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ON TUESDAY'S "Live with Kelly and Michael," host Michael Strahan talked about a 1999 game he played against the Doug Pederson-led Eagles in which he intercepted a pass and ran the ball into the end zone for a touchdown. In spectacular fashion, Strahan celebrated with a Ricky Martin-style pose.
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1) Recruit them online Today's youth is wired, to the extreme. Use online volunteer matching services such as Volunteer Match. Post opportunities on your own website but change them frequently so your pages look fresh and appealing. Respond immediately to inquiries.
2) Speak in a youthful wayMake your opportunities relevant to the interests and needs of young people. Young people like language that is quick, fun, and exciting. Emphasize involvement and how they can contribute.
3) Use youthful visualsUse lots of photos and quotes from other young people. Develop an advisory group of young people to help you with this aspect of your marketing.
4) Develop competitions and gamesYoung people love competition and games so develop them to use in your recruitment efforts, your training, and when your volunteers are actually performing their tasks. Healthy competition will add zest and excitement to the work your young volunteers do.
5) Develop a speakers servicePut together a group of young speakers who can recruit their peers. Arrange speaking engagements at schools and churches.
6) Develop teamworkDevelop teams among your youth volunteers and train team leaders. Encourage group participation and let your volunteers learn from each other.
7) Provide mentorsFind adults to work with your young volunteers that they can identify with. Use young adults who are natural mentors and role models.
8) Encourage participationLet young volunteers participate at every level. Listen and then act on their suggestions. They will not trust you if you invite engagement and then ignore their input.
9) Appreciate your youth volunteersIf you don't truly appreciate the contributions of young volunteers, don't even bother. Young people are shrewd detectors of bull and will demand honesty and behaviour that matches your rhetoric. Walk the talk.
10) Reward frequentlyDon't wait for a special event. Provide verbal feedback consistently and make sure you bring in lots of food. Most of all, have fun. Even if the work is serious, make sure that you throw in some pleasure.
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The Elvii will run again at the Jersey Shore Sunday – fat Elvii in white sequined jumpsuits, young Elvii from the "Love Me Tender" days, even a few female Elvii doing their pelvis-shaking best.
And make no mistake: It is Elvii to this group. The first time Scott Fleming ran in a marathon dressed like the King, he was in Las Vegas, and people there told him that the use of Elvises was frowned upon.
"I figured if they'd know that anywhere," he said, "it would be Vegas."
Fleming had bought a cheap Halloween costume on a lark that year for the Las Vegas Marathon, then arrived to find a couple hundred others had done the same thing. It was a blast, of course, running through the streets of Sin City in ridiculous getup with the other Elvii, even stopping at a drive-by chapel for a wedding ceremony with a few dozen of his counterparts.
He brought the tradition back with him to New Jersey marathon, and it stuck here, too. So the Elvii, about 70 of them, will run the 26.2 miles Sunday – and, for the final time, Fleming will lead the way.
Fleming was diagnosed with Progressive Muscular Atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease similar to ALS, in June. The Florham Park resident was running in the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon last spring when he felt a numbness in his legs. He figured it was from the long ride out there, but it didn't get better.
He saw a neurologist, and then another, and they gave the 46-year-old father of three the life-changing news. Like ALS, Progressive Muscular Atrophy has no known cure, and the disease typical runs its course in five to 10 years.
The bad news gets worse: "It has progressed quicker than I hoped it would," Fleming said.
He went from running a marathon in June to having trouble going up steps in the fall to needing braces for his legs in December to walking slowly with a cane this winter and spring.
He hasn't left his job, working on the help desk for a wealth management company. Part of this is his attitude – his Facebook page is dominated with a single quote: "Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anybody else." Part of that is his desire to set an example for this family, for his wife Melissa, his teenage daughters Amber and Corinne, and most of all, his 3-year-old boy Brody.
But the former Marine reservist knows what is coming next. He is already making plans for that reality – a motorized wheelchair, ramps in his split-level house, and a life dependent on others.
Just not yet. Fleming and his friend Dave Platz had signed up last fall for the New Jersey Marathon, which runs through eight Jersey Shore communities. Platz wasn't about to let his partner in 12-15 marathons back out.
"I told him, 'We'll walk across the starting line and we'll walk across the finish line. How we get from Point A to Point B is up to you,'" Platz said. "'I can push you, or I can drag you.'"
They settled on the former, with Fleming picking up a running wheelchair for the occasion. They two met at a race called the Hot Chili Challenge in Sussex County about a decade ago, and it was Fleming's love of marathon running that rubbed off on Platz in the years that followed.
And it was Fleming's playful prodding that led Platz to buy his own white Elvis jumpsuit, complete with the ridiculous wig that, during the race, has a difficult time staying put on his bald head.
So if this was the last time that Fleming would run a marathon – and he has 32 on his ledger already – then they would run as a team. They decided to run for charity, benefiting the Les Turner ALS Foundation, and the idea took off. Their team of Elvii already has raised more than $25,000.
"It's depressing," Fleming said of his condition. "But I just decided that I'm not just going to curl up in a ball and hide in the corner. If I'm going out, I'm going out with a bang."
The bang begins Sunday at the Jersey Marathon, with the ocean at their side and a few thousand fans to cheer him on. Platz figures he'll do most of the pushing, but a few of the other Elvii have volunteered to help, too.
It'll be Fat Elvii and young Elvii and even a few girl Elvii, running together for a cause. Running together for a friend.


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They say no one from the convict settlement of Sydney Town crossed the steep ranges of the Blue Mountains until 1813. But the quick-witted convict Clancy Fitzgerald did it in 1798, dragging with him the proud - but reluctant - Eliza Philips. Faced with constant danger and wrenching isolation, Clancy and Eliza found themselves pale-skinned strangers in a land of ancient traditions and spiritual beliefs.
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The birth of Caroline... the differing reactions of Eliza and the Aborigines
Yes. I listening to him in "Batavia" and "Can't buy me Love." This book is by far and away better than both! It was a masterful performance, with accents, great inflections, and NONE of the pauses that made those other two books so frustrating.
I normally don't like this type of genre, and I was a bit wary of listening to Aspel after my disappointment with his reading of "Can't Buy me Love"... I am glad I read this. it is a rugged bush story, with all of the elements of an American wild-west story: gold prospecting, conflicts with Natives, old sensibilities confronting new exploration. I normally don't like books where I don't, on some level, like the protagonist's, but I can understand Clancy's motivations, Eliza's frustration as a wife, and the natives' hospitality and confusion regarding the white people in their midst.
This is a fantastic book, performed admirably. I can't wait to read Alice to Nowhere (also read by Aspel) and Dust and Glory (performed by Humphrey Bower, one of my favorite narrators of all time).
"clancy tale"
the narrator getting the voices right the aboriginals sound weird his english voice and irish are ok but the native is annoying the story also make the aboriginals seem wrong in there tribal ways and bushcraft are a lot differant to the books
didn,t make it that far hard to get through
maybe but was very disappointed
disappointment the other evan green book was okay
Being a European loving Australia this book drew me completely in the history of the land. With great respect for the aboriginals.
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A Texas man managed to escape his burning home alive thanks to the help of his two small dogs.
Joe Kilgore was asleep when an early morning fire broke out at his home.
He said his Pomeranians, Sassy Mae and Sissy Ann, alerted Kilgore to the fire and saved his life.
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A routine weekend commute from Cortland to New York state has General Motors fabrication plant electrician Mark Dearborn waiting eagerly for an opportunity to purchase his own new Chevy Cruze Clean......
The article is about the new model not the man buying one. One sentence is the article is the entire focus of the commenter. How somebody else spends their money is non of my business. Whether ,I, believe it is a good or bad decision I'm sure this man could give a flying fv<k.
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Don't confuse opinions with complaints Bill, Insured with Moonie here, most people can't trade in a vehicle every 2yrs and those who do are making horrible financial decisions.
You have to agree there is a huge loss in equity and shouldn't a GM vehicle be good for 10yrs or more? I believe citizens could do much better financially with a little education rather than being bombarded with new products and pressure to spend, spend, spend...
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Great positive attitudes there ladies. Some people complain even under the best of conditions. Oh well, I hope this is another great seller. I find it nice to see people with in our community prosper, even if others put great amounts of energy being negative.
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Only GM employees can afford to trade in their car every two years! I would never trade in a two year old car - too much of a loss money-wise, even considering the gas savings.
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I wonder what mr. depolo is thinking while he is looking at that motor, did I do a good job, I know where the defects are, this is the best work I ever did or oh well there it is i'll let someone else sell the public on the stupidity of buying a diesel when the gas model gets almost as good gas mileage and gas is cheaper.
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By the time she's done, Hannah Simpson will know her first car inside and out.
Simpson, a sophomore at Canterbury School of Florida, is rebuilding a 1979 El Camino, part by part, with her dad, Lonnie Simpson, in their garage in Pinellas Park off 49th Street. In addition to the El Camino, the garage houses her father's GTO, a Porsche, two T-Birds, an Oldsmobile Starfire and a Corvette. The garage is like Simpson's second home, because her beloved car lives there.
Her father's garage is a personal place for his family's cars and really close friends. "It's small but homey," he said. "My kids have grown up here."
When she was 2, she and her parents, brother and grandmother traveled to find the El Camino. "We went to South Carolina up in an RV," Simpson said.
Their treasure "smelled like mothballs, and there were animals living in it," Simpson said. "It was disgusting." The distinctive half car/half pickup was her grandmother's dream, and she decided to take it back and fix it up.
"It was barely running," Simpson said. "There were holes in it and wasps' nests all over the car, and it smelled so bad." The family attached the El Camino to the back of the RV and towed it all the way home to Florida. "My grandma and I watched it the entire way to make sure it didn't come off," Simpson said.
Late the first night the El Camino was in Florida, Simpson, a toddler, climbed inside and pretended to drive. "Ever since, it has been my car," she said. Her grandmother gave her the car because she was so attached to it, a loving gift from a woman who passed away a little more than a year ago.
Simpson and her father have been working on the car for two years, mostly on weekends. Rebuilding the El Camino is "dad-daughter bonding time," she said. They get most of the work done over the summer.
The current project is the front suspension, and lower and upper A-arms. Simpson's father is teaching her how to maneuver around the car with labels and manuals, which she calls her "fun reads." She reads as many manuals as she can during the school year in order to prepare for the summer's work ahead.
Simpson has had plans for the Camino for years. "Everyone at school can use it for the football games. Music will be blasting and grills cooking. It'll be awesome," she said.
She hopes that awesome is ready by Jan. 15, 2015 — her 16th birthday.


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Gluttony: Battling a Culture of Convenience
I tend toward the "eat, drink, and be merry" life philosophy, popularized by the Bible, and also Dave Matthews Band. Growing up in a very large, very loud, very food-centric family in South Texas ingrained this in me, as we gathered many a Sunday around the table(s) to celebrate that month's birthdays and talk politics, family businesses, and, mostly, the last Seinfeld episode. What you might call gluttony, I call Sabbath — and I'll quote Scripture at you to prove my point.
So smug was I at my "breaking bread as Jesus did" epicurean lifestyle that I probably should be writing about pride instead. But a few weekends ago, while finishing up season two of House of Cards three days after it released — and also a bottle of Zinfandel — and taking eye-attention breaks to check my Facebook and Instagram feeds (that adorable photo of baby girl only garnered 64 likes?!), and to see how many steps my Fitbit recorded for the day (so much for that post-dinner Skinny Cow), I paused to reflect upon the concept of gluttony.
When does our reliance upon a constant stream of multi-channel entertainment and instant gratification become harmful?


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- Description this is a single cut from the new album of kuniyuki "dancing in the naked city".a side "bamboo city" sounds like kuniyuki's way chilian minimal house stuff. it's like a fusion of luciano and four tet.b side "come with us" is a dj tool edit of original album version. it's darkerand more mixable housy version..


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Hello everyone..I came here today because i wanted to test how fast my internet connection is on my xbox and how fast it will after i get FibreOp hooked up to my house.With my computer, i know how to do this. go into Network and Sharing center.. click my connection.. and boom it says 48.0 mbpsBut on my xbox console. I dont see anyway to view my speed in network settings.Is there anyway i can view my speed on my xbox.. or view my xboxs speed thru my computer somehow..Thanks!
Not in front of my console but I think you can go from the dashboard, scroll into Settings, select Network Setup, click "Connect", and then when you are connected you hit the "Y" button and get a read on your speeds.
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First of all, there isn't a way to test your internet speed via the Xbox directly. I haven't tried this, but you may want to open Internet Explorer on your Xbox and navigate to www.speedtest.net
I haven't tried this myself so I don't know for sure if it will work.
Regarding your computer, I don't think you are seeing your true internet speed. It sounds like you are seeing the connection speed of the network interface card in your computer.
To see your real internet speed, you need to download data over a period of time and measure it. The easiest way is to use a free website such was www.speedtest.net. Try that site from your PC.
BTW, if the PC and the Xbox are on the same router/network at your home, they both are getting the same internet speed.
Hey there Jorkest!It is not possible to perform a proper speedtest using the IE app installed on your console. This is due to fact that it cannot process that much data. You have to remember the differences when performing a speedtest through your computer or through your console. Your console is connected to Microsoft servers. So the performance test has to go through these servers first. These servers has restrictions related to some of the services like the IE application. Therefore, you are not able to process that much data at the same time, since the algorithm of the IE application is not built for it. It is solely built for simple browsing. You can think of this as a light version of IE.
thanks for the information. you are right, i wasnt looking at the true speed. so i went to speedtest and got this..
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2353911672.pngDL: 39.72 Mb/s / UL: 4.92 ms``BTW, if the PC and the Xbox are on the same router/network at your home, they both are getting the same internet speed.``well, if thats the case, then my xbox has aprox. 39.00 Mbs, which is DECENT! but may i ask, how do you know that this is true.. i dont mean to second guess you, but are you sure theres nothing going on with my xbox that would effect the speed of connection@Taidara "It is not possible to perform a proper speedtest using the IE app installed on your console."i knew something like that had to be going on, because when i did use a speed test program like speedtest.net (this one requires flash - dont got so i used another service) i got a very low rating of something like 2mbps. so thanks a lot for telling me that. I would like to add that my xbox does seem to get matches faster now, in halo.. cod.. etc. so thats a good sign that the fibre op is paying off.THANKS GUYS
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I had 15mbps download ever since i had my xbox. a few weeks ago i upgraded to 40mbps and my computer is reflecting that but when i download a game it takes the same amount of time it did before? so if i get same speeds on pc and xbox how come thats happening?


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The Singapore Zoo is designed around an 'open environment concept' in a rainforest setting. Hosting over 2,500 specimens that come from over 315 species, of which 16% of the animal population is regarded as being endangered. Spread across 28 hectares of land, the zoo easily attracts over 1.5 million visitors each year.
Daily shows at the Singapore Zoo involve a spectrum of animals, whilst providing key information to help educate the general public. The zoo is divided into different sections such as the Australian Outback where kangaroos roam, White Tiger which features the endangered Bengal tiger, Proboscis Monkeys section where the elusive monkeys from Borneo can be seen, Orang Utan where the large social group of intelligent Orangutans can be viewed, and Cat Country, where visitors can come face to face with such beauties as jaguars and leopards. There are numerous other sections and animals to be seen and enjoyed. One would also find interactive displays and plenty of information regarding the animals, which mean that not only is the visitor being entertained but also informed.
Once the sun sets a whole range of nocturnal animals come out to forage and hunt. Over a 1,000 animals from 115 species can be found, and 30% of them are regarded as being endangered. The Night Safari can be enjoyed either by foot through three walking trails or by tram. The Night Safari at the Singapore Zoo is an experience by itself and one that should not be missed.


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Bullying: A quality of life issue
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Concerns aboutbullyingand its role in school violence, depression, and health have grown in the past decade. Bullying is different from the routine conflicts of childhood. It is intentional behavior meant to hurt and dominate another person. Internationally, the prevalence ofbullyingin elementary schools range from approximately 11 percent in Finland to 50 percent in Ireland. In the U.S., 19 percent of children are bullied.Though bullyingbehaviors decline as a student progresses through school, the numerous physical, mental, and social detriments can last well into adulthood. Bullying also impacts academic achievement, school bonding and absenteeism. National media headlines during the last year indicate a need for a proactive approach to combat an issue that affects everyones quality of life.
What is bullying?
Bullying is characterized by an imbalance of power between the child who bullies and the target (another child). It can be physical, verbal, emotional or sexual. Bullying also includes harassment via email and instant messaging. Research shows that bullying generally begins in elementary school, peaks in grades six through eight, and persists into high school. Here are some startling statistics: one out of four kids are bullied; one out of five kids admit to being a bully of doing some bullying; one out of three children and youth in grades six through 10 have been bullied; one out of four teachers see nothing wrong with bulling or putdowns; the prevalence of having been bullied on school property was higher among females than males; and among students homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied.
Effects of bullying on victims
Several studies report that children who bully are more likely than their peers to get into frequent fights, vandalize/steal property; drink alcohol and/or smoke; be truant and/or drop out from school; and carry a weapon. Research also shows that for kids who identify as being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender the presence of a youth-led gay-straight alliance; inclusive curriculum materials; and the presence of supportive adults makes a significant and positive difference in the life of these kids. Cyber bullying inflicts emotional harm in a stealth manner via websites, chat rooms, email, cell phones and instant messaging. A National Institute of Health study that analyzed 6th through eighth graders indicated cyber bullying has more of a psychological impact on children and adolescents because they may not know who is harassing them online. The cloak of anonymity causes victims to feel dehumanized or helpless at the time of the attack. Specifically, some adolescents who are regular victims of cyber bulling may experience emotional distress and suicidal thoughts. Furthermore, cyber bullies are more likely to be older adolescents rather than their younger counterparts.
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The most effective methods to reduce bullying involve a whole school approach. This includes assessing the problem, planning school conference days, providing better supervision at recess, forming abullyingprevention coordinating group, encouraging parent-teacher meetings, establishing classroom rules against bullying, holding classroom meetings aboutbullying, requiring talks with the bullies and victims, and scheduling talks with the parents of involved students.


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St. Catherine Laboure Parish on Derry Street in Swatara Township will have two large scrolls available in the narthex of the church Feb. 23-24 for parishioners to sign with their greetings, support and prayers for Pope Benedict XVI.
There will be two special Masses offered - at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 27 and at 9 a.m. Feb. 28 with the school children. The scrolls containing the signatures will be blessed at the Mass on Feb. 28. It will then be sent to the Vatican.


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The passenger killed in Monday night's crash east of Greeley has been identified as an Eaton man, the Weld County coroner said Tuesday.
James Salazar, 18, was the passenger in a 1999 Pontiac sedan that collided with a semitrailer at Colo. 392 and Weld County Road 51. He was pronounced dead at the scene at about 8:30 p.m, according to Weld County Coroner Mark Ward.
Two others were seriously injured in the crash.
Colorado State Patrol spokesman, Trooper Nate Reid, said one of the passengers was airlifted to North Colorado Medical Center.
Reid said the call that closed both directions of Colo. 392 at Weld County Road 51 near Galeton for several hours came in at 8:09 p.m.
Two people in the semitrailer were uninjured.
State Patrol troopers on scene said the semi was eastbound on Colo. 392 when the car ran a stop sign at Weld 51.
They were not sure which way the car was traveling.
Salazar is the 41st person to die on Weld roads this year, compared to 36 this time last year.
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Beachgoers at the Jersey shore looked to the sky and found an unpleasant sight Saturday afternoon — but it wasn't seagulls circling or dark storm clouds breaking the sun-soaked summer day.
It was two swastikas — one inside a Star of David — flown on a plane-led banner above the beach like an ad for a bar's karaoke night or a restaurant's seafood special.
"First I was like, 'Did I just see what I thought I saw fly by?'? " said Kim Silverman, 54, a Philadelphia woman who was enjoying the waves at Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island around 3 p.m. when she looked up to see the symbol, long associated with the horrors of Nazi Germany, traveling across the blue sky. "I was shocked."


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Corinth coach Doug Jones saw Ashton Shumpert on the opposing sideline one time.
That was plenty of time to form an opinion of Itawamba's highly recruited 6-foot-2, 195-pound running back and safety.
Shumpert was named the 2012-13 Gatorade Mississippi Football Player of the Year Thursday, the first Gatorade winner from IAHS.
Shumpert carried the ball eight times for 236 yards and three touchdowns against Jones' Warriors.
"Ashton Shumpert has been lights out in every game he has played this year," Jones said. "He is dangerous on the field because he changes the game on both sides of the ball. I think he takes Itawamba from a good football team to a great football team."
Gatorade winners are recognized as the best players in each state and are finalists for the National Player of the Year award.
Despite missing three games to open the season, Shumpert amassed 1,787 yards and 25 touchdowns on 151 carries.


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The Oakland Raiders gave Terrelle Pryor nine games last season to prove he was their quarterback of the future, and he failed. So, they dealt him Monday to the Seattle Seahawks, a stunning acquisition for a team already set at quarterback.
But it turns out the Seahawks envision Pryor as a receiver or tight end.
"Terrelle is an incredibly explosive athlete and we're excited for him to come in and compete," Seahawks general manager John Schneider said.
Compete with Russell Wilson and backup Tavaris Jackson? In 2013, Pryor completed 57 percent of his passes for 1,798 yards, while throwing seven touchdowns and 11 interceptions. The Raiders were 3-6 in his starts.
It's more likely the Seahawks will try Pryor, 6-foot-4 and 233 pounds, at receiver or tight end. Pryor caught one pass for 22 yards with the Raiders in 2012. The Seahawks, who have toyed with quarterback B.J. Daniels at receiver as well, have shown their creativity in using quarterbacks in different roles.
The price the Seattle Seahawks paid to land their latest toy was low: a seventh-round pick in next month's draft.
But the deal the Oakland Raiders pulled off Monday night is a rarity in the NFL these days. Stars like DeMarcus Ware, Chris Johnson Darrelle Revis -- among others -- have been released because their respective teams couldn't find a trading partner.
There's one selling point when it came to Pryor those proven players didn't have. Pryor is cheap. His cap hit for 2014 is $912,654, according to spotrac.com.
Pryor is also in the final season of his initial contract.
Beyond the Seahawks, the 49ers were in the mix for Pryor, according to Pro Football Talk.
Even through he entered the 2013 season as the starter, Pryor never gained traction in his three seasons with the Raiders, who drafted him in the third round of the 2011 supplemental draft. The Raiders would have cut Pryor had he not been dealt, reports CSN Bay Area's Scott Bair:
This divorce was expected following a drama-filled 2013 season that ended beyond the point of no return.
Multiple sources indicated that Pryor and head coach Dennis Allen were oil and water. They never did mix well.
No matter what happened last season, this trade was a football-first decision. The team gave him nine starts in 2013 and a fair evaluation. Pryor was not in the Raiders future plans.
Troubled Aldon Smith works out with 49ers
Aldon Smith took part in offseason workouts Monday with the 49ers, a team that could lose the linebacker for some or all of the 2014.
Smith was arrested last week at Los Angeles International Airport after he allegedly made bomb threats. He had already been dealing with weapons and DUI charges.
CSN Bay Area's Matt Maiocco wrote that Smith's presence shouldn't be overlooked:
If the 49ers had no intention of allowing Smith to play this season, it's questionable whether they would allow him to take part in the team's offseason program. He is scheduled to make a fully guaranteed $2.336 million in base salary in 2014.Maiocco also reported that Smith's case stemming from his LAX arrest while going through security has been taken over the Los Angeles Police Department's Criminal Conspiracy Unit.
Smith is subject to an NFL suspension for potential violations of the league's policies on substances of abuse and/or the personal conduct.
The league is set to make announcement...
Well, it doesn't appear to the 2014 regular season schedule, but the NFL will announce who will attend the draft.
The announcement is scheduled to take place at Radio City Music Hall at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
There were eventually 24 players invited last year.
The regular season schedule is expected to be released Wednesday or Thursday as The Star-Ledger's Darryl Slater wrote.
Other league news:
Rolando McClain announces his retirement, again
Josh Morgan signs deal with the Chicago Bears


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Australian Pop Icon Kylie Minogue Reconquers the American Clubs—and Charts
Professional critics haven't always lined up perfectly behind Minogue either. The 34-year-old has admitted that "there are buskers [street musicians] who are better than me," but hey, pop-dom is about "luck, magic, timing," says John Marx, agent to Mariah Carey and Sheryl Crow. Minogue, who has sold more than 30 million records overseas, is scoring on all three fronts in the U.S. Her infectious dance track "Can't Get You Out of My Head," released earlier this year, became her first Stateside hit since her 1988 remake of "The Loco-Motion." A follow-up single, "Love at First Sight," is climbing the charts.
Having started in 1986 as the squeaky-clean star of Australia's TV drama Neighbours, Minogue was for years "a soap star with a bad haircut," says biographer Sean Smith. "Now Kylie is really a pocket-sized J.Lo." A 5'1" pixie who wears size 0, Minogue is so idolized in Europe that visitors to London's Madame Tussaud's wax museum have been known to steal the panties off her statue. Recently her raunchy ad for a British lingerie line was banned, and her butt "appears to have become a national obsession," Minogue told Britain's The Times in March.
At home the sexy image extinguished the memory of her girl-next-door TV role. Growing up in Melbourne with Dannii, now 30, and brother Brendan, 32, a cameraman, Minogue made her TV debut on a soap at age 11 thanks to the encouragement of her accountant dad, Ron, and mom Carol, a former ballet dancer. She broke out on Neighbours at 17, but her acting stalled in movies like 1996's Bio-Dome, with Pauly Shore, her boyfriend for five months. "She's interesting, she's sweet, she's original," he says. "She's a total workaholic."
Minogue had a bit part in last year's Moulin Rouge with Nicole Kidman—a friend who calls her "a survivor" and plans to record a duet with her—but her concerts are her real forte. Onstage Min (as her friends call her) wears Dolce & Gabbana costumes, including one Barbarella number with thigh-high silver boots. "Kylie is like the perfect Barbie doll," says Stefano Gabbana. Her idea of fun, though, is to storm into Kmart with friends and spend "$20 on an outfit they have to wear out that night," says her U.S. acting agent Rob Marsala.
The fun was shattered in 1997, when Minogue learned that INXS front man Michael Hutchence—her boyfriend from 1989 to '91—had committed suicide. "She went through hell," recalled Jeremy Joseph, who promoted the London charity event at which she sang the same evening. "I feel infinitely sad that he's not here," she said in 1998.
Lately her two-year relationship with English model James Gooding, 27, has been plagued by reports of breakups and his infidelity, but Minogue rose to his defense in May. "He's cool, loving, gorgeous and supportive," she told The Sun. Together they spend much of their time in the kitchen—where Gooding runs the show. "Performing in front of 12,000 is fine," she says, "but cooking a successful dinner is an equal triumph."
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The New York Rangers (4-5-0) lost to the New Jersey Devils (5-1-3) by the score of 3-1, tonight. For a box score, click here.
…it has become abundantly clear that if the first line struggles, this team can't win. And unfortunately right now the first line is struggling every other game. I must admit that this game was better than their previous four losses, but the battle level still isn't where it needs to be.
…just when you thought the power play can't get worse they have a night like tonight. Got to wonder how long Sullivan can hang on if this keeps up.
…and now it looks like the penalty kill is trying to catch up to the extra man's awfulness.
…hate to say it, but Brodeur outplayed Lundqvist tonight. Huge third period.
…going in I was just hoping Miller wouldn't get overwhelmed, instead he was one of the Rangers best players, which wasn't a good thing tonight. Loved his willingness to get to the front of the net. His veteran teammates should take notice.
…Kreider got stronger as the game went on and man can that kid snipe.
…good to see Del Zotto play like he thought he back in last year's Eastern Conference Finals. And somehow Tortorella thought he deserved more ice time than McDonagh.
…lots of defensive breakdowns with Danny G. out of the line-up. Devils also dominated in blocked shots 14-8.
…Anisimov has double the goals of Nash right now. Just sayin'.
…i think it might officially be time to either banish Bickel to the press box or send him to the Whale. Absolute waste of a line-up spot if he's not going to get more than four minutes a night. Baffling that he gets the call over Eminger.
…can't imagine Mashinter would have been worse than Boyle or Asham tonight.
…i thought Richards looked the best he has all season when Torts put Miller and Kreider on his wings.
…effort still not there on a consistent basis. I'd say it's because Callahan is out but it wasn't there when he was in the line-up either.
…it absolutely infuriates me that Clarkson has become a solid NHL player.
…as you can see, I'm a little more subdued with my thoughts than after previous losses. I think I'm more stunned than anything at the lack of passion from this team. I'm really at a loss. Did guys like Dubinsky, Prust, Mitchell, Fedotenko and Anisimov really mean that much to the Rangers success? I guess so.
…Rangers better figure their special teams out quickly because the Islanders and their superior power play and penalty kill units visit MSG Thursday night.
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Holiday Decor: Ribbon Christmas Tree Craft Project
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I love decorating my house for the fall. I always start at the beginning of September and I get so much enjoyment out of placing the fall garland and pumpkins throughout my home. Having family and friends over on Thanksgiving, surrounded by good food and the fall decorations is always a highlight of my year.
However, the day after Thanksgiving, I waste no time in putting away the pumpkins and replacing them with holly, snowflakes, wreaths, pinecones, Santa Clauses, and stockings. By the time I crawl into bed the night after Thanksgiving, my house exudes with the sights, smells, and sounds of the season's holiday cheer.
After all of the decorations were put in their places this year, I looked around and had the sudden urge to add a touch of craft to my display. I made one stop at a local craft store and picked up all the necessary essentials needed to make Ribbon Christmas Trees.
This project is incredibly easy and the best part is that it is kid-friendly. Plus, after you're done working on the project, you will have cute Christmas trees throughout your home that you can enjoy for years to come.
Ribbon Christmas Tree Craft Project
- Styrofoam cones
- Scissors
- Ribbon
- Pins
What is your favorite homemade holiday craft project? How do you get your kids involved in making crafts during the holiday season?
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you could use stick on bows for the top like a star.
I used a stack of buttons in graduated sizes that I put together and stuck to the top of the tree with glue dots. I made them in anials prints oto match my daughter's zebra themed bathroom.
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Hi! We published a post with several Christmas tree crafts, and we selected one of yours!!! Here's te post (it's in spanish :P) Manualidades de Árbol de Navidad
Super cute! Do you have any ideas for making the top cuter? I don't really like how it just stops…
I want to make this!
What did you use as a topper?


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MIFFLINTOWN - Juniata Valley Financial Corp. has announced its earnings and declared a third quarter dividend, according to a recent press release from the financial institution.
JVFC President and Chief Executive Officer Marcie A. Barber said that net income for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2011 was $3,544,000, in comparison to $3,611,000 for the same period in 2010. Basic earnings per share were $0.84 for each period.
"Despite a challenging and uncertain economy, JVB is delivering a consistently solid return to our shareholders," Barber said.
Total assets increased by 4.4 percent, to $454.8 million, from Dec. 31, 2010, to Sept. 30, 2011, with this asset growth funded by deposit growth of 4.9 percent. The nine-month results were primarily attributed to the change in average loan to deposit ratio from 81.7 percent in 2010 to 74.0 percent in 2011, resulting in a reduction in the net interest margin, the release states.
Juniata Valley's 2011 third quarter performance, in terms of net income of $1,214,000, increased by 11.3 percent in comparison to net income for the second quarter of 2011. Earnings per share increased by11.5 percent in the third quarter of 2011 as compared to the previous calendar quarter. Net interest income in the most recent quarter was $51,000 lower than in the previous quarter due primarily to lower average loan balances, according to the release.
The provision for loan losses was $56,000 lower in the third quarter of 2011 than in the second quarter of 2011 and the ratio of the allowance to total loans remained at 0.99 percent at the end of the two periods. Non-interest income in the third quarter of 2011 increased by $18,000, or 1.8 percent, compared to non-interest income in the previous quarter, primarily due to increased trust fee income. Non-interest expense was $176,000 lower in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the second quarter of 2011 due to lower employee compensation and benefits expense, the release states.
As compared to the same quarter one year ago, net income in the third quarter of 2011 decreased 5.5 percent. The decrease in net income in the third quarter of 2011 versus the third quarter of 2010 primarily resulted from a decrease in net interest income, related to a decline in outstanding loans, partially offset by an increase in non-interest income, according to the release.
Barber also announced that on Oct. 18, 2011, Juniata Valley Financial Corp.'s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.22 per share for the fourth quarter of 2011, payable on Dec. 1 to shareholders of record on Nov. 15 - an increase of 4.8 percent over 2010's third quarter dividend.
According to the release, management considers subsequent events occurring after the balance sheet date for matters which may require adjustment to, or disclosure in, the consolidated financial statements. The review period for subsequent events extends up to and including the filing date of a public company's consolidated financial statements when filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, the financial information in this announcement is subject to change.
The Juniata Valley Bank, the principal subsidiary of Juniata Valley Financial Corp., is headquartered in Mifflintown, with 12 community offices located in Juniata, Mifflin, Perry and Huntingdon counties. In addition, Juniata Valley owns 39.16 percent of the First National Bank of Liverpool, which it carries under the equity method of accounting. More information regarding Juniata Valley Financial Corp. and The Juniata Valley Bank can be found online at www.JVBonline.com. Juniata Valley Financial Corp. trades over the counter under the symbol JUVF.OB.


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Document Nonexistent Systems
Some people think that, before they start coding something brave and new, they have to:
write a management proposal
write a functional specification
write a technical specification
draw up the interfaces in
I have no idea why people do this.
Or do I? When introduced to some new system, most people (me included) read:
An abstract, or executive summary
An overview of what it supposes to do
A summary of how it does it
Two or three diagrams, each reminiscent of a flowchart
before they actually install it and give it a test drive. But this doesn't mean that the system was written in that order. Here are some things that were implemented before their documentation was completed (and that documentation):
The C Programming Language
Internet Protocol (RFC791)
Here are some things that were documented before they were implemented:
The OSI protocol suite
Peer To Peer (Napster et al - Intel's reincarnation of the concept)
is a mistake. Build a little system. Try it out. Tinker. Use trial-and-error. But START! DO SOMETHING!
This doesn't quite explain the people who refuse to read documentation before diving into a new system but whose first instinct is to produce it when they start to create a new system. I count myself in this category. A better explanation is that people are trying to create a mental model of the system they are using or building and that actually using the system is the fastest (or even the only) way to construct such a model but that getting caught in coding details hampers the mental modeling of a non-existent system. --
My scyscraper fell down when i just did it. People got mad that i wasted their time.
I've written collapsible skyscrapers too! But isn't it less painful if you just show the powers that be, your collapsible skyscraper, instead of an executive summary of a feasibility study of a proposal of a public hearing of ...
Oh and solid coding does hamper the mental model. But maybe just document and diagram it for yourself now, and for everyone else's benefit later.
''It took 4 years and several hundred million dollars to make it collapse so well, so no, it wasn't less painful.''
1. Industry analogies strike again. I'm not in the building industry. I write software, and to
software, I don't use lot of manpower and machinery and time, but instead use a
(Oh, mass production? Software can be mass-produced too, but it's much easier to tool up a CD recording plant than most other factories - just send them a CD-R.)
Since the building (and mass-production) steps are so straightforward, if it's not quite right at any stage during design or delivery,
that software.
Bill Gates made himself "Chief Software Architect" at Microsoft for no particularly good reason.
2. It is a lot harder to test a document than it is to test a program. (Hint: try running a document.)
It may be easier to run a program than it is to run a document, but running is only half of testing. On the other hand, it may be much harder to run an incomplete program than to review an incomplete document (or program).
When you read a document, you're "running" the document, but you're not running what it describes. A subtle distinction.
As for the other half of testing, when you run a program, how do you know if it passed? Give an example if you can.Think
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Check the staus of media server properties and check that multiple retentions
per media is checked, otherwise if you perform a FULL backup the tape is
flagged as full and is unusable until the retention date is reached.
You can check the status of the tape by running the bpmedialist command from
the command prompt. C:\veritas\netbackup\bin\admincmd>bpmedialist
>I am using a DDS4 tape with 20GB (uncompressed) / 40GB (compressed) capacity.
> I have only backed up 550MB worth of data, but if I try to back-up even
>1 more file in a new backup job I get a 'Media is allocated and non-overwritable'
>error and the tape ejects. Why is it trying to overwrite data if I am not
>even close to filling the tape?? I have tried the Quick Erase of the tape
>which allows me to make a few more backups but then I get the error again.
> Any help??


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Wednesday – Virgin Gorda
Our Excursion for the day was seeing Virgin Gorda via ATVs. By the time we signed up, all the ATVs were taken except one, so we shared an ATV. There were a total of 7 of us from the Star Clipper. We took the launch to the beach where we got a ride to the place where they had the ATVs. They gave us each a helmet and showed us how to use them. The ATVs were already set up in a line and we followed our guide on the unpaved, rocky roads and up and down the steep hills of Virgin Gorda. The ATVs were a great way to see the island and stop to check out the great views!
The ATVs were a great way to see the island and stop to check out the great views!
Originally, the schedule had us having lunch on the beach but the weather didn't cooperate. It was too windy to bring everything to the beach, so we had it on board the ship. We decided to stay on the island, do some geocaching and then have lunch at Corsairs.
This was our best day for geoaching! While on the ATVs we were right on the spot where a cache was suppose to be, but we couldn't hold everyone up long enough to find it. So once we were done with the tour, we rented a taxi since we didn't have enough time to walk to both of them. The first one was by the beach that we were suppose to have lunch at. Todd found this one. It was stuck in the bushes pretty good.
The second one was on top of the tallest hill on the island and straight up from the beach.
The view was great, but thank goodness we took a cab to get there!
I found this one.
Back on the ship, the entertainment, as we set sail for our next island was one of the Ship's cooks carving the table settings out of all different types of fruit.
At 1630hrs, we held a BoatUS reception for the 19 people who booked their reservations via the BoatUS Travel Agency.
We had lots of snacks and anything we wanted to drink.
Then we searched for a good place to take a group photo of everyone.
We used the main stairway to the dinning room. It was a tight fit, but I really didn't have the right lighting to get everyone in the back rows, but we had fun taking the photo.
The next day we met an other couple who were also BoatUS Members, but we didn't know it. They missed a good party!
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DETROIT -- Grading the Detroit Lions after the team's 40-32 win over the Chicago Bears:
The Lions won this game in spite of Matthew Stafford, not because of him. Detroit's franchise quarterback missed most of the downfield throws he attempted in this contest, and his lone interception was on him, throwing it too low for Calvin Johnson to make a play.
Stafford also lost a fumble when he held on to the ball too long in the pocket and was stripped by Julius Peppers. He fumbled a second time in the second quarter while lunging across the goal line, but had the presence of mind to make a remarkable recovery while the ball was still in the air for the score.
The offense line opened up some big holes for Reggie Bush, but the slippery running back did plenty of damage in the open field on his own, making tacklers miss with spin moves and hurdles.
Bush was over the century mark by halftime and he and Joique Bell combined for 215 yards from scrimmage in the win.
This grade was an "A+" before Bell fumbled late in the fourth quarter.
To be fair, Detroit's receivers weren't much of a factor in the contest, partially because of Stafford's accuracy issues. Calvin Johnson was limited to four receptions, but came up with a difficult touchdown grab on a short fade route in the second quarter.
Kris Durham padded his stat line in the fourth quarter, leading the team with 58 yards receiving. He did come up with a difficult 12-yard reception in the red zone that set up Stafford's touchdown plunge.
Surprisingly, Ryan Broyles didn't record any stats and was targeted just once.
Tight Ends: B+
The main question this week was who was going to step up and replace Nate Burleson's production. Brandon Pettigrew answered the bell, catching seven passes for 54 yards. Tony Scheffler also added a nice 22-yard reception down the seam out of play-action.
The group is docked because Scheffler dropped a short pass on a 3rd-and-1 deep in Chicago territory. A reception would have resulted in a first down in the red zone.
A near flawless performance from the hogs up front. The run lanes for Bush, particularly up the gut, were impressive. Dominic Raiola, Larry Warford and Rob Sims took advantage of the Bears' defensive line missing Pro Bowler Henry Melton.
In pass protection, the Bears were limited to just one big play, the strip-sack by Peppers, reaching around Riley Reiff. While the left tackle could have done a better job on the play, Stafford held on to the ball a little long.
Ndamukong Suh is making an early case for the league's Defensive Player of the Year. The dominant defensive tackle sacked Jay Cutler twice, including forcing a fumble that Nick Fairley scooped up for a touchdown.
As a collective unit, the line got good pressure and limited Matt Forte to 95 yards rushing, despite giving up a 53-yard touchdown early in the second quarter. That run, and a 27-yard carry by receiver Alshon Jeffery the play before, were the big negatives from the front four.
On both of those plays, the defensive ends failed to contain on the edge, allowing the Bears' play-makers to break out for big gains.
This group continues to alleviate concerns with strong play after a shaky preseason. DeAndre Levy and Stephen Tulloch were all over the field making stops, while Ashlee Palmer contributed a tackle for loss in limited snaps.
Tulloch came up with a sack on a well-disguised blitz in the first half and Levy should have had his third interception of the season, but the outside linebacker couldn't hold on to the throw after jumping the route.
The safeties were huge in this game, intercepting Cutler three times in the contest. Louis Delmas and Glover Quin both made excellent reads to force the turnovers.
Detroit's cornerbacks got beat a few times for big plays, but didn't allow any touchdowns until the game was out of reach. Disappointingly, the group couldn't prevent a pair of two-point conversions in the fourth quarter, which could have sealed the win earlier.
Also, the group did a nice job wrapping up all game, limiting Chicago's yards after catch.
A strong all-around effort by the special teams. Sam Martin averaged 50.0 yards on his punts, David Akers converted all four of his field goals and return man Micheal Spurlock busted off a 57-yard punt return that led to a Lions touchdown.
Most importantly, the coverage units limited Devin Hester to a modest stat line despite eight punt and kickoff return attempts.
Kris Durham gets props for recovering a pair of onside kicks in the fourth quarter.
The coaches identified a weakness on Chicago's defensive line and exploited it throughout the first half.
On defense, the Lions gave up another big run play, but like they have done all season, adjustments were made and the opponent was rendered ineffective in the second half.
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1 dead after car wreck in Downtown OKC
Collision happened near Sheridan and Lincoln avenues
Published 6:50 PM CST Jan 26, 2013
A traffic collision near Sheridan and Lincoln avenues in downtown Oklahoma City has left one person dead.
Police said a female driver of a white SUV died at the hospital. A male driver and child in a black truck were not injured.
Authorities said they believed the woman ran a red light.
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|Glossary of Terms found in or concerning Wills
Absolute/absolutely : Without any conditions
Administration : The management and distribution of the estate of the deceased; The authority to do so, granted by a court. Where no will had been made or a will was deemed to be invalid, Letters of Administration were issued by the court, appointing one or more people (usually next-of-kin) to administer the deceased's estate
Admõn : Abbreviation of 'Administration'
Admõrs : Abbreviation of 'Administrators'
Anno Domini : Latin for 'Year of the Lord' - often abbreviated to AD
Anno Salutis : Latin for 'Year of the salvation' - a dating style used up until the eighteenth century which, like Anno Domini, dates years from the birth of Jesus.
Annuity : An annual income or payment of a fixed amount from an investment of capital which is, usually, not repayable
Appoint : To specify
Appurtenance : A right belonging to a property (eg the right to fish in the river at the bottom of the garden or to draw water from a well)
Appurts : Abbreviation of Appurtenances
Arrearages : Payments (or the amount of payments) in arrears
Assign(s) : Person(s) to whom any property or right is made over
Begotten : Fathered
Behoof : Use, benefit, advantage
Bequeath : To leave property in a will (strictly, personal estate) - see Devise
Bequest : An item or sum of money left in a will
Borough English : An ancient Anglo-Saxon custom by which the youngest son inherited the land
Chattels : Property other than freehold. Distinguished into chattels - real (leasehold interests) and chattels - personal (personal movables eg plate, china, cattle)
Codicil : A supplement to a will, usually defining additional bequests or making small changes.
Commissary : A deputy; An officer representing a bishop
Commission : Delegation of authority; the act of issuing letters of administration.
Comõn : Abbreviation of 'Commission'
Copyhold : Property and/or land held, subject to the custom of a manor. When transferring the property the tenant first surrendered it to the lord of the manor who held the fee simple, and then the new tenant was admitted on payment of a fine (see Leasehold, Freehold)
Covenant : A formal agreement under seal; To grant or promise by covenant
Coverture : The condition of a married woman as legally under the protection of her husband (until the Married Woman's Property Act of 1882, married women could not, by law, own property; before this they and their possessions were considered as possessions of the husband - fortunately we live in more enlightened times)
Curtilage : A court or area of land attached to and including a dwelling-house; Messuage
Deed : An instrument (usually a document) comprehending the terms of a contract and the evidence of its due execution
Devise : Property left in a will; or the act of leaving property in a will (strictly, real estate) - see Bequeath
Devisee : Person to whom property is left in a will (strictly, real estate)
Distrain : To seize goods for debt, especially non-payment of rent
Distress : Goods seized for debt, especially non-payment of rent
Dower : Property to be enjoyed by a widow after her husband's death (see Jointure, Thirds); Property that a woman brings to her husband in marriage (also Dowry)
Easement : The right one landowner has been granted of making limited use of his neighbour's land, as the right of access to water, right of way, etc., at no charge.
Edifices : Buildings
Enceinte : Latin meaning 'with child'; pregnant
Estate : Property, especially a landed property (see Real estate, Personal estate); A person's assets and liabilities taken collectively
Execution : Performance of what is required to give validity to any legal instrument, as by signing and sealing; The discharge of a duty
Executor/Executrix : Person charged with carrying out the wishes of the testator (executrix if female)
Exõrs : Abbreviation of Executors
Expectancy : The position of being entitled to possession of any property at a future time by virtue of reversion, remainder or death
Fee : Inheritance of a freehold estate
Fee Simple : Absolute inheritance, immediate and without restrictions
Fee Tail : Inheritance of an entailed estate, which may descend only to a certain class of heirs e.g. eldest sons
Feoffment : Transfer of land from one person to another where the land is held subject to a fee or service
Fine : A sum of money paid on particular occasions e.g. on inheriting a copyhold property
Foregift : A premium paid by a tenant for the renewal of a lease(see Fine, Premium)
Freebench : A widow's right to dower out of her late husband's Copyhold lands (see Copyhold, Dower)
Freehold : A property and/or land held free of duty except to the monarch (see Leasehold, Copyhold)
Heir/Heiress : Person to whom property will come into possession upon the death of the current holder (heiress if female)
Hereditament : Any property that may be passed to an heir/heiress
Heredits : Abbreviation of Hereditaments
Hereinafter : Later in this document
Hereinbefore : Earlier in this document
Heriot : Fine due to the Lord of the Manor (e.g. the best beast) upon the death of a tenant
Husslements : Minor household goods of little value
Imprimis : Latin for 'especially' - often used to introduce the commending of the soul to God or the first bequest
Impropriate : To place ecclesiastical (church) property in the hands of a layman; Description of property so devolved.
Impropriator : A layman who holds possession of the lands of the church or an ecclesiastical living.
Indenture : A written contract under seal (so called because the two documents had their edges cut or indented exactly alike so as to correspond with one another)
Intestate : Having died without leaving a valid will
Inventory : A list and valuation of all the deceased's movable goods (usually room by room) - more common before the mid 18th century
Issue : All living decendants - children, grandchildren etc. Legally adopted children and grandchildren are included, unless the will expressly excludes them. Does not include step-children
Joint tenants : Two or more people who own a property together. The joint tenants do not own distinct shares in the property; if one of them dies, the others will continue to own the entire property. Only the last tenant to die can pass the property on in their will (see Tenants in Common)
Jointure : Property (land or tenements) settled on a woman at marriage to be enjoyed after her husband's death; Like Dower
Land : The ground, the buildings built on it, the subsoil below the ground, property fixed to the ground, and the airspace above the ground necessary for its ordinary use
Leasehold : Property and/or land held, subject to the terms of a contract, for a specified period of time (see Freehold, Copyhold)
Legacy : Personal property left in a will (i.e. other than a house or land)
Lessee : One to whom a lease is granted (see Lease)
Lessor : One who grants a lease (see Lease)
Limit : To specify
Manor : The district over which the court of the Lord of the manor had authority
Messuage : Dwelling and offices (eg barns, sheds) together with the adjoining lands
Moiety : One of two parts; Half
Mortgage : The grant of an estate or other immovable property in fee as security for the payment of money, to be voided on the discharge of the debt or loan
Nuncupative : Spoken; A will declared orally before witnesses rather than written, usually by a testator on his/her deathbed
Overplus : Surplus
Overseer : Person appointed to oversee the execution of a will - someone to give help and advice but with no legal powers
Personal Estate : Property of the Testator, other than real estate
Premium : A sum paid in addition to interest, wages etc. (see Fine, Foregift)
Presents : Writings
Primogeniture : The practice (introduced by the Normans) of conferring land on the eldest son without subdivision, thereby leaving an estate intact for centuries
Probate : Proof, before a competent court, that a written paper purporting to be the will of a person who has died is indeed his lawful act and granting the executor(s) the right to carry out its terms
Purpresture : An illegal enclosure or encroachment (on public or common land)
Real Estate : Land and/or buildings; A person's interest in land and tenements
Rack rent : Rent at the maximum obtainable annual value
Relict : Another term for widow; A widow who has not remarried
Remainder : Interest in an estate to come into effect after a certain other event happens e.g. inheritance by heirs after the death of their widowed mother (similar to reversion)
Residue : The remainder of an estate after all legacies and bequests have been given and once all debts, taxes and expenses have been paid
Reversion : Future possession of any property after some particular event (similar to remainder)
Revoke : Annull, repeal or reverse; to legally cancel a will
Sentence : A judgement about a disputed will given at the conclusion of litigation
Several : Separate; distinct
Singular : Particular; specific
Stirpes : Family or generation; describes the way a bequest is to be divided among a person's issue. Most people want bequests to their children to be divided equally among the children. A per stirpes distribution does this, and it also governs what happens if any child has died. If a child has died, his (or her) share is divided among his issue if he has any issue. For example, presume that you have three children and that your will provides for a bequest to your children per stirpes. If all three children survive you, each would get one third of the property. If, however, one has died, his one third share would be divided among his children if he had any, or if he had no living issue his one third share would pass to his two siblings
Tail : Inheritance only to a certain class of heirs e.g. males (see Fee, Fee Simple, Fee Tail)
Temporal estate : Possessions that one has during one's lifetime (also referred to as worldly estate)
Tenants in common : Two or more people who own a property together. Each has a distinct share and can pass it to someone on their death (see Joint Tenants)
Tenement : A dwelling or habitation (or part of) occupied by one family
Testament : Legal document disposing of a person's personal estate, usually combined with a Will; A writing or decree appointing an executor
Testator/Testatrix : Person making and leaving a will (testatrix if female)
Thirds : Ecclesiastical law provided that at least one-third of a man's personal property should go to his widow (as her dower) and one-third should pass to his children (see Dower, Jointure)
Trental : In the Roman Catholic Church, either an office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial or a series of thirty requiem masses (i.e. one a day for thirty days).
Trust : An arrangement, usually established by a written document, to provide for the management and disposition of assets. It normally involves three parties: the person who establishes the trust (sometimes called a donor, grantor or trustor), one or more trustees and one or more beneficiaries
Trustee : Person to whom the management of property is entrusted for the benefit of others
Vested : Present and absolute right; not conditional
Videlicet : Latin term meaning "namely"
Viz : Abbreviation of the latin videlicet meaning "namely" (also written 'Vizt')
Will : Legal document disposing of a person's real estate


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CBS (Wednesdays, 8 p.m. ET)
In this new sitcom, the Cheers veteran plays the cohost of a radio show, Points & Plugs. Together with his brother (Pat Finn), he dispenses automotive advice from a makeshift studio inside their car repair garage. (The premise is lifted from the popular NPR show Car Talk, hosted by Tom and Ray Magliozzi. That program is based in Boston, but Wendt, opting to put some miles between himself and Norm, situates this show in Madison, Wis.)
Wendt and Finn deliver their lines with such assurance and crisp rhythm that you may be puzzled after a few minutes to find that you're not laughing. These guys sure act funny. The problem is they're driving a lemon. Under the hood: stale and obvious writing. Combine the running-on-empty humor with a woeful supporting cast, and you have a sitcom hitting on about two cylinders.
Fox (Wed., March 22, 8 p.m. ET)
Fox, home of the supernatural, introduces another "speculative" series. In his basement, a San Francisco graduate student and inventor (Jerry O'Connell) accidentally discovers a gateway leading to other worlds. These alternate universes actually look a lot like ours except that a few key elements will be out-of-kilter or reversed. Elvis might be alive, or a green traffic light might require motorists to stop. The Bay Area might be an Arctic region, or it could be under the thumb of a communist police state.
O'Connell's fellow travelers include his physics prof (John Rhys-Davies), his coworker at a computer store (Sabrina Lloyd) and a soul singer (Cleavant Derricks) who was driving down the street at the wrong time and passed through O'Connell's floating portal with his Cadillac convertible. As this foursome "slide" from one looking-glass world to another, they often encounter altered versions of themselves.
The drama is sci-fi lite, rendered with gee-whiz energy and a sense of levity. And it's frivolous and under-imagined. That was also true of Quantum Leap—yet that show had its loyal advocates. If you liked Leap, you should definitely be in front of the set for Sliders. I, however, will not be joining you.
After this 2-hour premiere, the series assumes its regular slot: Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
Showtime (Sun., March 26, 8 p.m. ET)
The cable channel has revived the occult '60s anthology series that leaned heavily on goofy-looking extraterrestrial visitors. This two-hour pilot stars Beau Bridges as a scientist at a top-secret military installation who is nurturing organisms brought back in soil samples from Mars. (Bridges' father, Lloyd, as well as his 10-year-old son Dylan make appearances.) When the project is declared unsafe and shut down, Bridges steals some of the eggs and sets up a home nursery. Soon he's gasping into his audiovisual log, "The experiment has taken on a life of its own!"
There's nothing earth-shattering about this cable revival. The plots so far are rehashes of familiar schemes. But, like its progenitor, the series has been able to attract good actors. Later in the week the show assumes its regularly scheduled position, Fridays at 10 p.m. ET.
PBS (Sun., March 26, 9 p.m. ET)
Old Martin Chuzzlewit (Paul Scofield) cannot escape his ravening relatives. They are climbing over one another to lay claim to his estate. On this foundation, Charles Dickens constructed a grand comic opera, a meaty meditation on the theme of greed.
This sprawling Masterpiece Theatre treatment has a gray, claustrophobic atmosphere and a literate, languorous screenplay by British novelist David Lodge. The fact that this 5½-hour adaptation moves along at the pace of a plow horse ceases to matter after two installments. That's how long it takes for the story's carnival of characters to completely win you over. Personalities like those of the besotted nurse Mrs. Gamp (Elizabeth Spriggs) and the unctuous chiseler Montague Tigg (Pete Postlethwaite) are still vivid and appreciable a century after Dickens dreamed them up. The centerpiece of this tale, though, is Pecksniff (Tom Wilkinson), Chuzzlewit's distant but insinuating relative. Pecksniff is a sanctimonious, self-seeking sort with a voice and a manner like warm milk and the soul of a reptile.
NBC (Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Spring is busting out all over. And so are new series on the networks' prime-time schedules. The funniest of the lot is this sitcom, which stars daffy Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall) as the flustered, just-hired overseer of a Manhattan all-news radio station.
Saturday Night Live alumnus Phil Hartman plays a smarmy if sonorous newsreader. Stephen Root is the station's loopy, acquisition-mad millionaire owner. Andy Dick (Get Smart) plays an extravagantly sensitive reporter. Maura Tierney is an ambitious announcer, and Vicki Lewis is Foley's candid but cracked secretary.
The sensational pilot took off like a toboggan, gathering comic momentum until it ran out of hill. A second episode wasn't nearly as breathtaking, but the sitcom promises to go far, thanks to a marvelous ensemble and a lunatic sense of humor. NewsRadio is a nervier, more sophisticated version of WKRP in Cincinnati, updated to a time when people are much less secure about their jobs and far more wary about each other.
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Video: Series of blasts in Pakistan kill 122
As many as 122 lives were lost in one of Pakistan's bloodiest days in recent times with a series of explosions rattling two cities of the restive provinces of Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, one of them a major sectarian attack by a banned outfit.
Several security personnel and media persons were also killed on a bloody day which served as a grim reminder of the serious challenges being faced by the country from militants, religious extremists and separatists ahead of the upcoming general election.
The first blast took place at Bach Khan Chowk in Quetta city that resulted in the killing of 12 people while another 27 sustained injuries.
"At least 12 people have been killed while another 27 sustained injuries", said Capital City Police Officer Zubair Mehmood told the media.
The victims include Frontier Corps personnel, children and women. The blast also damaged 13 vehicles and nearby buildings.
With inputs from PTI
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Series of blasts in Pakistan kill 122
The second blast of the day took place at Swat inside Takhtaban Tableeghi Markaz (preacher center) just before Maghreb prayers.
In a series of attacks, terrorists targeted a security forces vehicle and a Shia-majority neighbourhood in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, and a religious congregation in the Swat Valley of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, an erstwhile stronghold of the Taliban.
Balochistan's capital city Quetta was rattled by three bomb blasts that claimed at least 93 lives.
The worst of these attacks was at a snooker club where a suicide bomber blew himself up. The snooker club on Alamdar Road has two Shia prayer halls and a sizeable population of Shia Hazaras.
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Image: Rescue personnel wheel an injured man from the scene of a bomb explosion at Maki mosque in Takhtaband, on the outskirts of Mingora
Photographs: Hazrat Bacha/Reuters
Series of blasts in Pakistan kill 122
As media teams and security forces gathered in the area, another bomb went off, media reports said.
Cameraman Imran Sheikh and reporter Saif-ur-Rehman of Samaa TV channel, two police officers and several rescue workers were among the dead.
Several reporters, cameramen and technicians of news channels were injured.
Police said 81 people were killed in the two blasts and 120 injured, including 10 army and police personnel.
Quetta's city police chief, Mir Zubair while confirming the death toll at 88 in the snooker club attack, said the casualties could rise as the condition of around 50 of the injured persons was critical.
Talking to rediff.com from an undisclosed location Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan spokesperson Ihsanullah Ihsan condemned the Swat attack and said, "We strongly condemned the Swat blast; our sympathies are with the victims and their families."
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Image: Police officials search for evidence at the scene of a bomb explosion at Maki mosque in Takhtaband, on the outskirts of Mingora, Swat Valley
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Series of blasts in Pakistan kill 122
"The second blast came minutes after the first one and the death toll is at 81 with around 130 injured in these blasts," said Zubair.
Nine policemen including a DSP and SHO were also killed in the second blast as law enforcement agencies, rescue officials and media persons reached the scene.
DIG investigation, Hamid Shakeel said that as a result of the two blasts the four-storey building which housed the snooker club had collapsed. He said four rescue workers of Edhi Trust had also died in the blasts.
Earlier in the day, a bomb placed under a car near Bacha Khan chowk, apparently targeting a security checkpost went off, killing 12 people including two security personal and a child and left around 30 injured. An estimated 20 kg of explosives were used in the attack.
Police said the blast was caused by a timed explosive device planted under the security forces vehicle. The blast caused a large crater and destroyed about 10 cars.
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Image: An injured man lies in a hospital after the second bomb blast in Quetta
Photographs: Naseer Ahmed/Reuters
Series of blasts in Pakistan kill 122
While the United Baloch Army claimed responsibility for the first blast, banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed the second attack.
Hours later, 22 people were killed and nearly 70 injured in an explosion at a "tablighi markaz" (preaching centre) near Mingora, the main town in Swat Valley, last evening.
The blast occurred in the basement of the centre at Takhta Band Road.
Initial reports said the blast was caused by a gas cylinder but police subsequently confirmed the incident was an act of terrorism.
Some reports said the attack was carried out by a teenage suicide bomber though this could not be independently confirmed.
Officials at a hospital in Saidu Sharif town said the dead and injured were hit by ball bearings, which are often used in explosive devices.
They confirmed 22 deaths and said several of the injured were in a serious condition.
The Swat Valley was a stronghold of the local Taliban till the army conducted an operation to flush out militants in early 2009. Most of the top Taliban commanders of the region escaped to Afghanistan.
Pakistan is scheduled to go to the polls sometime in April or May.
Image: People wheel an injured rescue worker into a hospital after the second bomb blast in Quetta
Photographs: Naseer Ahmed/Reuters


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