistance, it is likely to be taken back in the same piecemeal fashion. Every Jew in Israel knows it may cease to exist and have considered what is best for their children — more Israelis are moving to the US where currently over 500,000 are living."
Many US policy makers and Israelis are realizing that the safest place for Jews is in the US and that Israel is the least safe place as it continues to lose international legitimacy. A survey commissioned for the Israeli Interdisciplinary Centre found that 14% of Jews in Israel would likely leave the country if a hostile state acquired nuclear arms.
US intelligence assessments of Israel include pessimistic conclusions based on sentiments by Israeli Jews to the effect that 'We don't really believe in this country's existence anymore and will never be accepted in this region. Americans accept the Jews so why do we need Israel which has been squandering not only the lives of our children but increasingly undermining global respect for Judaism.'
The much experienced observer, Robert Fisk, of the UK Independent recently reflected these sentiments to Rachel Cooke of the London Observer. As Cooke writes,
"When Fisk first arrived in Beirut, he believed that Israel would survive. Now he is not so sure. The Israeli press is, he says, self-delusional. The army is 'shabby, a rabble; they don't always obey orders, and they don't always turn up'. In South Lebanon in 2006, they got 'chucked out by Hizbollah, a third-rate militia'. He wonders whether, if Israel's borders were really threatened – 'as opposed to false threats' … Israel's best bet (for survival) will be to go back to its international borders".
Others have reminded Fisk that the real Zionist vision does not recognize any maps. It is a vision of a state without borders – a state that expands at all times according to its demographic, military and political power.
Can Hezbollah Save Israel?
Edward Abington, Jr, the US consul general in Arab East Jerusalem during the Clinton administration, said he returned to Washington "convinced more than ever that the two-state solution is dead as a doornail". Abington, noting that 40% of the West Bank is closed to Palestinians, claims that, "There is absolutely no willingness on the part of the IDF to change the situation on the ground from the stranglehold they now have."
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared pessimistic as she told a House Foreign Affairs Committee several months ago that she is concerned that "we will lose the window for a two-state solution".
Some in the Bush administration believe that history is on Hezbollah's side given the swelling Lebanese resistance trend over the region including Gaza, the West Bank, Egypt, Jordan (the latter two with growing and serious Islamist problems with Hosni Mubarak, looking fearfully over his shoulder at the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas's parent organization. Jordan's King Abdullah, likewise, cannot ignore the rise of the Islamists in his own mostly Palestinian population), Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. They recommend engagement with Hezbollah, viewed as pragmatic and in many ways the most secular movement in Lebanon, since trying to weaken or destroy Hezbollah is not working. Pressure to engage with Hezbollah will likely increase following Jimmy Carter's meetings with Hamas and perhaps Hezbollah representatives.
US feelers to Hezbollah to 'let bygones be bygones' have a long history. Yet in the past, when Hezbollah rejected US feelers which sometimes firmed into offers, the movement would experience the tightening of US pressure such as the terrorism lists, searching for Hezbollah financial assets, trying to incite Lebanese 'warlords' or al Qaeda type jihadist salafists against it, as well as sundry threats and assassination attempts.
The Khomeini Paradigm
A forerunner of the recent US-Israeli feelers to Hezbollah can be found back in the days of the Imam Khomeini-led Iranian Revolution. The Israeli Mossad, the CIA, and the Shah's intelligence service, Savak, worked closely to end the Iranian revolt from its earliest beginnings. In June of 1963 a crowd of unarmed Iranian men, women and children peacefully demonstrating in Tehran were attacked by government forces and more than 5,000 were killed. This demonstration of savagery shocked the Kennedy administration, and revealed the weakness of the Shah's tyranny which eventually led to its collapse. Over time, the US government realized that the Iranian Resistance could not be defeated and made Khomeini an offer it was said at the time, "he won't be able to refuse". The offer included that the Shah would be summarily stripped of all his political power if Khomeini would allow him to become "just a figurehead like Queen Elizabeth of England".
Khomeini rejected the offer and argued that such a 'compromise' would "keep the US-Israeli hegemonic knife in Iran's body" and it would grow until the Shah's tyranny returned.
Similarly, the past quarter century in Lebanon has seen the US and Israel offer (demand) the May 17th capitulation treaty before it would even consider a partial Israeli withdrawal from any of the 801 villages it occupied in 1982. Due to the persistence of the Lebanese Resistance, Israel suffered a series of retreats while offering first a treaty, then 'security arrangements' downgraded to 'security negotiations', then 'an offer of security guarantees' and now that Hezbollah just disarm and leave them alone.
US overtures to Hezbollah began following the March 8, 1985 US-organized Bir Abed Massacre. The 'offers' continued subsequent to Hezbollah's success in expelling Israel from 55% of South Lebanon (and 168 villages) on April 30, 1985, the end date of a three month process whereby Israel was forced out of Sidon, Tyre, Nabataea, some Western Bekaa villages and other areas. More feelers were sent to Dahiyeh after Israel was driven from its 'permanent security zone' on May 24, 2000, and yet again following the 9/11 attack organized by Hezbollah's mortal enemy, Al Qaeda, which along with Israel, initially hoped Hezbollah would be blamed. Hezbollah's continuing resistance activities in October 2000 at Shebaa Farms, and recently the results of the July 2006 defeat of Israel, led to other feelers.
The March 8, 1985 Bir Abed Massacre and a US Offer
An initial US offer to Hezbollah followed a massive US terrorist attack in Lebanon and its aftermath is instructive regarding the occasional American disposition to achieve a modus operandi or perhaps vivendi with Hezbollah.
In December of 1984, the Reagan administration was furious with the March 5, 1984 cancellation of the May 17th Agreement, which required the US to conduct 35 negotiation sessions just to fulfill Israeli conditions and controls regarding the treaty. Israel and the White House blamed the yet to be publicly announced Hezbollah, as well as Syrian President Hafez al Assad, for the collapse of the Israel-Lebanon 'Agreement'. Suspicions also existed that this 'new religious group', one of more than 30 civil war era militias operating in Lebanon at the time (fascinating political posters from 30 of these groups are now on exhibition at Planet Discovery Hall in Beirut as part of the April 13 anniversary of the 1975-90 civil war) may have been involved in actions against the US.
(CIA agent Robert Baer, now a contributor to Time Magazine, was given the job of finding out who bombed the US Embassy on April 18, 1983. During his March 2008 visit to Lebanon, Baer reminded reporters that his final report delivered to the White House more than 20 years ago concluded there was no proof to charge anyone, including Imad Mughniyeh, with either the April Embassy or the October 1983 Marine barracks attack. His conclusions are just as valid today, he advised interlocutors at the Beirut Vendome Hotel last month).
The unpleasant fact for the Reagan administration was that Gunboat diplomacy had been defeated by car bombs in Lebanon. The Reagan administration and especially CIA Director William Casey were left hungry for revenge — against someone.
Casey won approval for NSDD-166, a secret directive that inaugurated a new era of direct infusions of advanced U.S. military technology into the Middle East, which was to become the greatest technology transfer of terrorist techniques in history.
By January of 1985, according to the Washington Post's Bob Woodward in Veil, his book on Casey's career, he worked out with the Saudis a plan to use a car bomb to eliminate an Israeli recommended 'liability'. Lebanese agents led by a former British SAS officer and financed by $15 million arranged by Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar, were activated.
According to Woodward, Casey told his staff: "I'm going to solve the big problem by essentially getting tougher than or as tough as the terrorists in using their weapon, the car bomb."
With its new authority, the CIA set up 'counterterrorism units' similar to those Bush authorized in 2007. Casey quickly funded the "Foreign Work and Analysis Unit" (FWAU) inside Lebanon which had the assassination of Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah as its first priority. Others targeted for death were Lebanese former Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss, Imad Mughniyeh and Walid Jumblatt, then supporting the PLO. The FWAU conducted a car bombing campaign in Muslim areas of Beirut and targeted the Cinema Salwa, Beirut's Raouche Market, Sabra Street, the Abu Nawwas restaurant, and the Druze Social Centre, among others, killing at least 280 civilians and wounding nearly 1,150. This mayhem was designed to ignite further internal strife and to send the Lebanese Resistance a message and offer: 'Support a new May 17 agreement with Israel and we can help you.' When this 'offer' was unanswered, and on the Mossad's recommendation to Casey, Fadlallah was targeted on March 8, 1985.
The Bir Abed Massacre was caused by an enormous car bomb outside Fadlallah's home as he was conducting a religious studies class for women. Had a neighborhood woman not detained him with questions, Fadallah would have been at nearly the exact spot where the rigged vehicle exploded according to Hezbollah investigators. The blast killed 83 people, mainly school girls, women and children, and wounded 283.
The attempted assassination of Fadlallah, who is to this day Lebanon's most respected senior Shi'ite cleric and social worker, enraged Lebanon, including Dahiyeh's two century old Christian community, long beneficiaries of his social services and respectful of his calls for religious dialogue and tolerance. Six months later, on September 12, in what appeared to be a tit for tat operation, the supposedly impregnable perimeter defenses of the new U.S. embassy in eastern Beirut was attacked killing 23 employees and visitors.
Eleven local individuals confessed to various roles in the Bir Abed bombing. The terrorist attack was based on now admitted faulty Israeli supplied "intelligence". Israel had advised the Reagan administration that Fadlallah was the founder, spiritual leader, and chief of operations for Hezbollah and was behind attacks on the US Embassy and the Marine barracks as well as the kidnappings of western hostages. Not one of the claims was true as the White House was later to learn. But at the time, CIA Director William Casey was beside himself that the US had, less than a year earlier, been forced out of Lebanon by what he told the President were "third rate rabble-rousers".
President Reagan, by way of acknowledging the US error and American regrets, signed off on a reported nearly $20 million dollar secret "offer" to Sayeed Fadlallah, conveyed through a current Lebanese political leader, who was not at the time a member of Parliament, to help support the Senior cleric's orphanages and social service centers. A US condition of the cash was that there was to be no paper trail. Fadallah rejected the offer stating he would not be part of a private arrangement which he could not disclose to his community.
Despite the Fadlallah fiasco, Casey remained an enthusiast for using urban terrorism to advance American goals. A year after the Bir Abed massacre, U.S. Special Forces experts started a five year program focusing on high-tech explosives and taught state-of-the-art sabotage techniques, distributed sabotage training manuals in different languages, offered instruction on how to make cheap electronic bomb detonators including the fabrication of ANFO (ammonium nitrate-fuel oil) and car bombs. Huge quantities of CIA-supplied plastic explosives as well as thousands of advanced E-cell delay detonators (some CIA knockoffs) still flow around the Middle East.
The US educational initiative, in contrast to Bekaa Valley 'extension courses' which did train motivated Lebanese anxious to resist the Israeli occupation, opened full scholarship bomb makers "Graduate Schools" and trained thousands of mujahidin and future al Qaeda cadres. Some of the 'graduates' drove the Soviets from Afghanistan. More recently, others supplied salafists for Nahr al Bared and Ein el Helwe and are today setting up networks in Lebanon.
The Bush administration has clearly lost control of this blowback and some officials think engaging Hezbollah offers a solution.
-Dr. Franklin Lamb is doing research in Lebanon. He contributed this article to PalestineChronicle.com. Contact him at: firstname.lastname@example.com


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President Biden held a formal bill signing ceremony Monday for the bipartisan gun control bill, which was passed in the wake of the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
The bill had been signed into law in late June, but Monday's ceremony was a chance for the president to dig in his heels on gun reform. He emphasized that while the bill is an important step, there's still more work to be done.
"Will we match thoughts and prayers with action? I say yes, and that's what we're doing here today," Biden said, but he added that more could be done, including passing a national assault weapons ban.
The crowd at the White House for the president's remarks was made up of gun control activists and allies, but not everyone was standing firm with Biden. In the middle of the president's speech, Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed at the Parkland school shooting in 2018, stood up and said Biden needed to do more when it came to action on gun violence.
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A majority of Democrats want a different nominee in 2024
The incident at the White House Monday highlights the wider tensions Biden faces from some in his party, especially in a tight midterm elections year.
Apollfrom the New York Times/Siena College released Monday puts Biden's approval rating at just 33%. And 64% of Democratic voters say they want someone else at the top of the ticket in 2024.
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Some Democrats say Biden's response has not been urgent enough on Roe and guns
Guns aren't the only topic which Biden has faced criticism for his less-than-urgent response. Some Democrats have said the president needs to show more anger and passion.
"You have a president who — his sales pitch to the country was 'I'm going to get out the way' at a moment where the people who are part of his coalition want him to be front and center," Joel Payne, a Democratic strategist, told NPR.
In the days and weeks after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, for example, Biden's response was more muted. He faced pressure from Senate Democrats to take more immediate action.
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It wasn't until the week after the decision that Biden said he'd support abolishing the filibuster in the Senate in order to codify Roe. And it took another week for the president to sign an executive orderprotecting reproductive rights.
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Beef Rendang - so rich, so tasty.
Stuffed artichoke at The Magdalen Arms, Oxford - I kept meaning to recreate this but never got round to it, so it is now but a happy memory.
1.2kg bone-in ribeye at Hawksmoor, that I demolished in under 20 minutes as part of a bet. It still stands as the best steak I've had yet. It was bigger than my head.
Scallops with horseradish snow and kohlrabi, at The Ledbury. Pure joy.
Cheese souffle in double cream at Le Gavroche - unbelievably light and unbelievably decadent. Eating it was a happy memory.
I wailed when I found out that osso bucco was no longer on the menu at Polpetto, but its replacement, beef cheeks with polenta was a more than adequate substitute. How do they get their polenta so creamy? I love it.
Salted caramel butter. Holy shit, that was one sexy ice cream.
Cold udon with miso and walnut hot broth at Koya. I get weekly cravings for this and it's a favourite lunch spot.
Perhaps the most recent addition in that I ate it last night, but the Veal Holstein at Bob Bob Ricard truly is outstanding. The deeply savoury 'secret sauce' bursts out from underneath the breaded veal, lubricating the truffled mash.
The pork and century egg congee, from Hong Kong City, a few doors down from my flat. The pork is always gorgeously tender, and it's a life-saver having it so near; many a time I've staggered over in my pyjamas poorly concealed by an overcoat to get my restorative takeaway congee that soothes and nourishes.
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Can this skeptical player let down his guard long enough to let love into his life, or is this forbidden romance a train wreck in the making?
No Feelings Involved, an all-new brother's best friend standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Siobhan Davis is available now!
Ryan James doesn't believe in love.
It's a truth he learned early in life. A truth he carried with him into adulthood. He broke his golden rule one time, but Myndi trampled all over his heart, cementing his belief that love is a lie and not worth the effort.
Now he's returned to his cynical views and promiscuous lifestyle, racking up more notches on his bedpost than he can count.
Until Summer Petersen comes crashing into his world, threatening to knock down his walls with her tempting body and sunny, sweet personality.
Summer is determined to lose her V-card before she starts freshman year of college, and the hot, older guy with the cute dimples, dazzling smile, and rippling biceps is just the man for the job. Ryan doesn't take much persuading, and he rocks her world, giving her a night to remember.
When they walk away, there's an unspoken agreement it was a one-time thing. Ryan doesn't do feelings, and Summer doesn't want to be tied down at eighteen.
But when she moves into her brother Austin's apartment, she's shocked to discover her new roomie is the guy who recently popped her cherry.
Ryan can't believe he slept with Austin's baby sister, and if he finds out, he'll literally kill him. Keeping their hook up a secret is nonnegotiable. Keeping his thoughts, and his hands, off Summer, less so. Because the longer he's around her, the more he finds himself catching feelings for the gorgeous brunette.
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Important information about coronavirus (COVID-19).
There are as many ways of being a co-survivor as there are people! Thoughtful gestures big and small mean so much to survivors, whether they've just been diagnosed or completed treatment many years ago.
Who is a Co-Survivor?
At Susan G. Komen, we consider a person a survivor from the moment a breast cancer diagnosis is confirmed. Co-survivors can be family members, spouses or partners, friends, health care providers or colleagues. Anyone who is there to lend support from diagnosis through treatment and beyond is considered a co-survivor. Many different co-survivors may enter the survivor's life over time, lending support in a variety of ways.
For example, an oncologist provides information, hope and advice about treatment options. Friends and family may give practical help like driving to and from doctor's appointments to help with cooking or cleaning, grocery shopping, child care or even gathering information about breast cancer. And a supervisor may even help find ways to balance work and treatment schedules.
Co-survivors also give much needed emotional support, such as listening or being there to give a hug.
What can I do? What can I say?
Is someone you know battling breast cancer or stepping back into "normal" life after treatment? Sometimes it's hard to know what to say or do. Fact sheets and information about the breast cancer and its emotional impact can help you understand and reach out and meet the needs of someone going through this experience.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends breast cancer survivors and their caregivers get the seasonal flu shot. |
Find more information from the CDC about the seasonal flu.
Help me understand what you're going through
Breast cancer is complex and overwhelming. It can change lives, relationships, goals and priorities. Information about what you and your loved one might expect along the way is very important. The information can help you cope and retain some sense of control during this challenging time. We have many educational materials that cover a wide variety of topics that can help you learn about breast cancer, including how it is found, treated and what may be expected afterwards.
Create a network of support!
Learn how friends, co-workers and neighbors can join together to assist your loved one in their time of need by creating a private online group calendar at lotsahelpinghands.com.
As a coordinator, you can create, free-of-charge, a private and secure web community, define volunteer activities using the supplied templates and invite members to the community. Volunteers can then easily view and sign up for any number of available tasks (i.e. bring meals, drive to doctor's appointments, provide child care, etc.) and review their current commitments. Community members also have access to the community's private message boards, photo galleries, resource sections and even a Well Wishes wall.
Bring together family, friends and coworkers to help support and care for your loved one through a caring social network and planner. CaringBridge provides sites where friends and family can stay connected and updated on someone's health event – and leave messages of hope and encouragement. Their planner also gives you the power to set a community of support in motion by organizing meals, tasks and other helpful activities. CaringBridge is available to anyone free of charge for as long as it's needed.
Sharing your story – connecting with other co-survivors
As a co-survivor, you provide much-needed support for your loved one's fight against breast cancer. But, you need support, too! By sharing your story and connecting with other co-survivors, you can be part of a group connected by strength, hope, and love. Read stories of hope and encouragement from co-survivors and breast cancer survivors and share your story to help inspire others.
You are not alone. This year in the U.S., a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every two minutes. Each diagnosis affects everyone in that person's life.
When you have lost a loved one to breast cancer
When you have lost someone to breast cancer, it's extremely painful. When a loved one dies, you go through a process called grieving (suffering). The grieving process happens over a period of time and everyone feels grief in their own way. Below are some signs of grieving:
- having trouble thinking or focusing
- not eating
- losing weight
- feeling depressed
- having trouble sleeping
- feeling tired
- feeling lonely
- feeling guilty
- feeling angry
Grieving is normal and should be expected. In time, the pain should slowly ease and you should be able to go on with your normal daily routines.
Bereavement counseling
During this time, you will need social support to help you get through this experience. Support, both formal and informal can help you work through these issues of loss and grief.
Bereavement (loss) counseling is a special type of professional care, which has been shown to help. If your loved one was in hospice, grief and bereavement counseling is an important part of hospice care for caregivers. You may also get a referral from a health care provider.
Getting involved
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- Make a donation in honor of your loved one.
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- Become an advocate.
- Find Komen in your area to learn about other ways you can get involved in your local community.
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If you're starting a business, you may be wondering how to legally structure it. Should you incorporate, become an LLC, or operate as a sole proprietor?
Over 70 percent of U.S. businesses are owned and operated by sole proprietors or sole traders.
But what does being a sole proprietor involve and is it the right structure for your small business? Here's what you need to know about the advantages and disadvantages of being a sole proprietor.
What is a Sole Proprietor?
A sole proprietorship is basically an unincorporated business owned and run by one individual (no partners are involved), with no distinction between the business and its owner. As a sole proprietor, you are entitled to all profits and are responsible for all your business's debts, losses and liabilities.
A sole proprietorship is the easiest business structure to form (you only need to get a license or permit and register your business with your local government) (hence its popularity). It is also a simple structure to maintain with few forms and little business administration needed. Many freelancers, consultants and independent contractors operate as sole proprietors for ease and convenience.
SBA's Sole Proprietor Guide offers more details about the process of starting a business as a sole proprietor and the steps you'll need to follow.
What Are the Advantages of Being a Sole Proprietor?
As mentioned above, the ease of starting and operating a sole proprietorship is one of the reasons this business structure is hugely popular. Also, sole proprietors are relatively unencumbered by government regulations and can run their business autonomously without the need to report to partners, shareholders and board members. You control all your own decisions and the money you make.
Sole proprietors have the benefit of reporting tax on any income earned through their own personal tax return, rather than filing separately as a business – which can save time and hassle. You also won't need to prepare a balance sheet for your company.
Sole proprietors also have a lot of flexibility when it comes to their careers. You can easily close your business without too much bureaucracy, or work on a full or part-time basis for another employer without worrying about answering to anyone about your own business affairs (aside from your clients, of course) – another reason this is a popular option for freelancers, many of whom hold down two jobs!
What About the Disadvantages?
One of the reasons many new business owners seek to incorporate instead of being a sole proprietor is the liability issue.
You may not think now that you need protection against liability, but what if a client holds you in breach of contract or threatens to sue you? Can you afford to put your personal assets at risk to satisfy any claims against your business? As a sole proprietor, there is no legal distinction between the owner and the business. This means that you are personally liable for all business losses and debts. Business incorporation can limit your liability as a business owner, essentially putting your personal assets off limits if anyone brings a judgment against you. So sole proprietors are inherently exposed to risk that incorporating as a corporation or limited liability company can help alleviate.
Other disadvantages can potentially impact your bottom line and growth plans. For example, banks typically require that businesses incorporate before they'll lend them money, leaving you to rely on savings, credit cards and other sources of capital. Then there's the perception issue – being an incorporated business can give you a more professional appearance to potential clients.
Finally, because you aren't required to produce financial statements or a balance sheet, your financial controls might not be as sharp as the need to be and this could be detrimental in the long term.
The Bottom Line
If you are starting a business, operating it as a sole proprietor can afford many benefits:
- Ease of start-up (from an administrative perspective)
- Lower start-up costs (incorporation involves forms, fees and sometimes legal advice)
- Quicker and simpler tax preparation
- Autonomy of business decisions and control of profits
Then again, it's important to consider the downsides.
- Liability – If you run a business that could expose you to risk in the form of debt or lawsuits (e.g., industries such as a child care or a food service business), then operating as a sole proprietor could leave your personal assets vulnerable.
- Raising capital can be hard
- Lack of financial controls
- Lack of professionalism
If you still have questions, there are a number of counseling resources in your community that can help, including Small Business Development Centers. Find them here.
Additional Resources
For a complete guide to your available business structure options and how to set them up refer to SBA's Choosing a Business Structure guide.
If you think incorporation might be right for your small business, check out this recent blog: Top 10 Questions about Small Business Incorporation Answered.


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The Jelly Rolls No More
The Tribe, unable to parlay Friday night's exciting win into a series win, dropped the final 2 to the Mariners.
It's true that there are going to be growing pains as these young players mature and find their way in the Majors, but the inclusion of Boone and Hollandsworth in these games continues to baffle.
After the game, the team moved their short RF Ronnie Belliard to the Cardinals for… middle infielder Hector Luna?!?
For those unaware of who Luna is, let's do a little bit of player association:
The Cardinals' starting 2B Aaron Miles proved to be an inadequate starting 2B in the Majors. The Cardinals acquire Belliard to replace Miles in the lineup. In return, the Indians get the player incapable of displacing Miles at 2B for the Cardinals (remember that whole Miles being an inadequate starting 2B?).
Where does Luna fit in this whole thing? Is he going to take AB's away from Joe Inglett this year? Is he going to enter 2007 as the starting 2B? I hope not.
Luna, by the way, was originally in the Tribe farm system, but exposed in the Rule V draft, where he was plucked away by the Cardinals. In the years that followed, he's done nothing to distinguish himself as more than a utility IF.
This is a tremendous disappointment as Belliard seemed to be the Indians' biggest bargaining chip who didn't fit into their 2007 plans. With multiple teams looking for a 2B, or even a 3B, you would think that the Tribe would be able to get a decent return for Jelly.
Unfortunately, the team netted more for Broussard and, arguably, Perez.
How does this not look like a pure salary dump?
Maybe Luna proves that he's a decent 2B when given regular time, but isn't that what we're trying to determine with Inglett?
Why wouldn't the Indians just hang onto Belliard for the compensatory draft pick if they were going to get no more than a utility IF for him?
The Front Office will say that moving Belliard to another team allows them a bigger window to sign him in the off-season (remember how Kevin Millwood needed to be signed before a certain date, or the Indians were unable to negotiate with him). I don't think that the argument holds much water, though, as Belliard will likely command a 3-year deal on the open market for about $4M to $5M annually. At that price, I don't think that Belliard was in the plans, regardless, and somewhat rightfully so (money can be better spent elsewhere).
That all being said, Luna gives some insurance in case Inglett is not capable of manning 2B next year. The amount of insurance that it gives the club, though, is not much.
This just doesn't seem like a very good fit. It seems like the dearth of MI's in the system could suddenly become a glut of middling middle infielders (pun intended).
After having seen the logic to all of the moves made thus far, even the Wickman one, this one (if this is it) is a big letdown.


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How do I handle my inheritance? The loss of a close loved one can make it very hard to think clearly and function effectively. Add to that the fact that you may have to make important decisions about an inheritance, and it can be an overwhelming time.
Motley Fool's recent article entitled "5 Considerations for Managing an Inheritance" discusses some ways to be a responsible steward of the money you've received and how to handle your inheritance and integrate it into your larger financial plan.
- Stop and organize your thoughts. After the funeral or memorial service, take time to grieve and reflect on the loss of your loved one. You should also not make any sudden, large changes to your life, if you've inherited a considerable amount of money or a valuable asset. After some time has passed, you should speak with the estate's executor or court-appointed administrator about next steps.
- Create a plan and act on it. While the executor is tasked with winding up the deceased's affairs, you might ask if you can help with an inventory of his or her assets in the estate. This should include both probate (assets without a named beneficiary) and non-probate (assets with a named beneficiary). It's helpful to make sure that you verify and then cancel your loved one's subscription services and recurring household expenses (i.e., cable and electric). The executor will make that decision, but you may be able to help with some phone calls or emails to these companies. After the estate's final expenses are paid, you should create an action plan and assign responsibilities. You'll then be ready when the executor distributes the estate assets to heirs.
- Integrate to avoid mental accounting. After time has passed and you've received your inheritance, any new funds should be integrated into your own financial plan, as if it were earned income. If you don't yet have a written financial plan, talk to a fee-only financial planner who charges by the hour or on a fixed-rate.
- Make certain that your financial priorities are met. Your inheritance creates a critical chance to possibly change the trajectory of your net worth. You might use it to pay off or reduce long-standing debts, like student loans. Build your emergency fund — at least six months' worth of living expenses — that will cushion you from unforeseen circumstances (like this pandemic!). You should also make sure that Roth contributions are made for the year.
- Get creative! If you've inherited non-financial assets, like a car, artwork or antiques, you should make sure you know their value and decide whether you'll keep or sell them. You might also swap an item with another heir, or if you aren't ready to absolutely part with an inherited item, you might offer them to other family or friends. It can be nice to know that an unused item is being put to good use by people you know. Another option is to repurpose the item or donate it.
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MSC on its 25th year held its annual acquaintance day celebration, last June 20, 2014, Friday, with its actively participating faculty, staff and students.
Starting at exactly 8:30 in the morning, students of Grades 7, 8, 9 and fourth year assembled in the school hall. The program proper started with an invocation led by Kyle Javier,a Grade 9 student. It was followed by the national anthem led by the MSC Performing Arts, trained by Mr. Rene Antiporda and Ms. Krizzalyn Barrios, the Glee Club advisers. The opening remarks of the school principal, Mrs. Lerma S. Prudente, and inspirational message from Mr. Virgilio Y. Prudente, school president, have made everyone excited on their upcoming presentation.
Each year level presented their talents and special numbers with group dance performance and songs. The students showed and proved that each of them have talents that they can share and be proud of. The event included jail and message booths, which raised funds for the Student Council.
Yells and shouts filled the hall in the afternoon with the games presented by each group with the winners receiving prizes. The acquaintance party and program was successfully held as the first activity of the Student Council for this school year. It achieved the goal of the studentry in proving that learning cooperation and teamwork can be fun, and socialization will leave high school memories that will last and will never be forgotten.
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TechRadar Verdict
A great ebook reader with a natural touch interface, and that's small and light.
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The Kindle Touch is the latest Amazon ebook reader to launch in and outside of the US and the first to sport a touch-sensitive display.
The latest batch of Kindles has actually been a bit slow to filter out to the UK. We got the new £89 Kindle fast enough, but the Kindle Fire has been totally absent anywhere outside the US since its launch, and it's only now that the Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G have arrived.
The £89 Kindle was a simplified device, losing the keyboard and 3G access to keep its size, weight and price down. The Kindle Touch is a little more flexible, even though it's arguably simpler still. There's only one obvious button on it now, below the screen, like the iPad, but it does come in a 3G version for £169 (which is what we have here for review), or a Wi-Fi only model for £109.
The interface is controlled entirely by touch, with new finger-friendly menus on offer. When you're reading, different parts of the screen offer different options when you tap them – most of the screen is dedicated to turning the page forward one when you tap it, but the far left takes you back, while the top of the screen brings up the menu buttons.
Instead of tapping, you can use gestures anywhere on the screen. Swiping your finger right to left will move you onto the next page, while going the opposite way takes you back. Swiping upwards takes you to the next chapter, downwards takes you to the previous chapter.
Despite the addition of the touch interface, the screen hasn't really changed. It's still a six-inch, 600 x 800 E Ink display, with 16-level greyscale. It's no Retina display, but its crisp and clear nevertheless, and is even an improvement on other models, which we'll go into on the next page.
The Kindle Touch models come with 4GB of memory, with around 3GB of that being available for storage (Amazon says it's good for about 3,000 books) – double what's on offer in the £89 Kindle.
The addition of touch controls, 3G and extra storage hasn't come without comprises, though. The Kindle Touch weighs 213g, while the 3G version weighs 220g – a good 30 per cent heavier than the 170g Kindle. They're still very light compared to the likes of the iPad or Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, of course.
The Touch models are also thicker, coming in at 10.1mm compared to the £89 Kindle's 8.7mm. In fact, it's larger in every way: the Touch is also slightly wider and taller than the cheaper Kindle.
But the extra weight and size does come with one other major advantage: with wireless off, the two Kindle Touch models are rated for two months of battery life at 30 minutes of reading per day, or three weeks with wireless on. The £89 Kindle manages only one month with wireless turned off, though it matches the three weeks with wireless on.
So, a touch interface, longer battery life, optional 3G, more storage, more money, more weight and added thickness… does it balance out into a better Kindle?


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The Large EGG is the most popular size and a favorite to handle the cooking needs of most families and gatherings of friends. Accommodates all EGGcessories for baking, roasting or smoking. It's versatile enough for weekend cookouts or pizza parties, large enough for eight steaks at once, and efficient enough for an impromptu meatloaf for two!
- Grid Diameter: 18.25 in / 46 cm
- Cooking Area: 262 sq in / 1688 sq cm
- Weight: 162 lbs / 73 kgs
The Large EGG can cook
- 20-pound turkeys
- 12 burgers
- 6 chickens vertically
- 8 steaks
- 7 racks of ribs vertically