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"One must have a mind of winter." – Wallace Stevens, Snow Man
It's going to start getting a little more difficult soon. The market has now put in two weeks of rally, amounting to five percent in all, since the 1343 low of Friday the 16th. Despite the recent tradition of the last day of November being a struggle, with an even longer tradition of some odd price action, Friday managed to finish narrowly in the green and keep indices up on the week. In some ways it was the most impressive day of the week.
But while Monday should be expected to see another leg up, due to its status of being the first trading day of the month, things might start to get tricky shortly afterwards. Politicians started taking their budget battle to the media during trading hours on Thursday, a sign that the main event should be coming to Broadway soon. The jobs report is next Friday, for better or worse, and after that we start to bump up against the calendar and the annual early-mid-December slump. Keep an eye on the ADP payrolls report on Wednesday.
One topic that has been very much in the news of late is special dividends. The pretext for these goodies is to allow shareholders to evade paying potentially higher taxes on dividends, as most assume that the current 15% taxation rate for dividends will rise. Personally I doubt that dividends will be treated as ordinary income, but it looks like a safe bet that the rate will go up, at least for taxable income. Many dividends will continue to flow into retirement and institutional accounts that will still pay no tax. However, tax avoidance seems to be the driving theme behind the payouts.
Long ago and far away, when I was first studying for my NASD Series 6 exam, one of the things that was emphasized as not kosher was the practice of "selling dividends." In other words, one does not recommend purchase of a stock or mutual fund about to go ex-dividend (the cut-off date for being entitled to a dividend) so that the buyer might collect it, because the price of the security will usually drop by about the same amount as the dividend. All the buyer will have done is to incur a taxable event, in effect paying a tax to get back part of the purchase.
The case that stands out the most to me is Costco (COST), which has decided to pay a $7 special dividend. It isn't a case of speeding up the deployment of corporate cash, because the company borrowed all of the money to pay the dividend. When the stock goes ex-dividend on December 10th, be assured it will fall by about $7. Why is the company in such a hurry to impose a taxable event on shareholders?
I can tell you one group that is particularly going to benefit – management. In general, senior managers do not have unfettered license to sell stock, so long as they are working for the company. It is generally done in installments, called 10b-5-1 plans that allow corporate insiders to sell stock in fixed allotments at regular intervals. Rather than bore many of you with a lengthy discussion of insider selling, I will simply say that top managers are usually expected to hold onto the bulk of their stock until they leave the company.
Charlie Munger, of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett right-hand man fame, likes to say that to understand management, you have to understand how they are going to get paid. In this case, CEO James Sinegal, who has about 2 million shares, is going to get a $14 million payout at a 15% tax rate – all without having to sell a single share. As CEO, his shares are locked in for the long-term anyway, but at 74, it isn't clear how much longer he cares to stay on. If he were to retire a year later, for example, then $7 of the gains on the stock he owns will have been paid at a lower rate (15%) than whatever it goes up to. It's the same for all of the senior managers who own lots of stock, Sinegal being the largest holder.
Forgive my not coming to the conclusion that these special dividends are selfless acts to benefit the widows and orphans (their funds wouldn't pay tax on the dividends anyway, so long as it's redistributed). The irony of it all is that the very same Charlie Munger sits on the Costco board of directors, and he has over 100,000 shares as of the last filing I could find. Charlie needs money like the desert needs sand. [I certainly wasn't the only one to notice, either, hardly surprising in light of the size of the dividend and its unusual funding. After I'd written the above, my attention was drawn late at night to an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Friday morning that took an even snarkier tone.]
Another notion with a touch of the surreal is remembering to be grateful sometimes for regulatory agencies. In the summer of 2008, the economy was in a recession and oil was over $140 a barrel. The cover story was "peak oil" and the regulatory motto was that the free market handles everything on its own. Now four years later, economic output is higher than it was then and so is the stock market. U.S. oil prices, though, are trapped in a narrow trading range in the $80s. What about peak oil? Why hasn't it rallied as much as the stock market, when until recently every increase in equities was accompanied by a bigger one in oil?
It isn't all because of Canadian tar sands, though increased North American supply is playing a role. Brent oil, which is what the rest of the world prices off of, is at $110 by comparison. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and UK regulatory watchdogs have recently been conducting intense investigations of potential price-rigging during those halcyon days of $140/barrel. Oddly enough, the latest bouts of risk-taking in equities have left energy futures sitting on the sidelines. That lack of speculation sure is hurting the economy, isn't it?
That economy continues to muddle along, as seen in The Economic Beat below. Probably the most distinguishing feature of economic releases these days is that they are rarely as good or as bad as they appear to be. As more Sandy-related data arrives, it could put pressure on the stock market, a good example being next Friday's jobs report. I wouldn't think of predicting it either way, but for what it's worth, consumer sentiment measures haven't been at all pessimistic. Between the storm and seasonal adjustment factors, though, the number could be a sloppy mess.
The other side of Sandy's damage, of course, is the rebuild, and we could see market-favorable data begin to emerge in the latter part of December. Throughout it all, we will toil in the shadow of the cliff. It appears as if the early make-nice stage is near its end, and one should expect at most another week of pretend civility before the gloves start to come off and the accusations of moral turpitude, theft, treason, spousal abuse and lying about your golf score start to fly.
The Economic Beat
Another week of mixed data presented evidence for everyone. Consumer confidence rose to a four and a half-year high of 73.7, but contrarians pointed out – correctly – that confidence peaks tend to presage downturns in the stock market. New orders for durable goods were better than expected, but personal income and spending data was disappointing. New home sales were less than expected, but pending home sales were better.
The manufacturing sector data was everywhere. The Dallas (oil-based) and Kansas City (agriculture) manufacturing indices reported negative numbers, but the Richmond Fed reported a strong increase. Durable goods orders were better than expected at no change, but excluding transportation were up 1.5%. More importantly, business investment orders were up 1.7%. It wasn't a barn-burner, certainly, but it did trip up an element that had been loudly predicting a steeper down ramp into the end of the year from the fiscal cliff.
The Chicago PMI reported its first above-50 number in three months, but it had an odd piece of theatre attached to its dissemination on CNBC. Pugnacious reporter Rick Santelli gleefully said that it looked like a "10 out of 10″ piece of news to him, but in what looked to my eyes like a bit of stagecraft, had along a Chicago journalist to explain that it wasn't so good, especially due to the drop in new orders. The Chicago PMI is released privately to subscribers a few minutes before its public dissemination, and Santelli's reactions seemed less than spontaneous, to say the least. In any case, the drop in new orders wasn't from respondents saying that new orders were going out the window – the percentage of respondents saying orders were smaller actually declined – but from a shift out of the "higher" category to "same."
GDP for the third quarter was revised strongly upwards, from 2.0% to 2.7% (consensus was for 2.8%). That isn't as good as it looked, given that it got a big boost from inventory and private spending was revised downwards. Look for the combination of Sandy and inventories to cut fourth-quarter GDP by a significant amount, but a Sandy recovery and post-cliff atmosphere could send GDP shooting right back up again in the first quarter of 2013. The latest Beige Book of surveys from the Fed concluded that "economic activity expanded at a measured pace in recent weeks."
Homebuilder stocks had a little wind taken out of their sales when the September new home sales figure was revised sizably downward, from 389,000 annualized to 369,000. October was reported at 368,000. It would seem that the big lift-off that many had attributed to the Fed's "QE-infinity" announcement in September didn't materialize after all. Mortgage rates certainly fell in the wake of the Fed's action, but the real problem is that banks are still in lock-down mode when it comes to residential lending. There were still plenty of write-offs to go around in 2012, though conditions seemed to improve in the latter half. Home prices are steadily recovering, but at a modest pace that is still quite uneven.
October personal income and spending numbers were soft. Personal income was unchanged, and spending declined. Commerce declined to provide a comprehensive estimate of the impact by Sandy, but its guess of about $18 billion in lost wages looks right to me. Since the aftermath lasted well into November, it probably won't be until December data is released in January that we see the recovery effects in the data. For example, retailers were in general commenting that although November sales got off to a slow start, they were pretty happy with the pace in the latter half of the month. November auto sales, by contrast, are expected to be good.
Looking abroad, European unemployment continued to worsen and German retail sales unexpectedly fell, while business confidence unexpectedly rose (in France as well). The silver lining to a German recession is that it may begin to put the spurs to the EU confronting its debt problems in a more realistic way.
Next week is the first week of the month and the usual heavyweight with economic data. The ISM manufacturing survey is out on Monday, and the November jobs report comes on Friday. In between we'll see auto sales Tuesday and on Wednesday, ADP payrolls followed by the ISM non-manufacturing report.
Other reports include October construction spending on Monday – probably depressed by Sandy – factory orders on Wednesday (mostly known from durable goods), and another week of claims data. They fell as expected last week, so analysts will be looking clues to normalcy in next Thursday's report. The jobs report should get the full impact of Sandy.


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In a wide-ranging interview with The Premier League Show, which aired on BBC2 on Thursday night, Mourinho admits he cannot understand why United bought and sold some of the players they did and warned "there is a space between the general ambition of such a giant club and what we are in reality".
Asked if United are bigger than Real Madrid and Inter Milan, two of the previous clubs he managed, Mourinho said: "I am not saying bigger. It was easier to get the objectives at the other clubs than here. I found a sad club here. Man Utd sold players that I would never sell, bought players that I would never buy. I would never sell Di Maria, Chicharito, Danny Welbeck. Never. No chance.
"I am enjoying every moment of it. It is hard. It is difficult, but I knew that before. Manchester United has a name and a prestige and something magical in football that attracts everyone.
"The relation between our true potential and the expectations we create, there is a gap. We are not ready to be Manchester United. We are not ready to be a dominant force. We are not ready to try and win everything.
"Because of the nature of the club, and of myself, we are ready to fight for every game, every point, of that there is no doubt. But there is a space between the general ambition of such a giant club and what we are in reality."
Forget it, it is not possible, don't try to go 10, 20 years ago because it is not possible any more," Mourinho said, in reference to Ferguson's 13 titles. "I have many, many doubts that dominance is going to get back to the Premier League. So win titles, try to get back to the Champions League, win in Europe, but the base has to be the empathy with the fans. That is based on the quality of our football."
On his own future, Mourinho said: "I'd like to stay, I am really happy. I will stay here until the owners and the board don't want me
Man Utd is very powerful," he said. "It doesn't need to be in the Champions League to attract the best players. Last summer, we got players who could be playing in the Champions League. Zlatan could be in Paris with PSG, Mkhitaryan could be in Borussia Dortmund. Paul Pogba could be at Juve. We were able to attract the players because they know Manchester United sooner or later will get there. If any player decides not to come because of that I am happy that they are not coming.
"I don't want to be in the Europa League next season but I prefer to be in the Europa League than not in Europe. If we don't play Champions League, we play Europa League and we have to try and win it."
Mourinho believes Pogba needs time to readjust to English football but is unsurprised by Ibrahimovic's success.
"It isn't easy for Pogba," he said. "The country is so different than Italian football. It is hard for him. I'm not disappointed at all. The most important thing is his personality. He is professional, he will improve for sure.
"Zlatan is not a surprise for me. I know the personality, I know the body, I know the ambition that brought him here. Could he do it in the best league in the world? He has done it everywhere else. He's doing amazingly well."
Many other teams in England are going to finish the season without a trophy and we have one-and-a-half which is good," he said. "But we have to fight for the top four, we have to fight for the Champions League. The League Cup is not enough to say that the season is over at the end of February.
"I try always to get the best out of my players and get the team to play the way that suits them and the way we can get the best out of them. We normally dominate matches, have the ball, create a lot of chances. But we need to kill matches and kill opponents. If you don't kill, you are killed.
"I won so many matches and titles in my career the other way round, being safe, being in control and waiting for the mistake. I bite you, goodbye. Now we have to kill matches to have the complete pleasure. We are missing this.
"Losing affects my mood always. But I have found a certain balance. After a bad result at home would I make a joke 10 years ago? I don't think so. But I have changed. I change but I keep my nature and that is with a bad result you are not happy."
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9 games in April. Man City game scheduled for Thursday 27th April.
Sun 19 Mar: Middlesbrough v Man Utd (PL)
Sat 01 Apr: Man Utd v WBA (PL)
Tue 04 Apr: Man Utd v Everton (PL)
Sun 09 Apr: Sunderland v Man Utd (PL)
Thu 13 Apr: Anderlecht v Man Utd (EL)
Sun 16 Apr: Man Utd v Chelsea (PL)
Thu 20 Apr: Man Utd v Anderlecht (EL)
Sun 23 Apr: Burnley v Man Utd (PL)
Thu 27 Apr: Man City v Man Utd (PL)
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Southampton game still to be arranged.
On a more merrier note we're not 6th any more.
Everton have moved up to 6th, having played 3 games more.
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Jesse-iesta with a brilliant 2nd.
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We're not 6th!!
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I shouldn't laugh but the player sliding in front of his fans celebrating only to look back and see his team mate had missed a sitter
4 points off 4th, 2 games in hand.
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Michael Carrick has been awarded a 2017 testimonial by Manchester United to mark his 11 years with the club.
At the request of the United vice-captain, all monies raised after expenses will be distributed to his chosen charities through the newly-created Michael Carrick Foundation, itself a registered charity.
The major highlight of the testimonial will be a match between a Manchester United 2008 XI and Michael Carrick All-Stars to be played at Old Trafford on Sunday 4 June 2017. The confirmed list of players for the United team includes Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, while the All-Stars line-up will feature Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Michael Owen. More stars will be announced in the coming weeks.
The charities to which the testimonial proceeds will be distributed by the foundation will be based in Manchester and Newcastle initially, focusing on young people and their development. The vision of the Michael Carrick Foundation is to create opportunities for children to feel safe, valued and inspired to achieve.
The mission is to do this by giving something back for children with identified needs, by investing in specific sustainable community-centred projects creating a legacy through enriched experiences and enhanced opportunities. Also benefiting will be projects of the Manchester United Foundation which works across some of the most deprived areas of Greater Manchester, using the passion for Manchester United to help and inspire youngsters. The testimonial was awarded by the club at the request of a testimonial committee following Michael's service of over 11 years to the club, including a recent period as vice-captain.
Michael Carrick said: "To have played for the greatest football club for 11 years is something that I'm very proud of and it is an honour to have been given a testimonial. The game will be very special for myself and my family and I hope it will also be a memorable day of celebration for all involved.
"It is such a privilege to have this amazing opportunity and I'm excited at the prospect of bringing together some former team-mates as well as some of the best players I've played against. The incredible support I've received over the years is something I'm very grateful for and I could never thank you, the fans, enough. As much as the occasion is about football, I also see this as a chance to give something back.
"All the proceeds from the game are going to charity. I hope to raise as much money as possible for my Foundation to help make a difference to children's lives. It's something I'm very passionate about and I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to making this testimonial possible."
Jose Mourinho, manager of Manchester United, said: "I am delighted Michael has been awarded a testimonial. Michael is a phenomenal person and a true professional. He gives stability in our game and mental freedom to the other guys around him to be more attacking. He has a big understanding of the game and is a great role model for our younger players. This will be a fitting way for Michael and his family to celebrate his achievements over the past 11 years and for Michael to create a lasting legacy through his foundation."
Ed Woodward, Executive Vice-Chairman of Manchester United, said: "Michael is a great example of a Manchester United player. He plays the game with elegant flair, making his job look effortless. He is 100 per cent a team player and someone for the younger players to look up to. From the start at United, he showed courage to take the squad number of the great Roy Keane and he has continued to grow in responsibility and influence. For someone who has won everything in the game, his commitment, effort and work rate are great examples to young players. The testimonial is a fitting tribute to a real gentleman of the game."
David Giess, Executive Director of Skillequal and Michael's agent and business manager for over 20 years, said: "I am delighted that Manchester United, Ed Woodward, the Glazers and the Board have awarded Michael his testimonial as a celebration of 11 years with the club. I think this is a fitting tribute to Michael and recognises not only his standing as a top player but also his contribution to a highly successful period at the club, having won 10 major trophies with United. As an individual you won't find a more respected, genuine and sincere person and it's been a privilege and honour to work with him for all these years.
"When Michael heard he had been granted the testimonial by the club he immediately insisted that all money raised should go to charities working for young people in his local areas of Manchester and Newcastle. On Michael's behalf we are now working hard to make the event a huge success, memorable for the fans, and creating real benefits for those who depend on these projects."
John Shiels, Manchester United Foundation CEO, said: "This is a tremendous gesture from the vice captain of Manchester United. Throughout his time at the club, Michael has always supported our Foundation and visited a number of our partner schools and projects. He has not only been a constant and inspiring role model for the young people we work with, but over the years I have also been particularly struck by the sensitive and compassionate way he has taken time out to meet supporters with life-limiting conditions. Michael's generosity doesn't surprise me, but it goes without saying Manchester United Foundation is incredibly grateful."
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Did anyone else hear on ESPN that Schefter(a Polian mouthpiece) said that Caldwell could be on the hotseat and Tressel could possibly be a replacement.
Yeah while I think Caldwell sucks I don't think Tressel is that much better either. Sure he's a great college coach but NFL? Really?
And with Polian possibly selecting him as a replacement you know not much will change.
(assuming any of this is true)
Caldwell should be on the hotseat because when the team is down the flaws really show thru. And it's not like there aren't some questionable game management calls in his recent past.
But why should a team with Peyton Manning at the helm have to settle for an untested (in the NFL) rookie coach? The team should have their pick of coaches. It's why the question marks surrounding Caldwell have been so large...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
No coach worth their salt is going to come here unless the Polians are history if you get rid of Caldwell you need to get rid of the Polians too.
The problems with this team go beyond coaching.
Dallas has been absolutely worthless this year. I mean he's been cut worthy.
I see Dallas has picked up where he left off last week. Defense forced a three and out, offense gives it right back to Cincy with good field position. This game right here is VERY important for the Colts. This is one of the winnable games on the schedule. If they don't get it done here, zero or one wins is well within reach.
Dallas' season makes you wonder is Peyton has made him more than he is. I would say yes except for the fact that a LOT of Dallas' big play ability comes from yards after the catch. Still, it's pretty obvious, that something is wrong with Dallas.
I think if we can trade Clark we should do it. Get something in return but really his value has dropped considerably at this point.
Man, what an awesome directional kick. Pinned him right in that corner with his special teams bearing down. Nothing he could do with that. That's the way that kickers are going to start going with the new kickoff rules. They are going to stop aiming for touchbacks and use kickoff return yards against as their measuring stick.
You let that go. That was just a stupid play by Legefed (or however you spell it).
One other thing about Dallas, teams have adjusted their coverage of him. The Colts use him more often as a slot receiver than a tight end so the defense is simply covering him with their DB's instead of the LB's and Safeties. Dallas is used to using his speed to beat a slower player and he can't do that to a DB. In the past, the defense had to double the Colts WR's. Due to the fact that the QB and WR combo isn't what it used to be, the other team can choose to play Dallas this way on certain plays so maybe that's part of what's going on.
I wonder if Dallas's problems are in his head. He is too caught up into not having Peyton playing. He hasn't been able to just move forward.
We can't forget how big of a difference maker Dallas is. This team really missed him when he was injured last season.
I know the difference between a kickoff and a punt. That kickoff wasn't going out of bounds, it was going to roll into the endzone if anything, and actually, probably would have been pinned at the 1 if he had let it go. The point is, you have to make the receiver make a decision, do I take it, or do i let it roll? The more indecision you can create in his head the more likely something good happens for you. Kicking a "no doubter" into the endzone is no longer the goal for kickers under the changed rule. Thanks very much for the Football 101 lesson though.
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Whatever. You act like it's that cut and dried. You try making that decision with 1200 pounds of crazy special teams gunners who want nothing more than to bury you, literally bury you, complete with funeral, in their end zone.
Nice run by Donald Brown! Touchdown!!
Look at that play. They put Garcon in motion and made it look like they were going to him again. When everyone moved to contain him, Brown only had to beat the only Cincy hippo they left at the line. They sold that so well that the defensive backs were STILL following Garcon while Brown was dancing in the endzone.
In your opinion. In my opinion, I showed where the indecision comes from. Laugh all you want, it doesn't bother me.
This is what I think the problem is... He didn't play last season (from the injury forward) and now he's forced to play with a different QB... and 2nd Colts QB this season (3rd if you count preseason). Rust, maybe still some lingering recovery (physical or mental), and familiarity are probably the issues. I'm sure Dallas could play with Peyton and hardly need to think about where the ball would be in certain situations and what kind of touch to expect on it.
There'd still probably be some rust issues even with Peyton but they would've been sorted out more quickly with some game action.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
LOL. You just go right on ahead thinking you're that important in my train of though if it makes you feel better.
Anyway, how about this game? Looks winnable so far.
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And the hits just keep on coming.
Riding an almost history-making losing streak, and with a daunting schedule ahead of them, the Raptors got more of what they needed least on Thursday:
Bad news.
Linas Kleiza, who had tried to fight through knee pain for the first half of the season, will be lost for up to a year after having microfracture surgery on his right knee Wednesday in Colorado.
The latest blow comes as the Raptors try to put the brakes on a 13-game losing streak that has ruined any hopes for the season.
It's left coach Jay Triano with few options other than riding out the storm with a team of young players in unfamiliar roles.
He's seen DeMar DeRozan and Andrea Bargnani struggle at times as the focal points of the team's offence, but with such a limited roster, the coach has had few options.
He's tried playing Jose Calderon and Jerryd Bayless together in the backcourt, tweaked the front court rotation of Bargnani, Ed Davis and Amir Johnson based on who's playing best any specific night, and has juggled a wing rotation of DeRozan, Sonny Weems and Julian Wright. But there's been no way out of the quagmire the team finds itself in.
What Triano's trying to do is find incremental improvement from his players, things that might not be noticeable to casual fans but give the coach an idea of what he's working with.
Defensively — an aspect of the game in which Toronto is hugely deficient — he's trying to instill some sense of responsibility in his players, even at the cost of a few possessions each night.
"I want our guys to be a more accountable in man-to-man, too," he said. "I'm not going to bail them out and let them play zone, see if we can get better at what we want to do right now."
But while the results have been negligible — the Raptors can't seem to win no matter what defence or offence they play — there might be some good news on the near horizon.
Friday's opponent, the equally-inept Minnesota Timberwolves, may present the best opportunity for the Raptors to win before the Feb. 18-21 all-star break. With a road game in Milwaukee followed by home dates against San Antonio, Portland, the Los Angeles Clippers and Miami, it's hard to look ahead and see many wins.
But if there is good news, it's that the loss of Kleiza may be offset by the impending return of Leandro Barbosa, who practiced Thursday and could be in uniform as early as Friday's game.
The speedy backup point guard, who had been out two weeks with a strained hamstring, becomes even more important with Bayless once again laid low by a knee injury.
Bayless left the second half of Wednesday's loss in Atlanta with a sore right knee, did not practice on Thursday and is listed as day-to-day.


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A 5 volt power supply is applied to the Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) power terminal from the ECM/PCM. The ground terminal is grounded with ECM/PCM. When the throttle valve shaft is turned from the idle position to the fully opened position, the resistance between the TPS output terminal and the ground terminal would increase according to the rotation.
Removal & Installation
- Disconnect negative battery cable.
- Detach the electrical connector from the throttle position sensor.
- Remove the mounting screws from the sensor, being careful not to round the Phillips screw head.
- Remove the sensor from the throttle body.
To install:
- Install the throttle position sensor onto the throttle body and rotate the sensor counterclockwise on the throttle shaft and temporarily tighten the screws.
- Connect the electrical harness to the sensor.
- Tighten the retainer screws to 1.8 ft. lbs. (2.5 Nm).
- Connect the negative battery cable.
- Disconnect the TPS connector.
- Measure resistance between the TPS side connector terminals 1 and 4. Standard value: 3.5-6.5 Kohms
- Measure resistance between the TPS side connector terminals 1 and 3. With test probes in place, move the throttle valve from the idle position to the full-open position. Resistance should change smoothly in proportion to the opening angle of the throttle valve.
- If any check above does not meet the specifications, replace the TPS.
- If all checks above meet the specifications, disconnect the sensor connector and measure at the harness side.
- Turn the ignition switch to "ON" position and measure the voltage between terminal 4 and ground. Voltage should be between 4.8 and 5.2 volts.
- Turn the ignition switch to "LOCK" (OFF) position and check for the resistance between terminal 1 and ground. Resistance should be less than 2 ohm.
- If any check above does not meet the specifications, check connectors and wiring between the sensor and ECM/PCM. If ok, replace ECM/PCM.


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Merry in magenta!
Duchess Kate certainly looked festive on Christmas day! She wowed passersby Sunday in a plum-colored coat and coordinating hat as she joined Prince William, Harry, Charles and Camilla for church services in Sandringham, Norfolk.
Queen Elizabeth, 85, took a car to and from church services. Her husband Prince Philip, 90, underwent emergency surgery Friday to treat a blocked coronary artery.
On Saturday, members of the royal family visited Philip in the hospital. Buckingham Palace officials issued an update, saying he had "a good night" following his procedure and was in "good spirits."
The royal family is planning to spend Christmas day at the Queen's Sandringham estate.
Pippa Middleton, 28, will join her sister and the royal family on Boxing Day (Dec. 26). Then Kate, William and Pippa will travel together to the Middleton family's home in Bucklebury.


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"Davadra, is it, or is it not, true, that Vohaydren's ship is in violation of the treaty which states ... no ships in the Consortium or the Zaleen Empire are allowed to cross over the Uorexuan-Zaleen neutral zone into one another's space, except to offer aid, as per request by the other party, and that being in a time of peace?" he asked as the others listened in while ordering their food.
"Yes." Davadra answered, somewhat surprised that the admiral hadn't forgotten this portion of the treaty after thirteen years.
"Then might i suggest that we contact the fleet and have them send enough ships to the Glammadren system to immobilize Vohaydren's ship and place her and her crew under galactic arrest." he said as everyone remained silent during his and Davadra's short conversation with one another. That was until David Jackson piped up.
"Now you're showing a little backbone, brother." the security cheif said.
"That action in itself would be more than enough of a reason to provoke the Zaleens to start a war of gargantuan proportions," Davadra Adriakar replied.
"Yes," Davrina Adriakar said as she stood. "The very war that we want, so very much, to avoid at all costs."
"Even at the cost of your half sisters life?" Robert Jackson asked as he stood.
"That ... was ... as they say on Earth, a very low blow, Admiral!" Davadra stormed as she stood also.
"We either do as i suggest or else we hand Valakadria Tawn over to the newly formed Zaleen Empire!" Admiral Jackson stormed back as everyone squirmed uneasily in their chairs at the table. "Getting the former princess and ourselves out of this mess at the same time will be no easy task, Madame President Adriakar.'
"I am well aware of the dangers and the risk that we would be ta---
"Empress Vohaydren wants Commodora Tawn and has violated the treaty in coming across the neutral zone after her," Donald April said as he stood at the table stopping his friend short before he, Jackson, blew a fuse. "This in itself is a spit in our faces if we sit here and do absolutely nothing about it."
"I agree whole heartedly with you Commander April." David Jackson replied.
"I do have a plan," the admiral said as he fought to control his anger. "But, it's a spur of the moment plan and it's ... not completely thought out," he said as he and April slowly sat back down in their chairs.
"And what may i ask, is your incomplete plan, Admiral?" Davadra asked as both she and Davrina retook their seats at the table.
"It is a plan of deception, Davadra," Jackson answered as his food was brought to the table and set before him. "That is ... if it works, because i'll be needing the cooperation of everyone on this ship and everyone available to us on the planet Zanaria."
"Admiral," Donald April said as his food arrived. "Are you planning on having a substitute robodrone stand in for, and replace Valakadria?" he asked as he watched Robert dig into his food.
"Yes Commander," Jackson answered. "It's that or do as i have previously suggested, but, either way, we're taking a calculated risk and the chances that we're going to be drawn into a galactic war is very high, our main enemy right now is the time wasted that we are quickly running out of."
"President Adriakar, Admiral Jackson," said Ambassador Tekka as she stood and pulled down the top of her sweater to unveil and to reveal a golden neckband. "This prevents deception of any and all kinds."
"Crap!" Robert Jackson uttered aloud, knowing deep down inside that the ball was safely back in Kalindra Vohaydren's court and may never have left it. "Your still connected."
"Yes." Tekka replied. "My birth collar prevents me from being anyone other than who i really am, therefore a robodrone or any galaxian is out of the question, and i can go nowhere in this galaxy that my own people will not be able to find me."
"That means---
"I ah, have a question to ask of you, Ambassador Tekka," Donald April said as he stood back up. "That is, if i may ask first, Admiral?"
"Oh, by all means, yes, Command---
"Yes, Commander April," Tekka replied while she recovered her neckband and retook her seat, also having interrupted Admiral Jackson.
"I hope that i'm not the only one at this table that has been given the revelation," the first officer of the Orion said as he gazed up and down the length of the officers table. "The queen bee of Zaleena knows that you never died like we thought that you had at first. She knows that you're right here with us, and has known all along since having left the planet Mars. She also knows our present position and before too much longer, will know our final destination."
"Am i right so far in the telling of these assumptions, Ambassador?" he questioned Dara Tekka as Commander David Jackson slowly got up and out of his seat, keeping his eyes locked on to the Zaleen ambassador and a hand on his side arm.
"Yes Commander April, you have assumed correctly." the ambassador answered as her eyes locked on to the chief of security.
"Vohaydren is in Consortium space demanding that we turn Commodora Tawn over to her, so that for whatever reasons, she can return to Zaleen space, and all will be well between the two parties mentioned, but ... what ... about ... you ... Dara ... Kamade ... Tekka?" April asked, pausing between each word that he said as he continued to question her. "Just how do you fit into the grand scheme of things at this moment in time?"
"I wish to congratulate you, Commander April," the ambassador said as she sat there in her chair while a single tear rolled down her cheek. "President Adriakar, Admiral Jackson, my last performance in the presence of everyone aboard this ship must be to make sure that the former princess of Zaleena, Valakadria Tawn, is returned to the planet Glammadren and deposited into the hands of the Queen Empress, Kalindra Vohaydren, or, my life functions will be terminated."
"As you have seen, i ... am not as free ... from my birth collar ... as is Valakadria Tawn," the ambassador answered, and when she had finished giving her answer, Commander Jackson, the chief of security, slowly sat back down in his chair.
"Aren't you going to place this Zaleen under arrest and throw her out the nearest air lock, Commander Jackson?" asked Davadra Adriakar as she sat there stupefied, along with the others, wondering why David hadn't of suggested it himself.
"No I'm not," David Jackson answered as he witnessed tear after yet another tear rolling down the face of Dara Tekka.
"And just why the hell not?" Commander April asked as he fell back down in his chair.
"Because, Dara has a heart," Commander Jackson answered. "And with that time bomb welded around her neck, she's being forced into this at the risk of her own bacon ... life."
"I wanted so much to tell you earlier, Admiral, when Valakadria first came aboard." Dara said as she wiped the stinging tears from her eyes.
"But we wouldn't let you." Admiral Jackson replied as he buried his head in his hands.
"Dara, we have to remove your neck ban---
"Not this time, Counselor Adriakar," Dara Tekka said, interrupting the former princess of the former kingdom of Lorea Lundae on the planet Delindria. "Any attempt made to release me of my birth collar not only terminates my life, but will destroy anything within the measurement of a planets radius."
"Oh what a tangled web we have weaved for ourselves," Commander April said as he shoved his plate away. "It just keeps getting bigger by the minute.'
'If that she spider doesn't have Commodora Tawn within a short span of time, then all she has to do is send a signal out to the Ambassadors neckband and, poof ... we ... are ... all ... history."
"Commander Scott," the admiral said as he stood. "You, Commander April, and Doctor Henderson may use all the resources available to you to put Ambassador Tekka's golden birth collar out of commission without endangering the ship or it's crew."
'If it or the ship takes a special shielding to jam incoming signals to her neckband, then make it happen, whatever it takes." Jackson told them.
"It'll be a challenge, because we have to remove the neckband from the Zaleen without removing the Zaleen from the neckband." Alexander Scott said as he stood up from the table. "Buti do so love challenges."
"As i said earlier, our number one enemy is time itself," Robert Jackson informed everyone at the table. "Do what you can for her ... for all of us."
"Does this mean that there may be a slight chance that we'll survive this ordeal?" Dara Tekka asked as she looked out across the table.
"Anything's possible, if we are able to make it happen." Valdara Adriakar Jackson said, having answered Dara's question from the next table over as she stood up, with a little help from Eric and Amber Jackson. "It's when we do nothing, that we can be assured that things will happen as they are meant to, without intervention."
"It is only when we intervene and change things so that they happen in a different way, that we can be assured that we made it possible." she ended in saying.
"In short, let's get to work and make it possible, if we are able, so that Dara Tekka and the rest of us can be free of her blasted neckband ," Commander April said as he pointed to the ambassadors neck.
"You could have left out the blasted part, Commander," Admiral Jackson said as his vid-com watch beeped.
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The term "Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies" 鸳鸯蝴蝶 (hereinafter MDB) originated as a disparaging reference to a form of popular literature which dominated the Chinese literary scene during the 1910s. At first it just meant classical-style love stories, usually the troubled romance of a poor scholar and a beauty. But beginning in the early 1920s, young writers emerging from the May Fourth movement began applying the term to all forms of popular old-style fiction, which in the 1920s and 1930s grew to feature, in addition to love stories, knight-errant novels, scandal novels, detective novels and many others.
Histories of modern literature usually omit discussion of the MDB school of fiction, regarding it as middlebrow, escapist entertainment for a mass readership, unworthy of serious academic and critical discussion. While it did degenerate into soap opera in the 1920s, and into pulp fiction in the 1930s, writers practicing MDB were hugely successful commercially.
As the 1920s began, Chinese filmmakers, led by the Mingxing studio, began turning to popular literature for source material, so naturally looked to MDB, the school of fiction most popular with ordinary people at the time. From 1921 until 1931, the various Chinese film studios collectively shot about 650 movies, and the majority of these were MDB films written by popular writers of the day, or adapted by them from earlier published works.
The most important year for MDB literature's entry into the motion picture arena was 1924. In that year, Zheng Zhengqiu adapted for the screen the novel "Yuli Hun"玉梨魂 (The Soul of Yuli) by Xu Zhenya徐枕亚 (1889-1937). That same year, the novelist Bao Tianxiao 包天笑 (1876-1973) joined Mingxing, writing 10 scripts for the studio during the rest of the 1920s, and gradually becoming the representative figure among MDB film writers during this early stage in the development of feature films..
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The 1920s experiment of merging MDB fiction with motion pictures left us with two notable historical landmarks: first, it resulted in the first Chinese lawsuit in which a motion picture was the bone of contention; second, and more important, adaptation of the massive number of MDB stories for the screen became a decade-long trend.
In any case, this type of popular literature catered to the tastes of the leisure class of the day, as well as those of the masses of urban dwellers, and eventually became an important storehouse of subject matter for motion pictures. Fiction and film have been co-operative partners from the start, with a great demand for movies based on literary works. This has been the case in every country with a movie industry.
One could say that Chinese motion pictures gained an excellent tradition through its experiment with film adaptations of MDB fiction, evolving from the romantic fiction of the early years through swordsman films, eventually producing its direct descendant, the global success "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
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Lumineers are a brand name of veneers. They are called "no-prep" or "minimal-prep", and as such either no change to the existing tooth or slight roughening or modifications are made to the teeth before impressions for their dental laboratory can make Lumineers. The best way to describe them is like "press-on nails" for fingernails.
Lumineers seem like a terrific option...no changes to underlying teeth, no freezing, no long visits...however, if something sounds too good to be true...In many cases, they can make teeth appear too thick to be natural. Also, there may not be adequate ability to bond to the tooth underneath, leading to leakage and de-bonding of the veneer. And, when they are so thin they may not be able to mask undesirable tooth colors underneath them.
The length of time any veneer lasts is partly up to the patient. The best oral hygiene habits, including brushing with a high-quality electric toothbrush (i.e. Sonicare), using floss daily, using a Waterpik or similar device, visiting your dentist every three months to maintain healthy gums...these are all mandatory! Also, no nail biting, ice chewing, pencil-holding with the teeth, using the teeth as tools...you will surely break your veneers this way. And if your dentist prescribes something like a night guard to protect you from grinding too hard on your new veneers, WEAR IT! All of these can affect how long your beautiful dentistry (as well as your other natural teeth) can last.
All in all, no one treatment option is for everyone. Your best bet is to contact a well-qualified cosmetic dentist confident in placing all kids of veneers to get the treatment that's right for you. Best of luck!
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Lumineers are porcelain veneers. One particular company, CERINATE, decided to do a direct to public marketing campaign. There is nothing intrinsically different about their porcelain. THere are scores if not hundreds of companies that make porcelain. DIfferent ceramists (people who create veneers) may like to use one brand of porcelain or another - just personal preference. Lumineers are generally prep-less veneers - that means no tooth structure is taken off. Is this a good thing? Not necessarily. While it may work in some cases where the teeth are small to begine with it doesn't work in cases where the teeth are large and crowded. Get several opinions and look at lots of before and after photos before moving ahead with this process.
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I would like to say that perhaps this is not the correct question to ask. A better answer is to consider other ceramics that are more esthetic and can last just as long if not longer than Lumineers. Highly trained cosmetic dentist and ceramics can work with better ceramics and obtain better a better fit than Lumineers in many cases.
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My vote would probably go to the 7mm-08 even though the .243 ammo would be a little more universally available. It is light on the recoil and yet with a good 140gr is adequate for elk.
The .243 is a very popular deer gun (yes, even in the west) and would probably rank in the top 10 calibers when talking deer taken. However, because of it's weight limitations (105gr is about max available), ranges should be kept under 300 yards for reliable kills.
On another note, I believe you can get "managed recoil" loads for the .308 and the caliber is probably the most inherently accurate of the bunch. It can also be loaded with (standard) bullets ranging in weights from 110gr up through 200gr with excellent results. It is actually ballistically superior to the .30-06 in bullet weights of 165gr or less. There is a reason the military snipers use it for their light weight sniper guns.
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We visit the Synagogue triangle, which shows different values of Jewry. The tour includes an interior visit to the Dohány Street Synagogue, which is the largest in Europe, and local guided tour in the Jewish Museum, which has an important and unique collection of art pieces from Hungary and Eastern Europe. You will see The Martyrs' Cemetery where thousands were buried, who were killed during the WWII. Our next stop will be the Raul Wallenberg Memorial Park with the Tree of Life which was created to remind us of those who perished in the war. We pass by the Heroes Temple, which was built in memory of those who gave their lives during the WWI. To understand the past and the present we continue our walk to the Jewish Quarter, which was used as a ghetto during the WWII and today hosts synagogues, monuments, kosher restaurants, and kosher shops. We will arrive for a few minutes from the main synagogue to the Rumbach Synagogue. After that we continue our tour to Carl Lutz Memorial Park and the famous Gozsdu Courtyard. After a short walk we will arrive to the center of the orthodox Jewish community, where we take an interior visit of the Kazinczy Street Synagogue. After our tour, we will invite you a cake and drink in the kosher Fröhlich confectionary. You have an other option, to have 10% discount in the kosher Carmel restaurant.
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- Interior visit of the Dohány Street Synagogue (entrance fee is included)
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Catalina Foothills running back Ian Turner tries to break away from the Canyon del Oro defense. The Falcons finished with just 180 total yards.
Standing at the 50-yard line before Friday night's game against Canyon del Oro, Catalina Foothills coach Jeff Scurran didn't exactly marvel at the 75-degree weather.
"Well," he said, "I could do without the wind."
The wind, blowing at 17 miles per hour, was the least of his concerns in a 19-12 loss to Canyon del Oro.
The Falcons have 38 players listed on their roster, but only 26 suited up against the Dorados. Star running back Ty Cruz was among the injured, but did see limited action.
"We had defensive backs trying to run the ball who have never carried the ball," Scurran said. "We started two guys on the offensive line that have never started for us before. And they were confused, but they played hard."
As a result, the Foothills offense struggled.
Quarterback Rhett Rodriguez fumbled a snap on the Falcons' first offensive play. CDO recovered and, on the very next play, scored on an 18-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Closs-Lopez to Tristan Peterson.
The Falcons finished with just 180 total yards.
"You know, that was huge," CDO coach Dusty Peace said. "That's a huge momentum deal overall. That's what we've been doing a good job of, forcing turnovers, so it was a nice play. I'm just happy about the way we executed coming out of that to get the touchdown."
After a 29-yard Grant Hubble field goal, CDO got the ball back and quickly scored again on a 1-yard rushing touchdown from Max Smith to make it 13-3. The Dorados missed the ensuing PAT.
CDO scored a second-half touchdown but otherwise struggled. As a result, Foothills stayed in the game.
"We spotted them a quick 13 (by) being nervous, then we pretty much killed it the rest of the game," Scurran said. "At halftime, I said 'I don't care about the score. Win the second half.' And we did."
The Dorados had 173 yards of total offense, 76 of which came on the ground. Smith had 58 yards on 15 carries.
"We did enough to tough it out," Peace said. "But I would've liked to see more on offense. On the other hand, defensively we played a great game."
Added Smith: "We made defensive plays. Luckily, Cruz wasn't in there as much as we thought he was gonna be, but we played well. We made tackles, and we made plays."
Cruz had five carries for 20 yards for Foothills, which outscored CDO 9-6 in the second half.
CDO's second-half score came with 4:31 left in the third quarter. A five-play, 56-yard drive ended with a 39-yard touchdown pass from Closs-Lopez to Thomas Sawyer.
Foothills came right back and scored on a 8-yard Rodriguez touchdown pass to Elliott Buchanan.
The Falcons worked their way up the field in the fourth quarter before settling for a 29-yard Hubble field goal. After a failed onside kick, the Dorados ran down the clock and won.
CDO improved to 5-1 and Foothills dropped to 4-2.
"The win feels great," Smith said. "It was a big win for us and we hope to keep it going toward a good season. Hopefully, we can go 9-1."


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Border Colonia Access Program
In 2001 the 77th Legislature passed Senate Bill 1296, introduced by Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. and signed by Governor Perry, which provides $175 million in bond revenues to provide financial assistance to counties for roadway projects serving border colonias. Unpaved and deteriorated roads in many of the state's border colonia communities cause transportation and drainage problems. The constitutional amendment, approved by the voters of Texas, allowed the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue general obligation bonds to fund roadway improvements connecting colonias to public roads.
The "Border Colonia Access Program" administered by the Texas Department of Transportation is a collaborative effort involving the Office of the Governor, Office of the Secretary of State, Texas Water Development Board, Texas A&M Center for Housing and Urban Development and the 23 border counties.
The Border Colonia Access Program has allowed roadway improvements that have significantly increased the quality of life for our colonia residents. Once impassable dirt roads have now been paved and deteriorating roads have been repaved, improving the overall infrastructure of colonias in Texas.


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Come back tmr folks as we'll be playing a few more rounds of the new WHO DAT B? RR Forum Edition. :cool:
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Let's continue our new "WHO DAT B?" RR Forum Edition with these two infamous players:
WHO DAT B? :p
Good ole' Manute and Muggsy. :D
Anyhow remember this guy? Used to be one of my favourites back in the day:
That's an 80's uniform... he probably played with Alex English... fuçk, I'm stumped. :mad:
(I'ma gonna to have to look this one up).
LaPhonso Ellis?
Michael "Relatively Unknown" Adams?!?!
I think we need some more clues. ;)
BTW, if it is Michael Adams... how was that guy you're favorite player? lol
Michael Adams. He was also a coach in the WNBA, Ithink.
WHO DAT B? (Game #6)
Rick Barry homes! I've got a couple of throwback GSW jersey's in my collection!:D
I thought that first one was Paul McCartney
Is that... Adrian "HOF" Dantley?
Armen Gilliam!!! Lol... New Jersey, can't believe I guessed that...
He played with the Bucks and Nets in the 90's, maybe some other teams.


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Transcribed by Judy Benson & Ivy Benoit. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors
Newfoundland will books volume 10 pages 346 to 348 probate year 1915
|Will of Walter Irwin
In re: WALTER IRWIN. DECEASED.
1 I give to my wife Mary all my personal chattels including live stock) choses in action and money which I shall die possessed of subject to the payment out thereof of all my unsecured debts testamentary and funeral expenses including Estate duties
2 I bequeath and devise to my nephew the said Walter Skinner absolutely all that piece of land bounded by the old Railway track on the North on the east by Irwin's Hill on the South by a line running from Irwins Hill along the north side of my barn stable and manure-pound until it meets a point in a line with the Western boundary of the garden and from this point the boundary line runs in a southern direction along by the said western boundary of my garden until it meets the northeast corner of one Byrnes land thence the southern boundary line runs westerly along the rear of Byrnes Howletts O'Reillys and Ryalls land with my land let to tenants thence westerly along the rear of the land now let to tenants until it meets the north western angle of land let to Neary and the western boundary shall be a straight line running from said north west angle to the said railway track on a line with said Neary's western boundary
3 I bequeath and devise to my brother William Irwin
4 I bequeath and devise to my nephew James J. McGrath the land between Circular Road on the South and the old railway track on the north and between the land hereinbefore devised to said William Irwin on the West and the land let to Neary and the land hereinbefore demised to Walter Skinner on the East provided the said James J. McGrath pays off the mortgage debt now upon all my property
5. The residue of my estate I devise and bequeath to my said wife for her life or until she shall again marry (which ever event first happens) and after her death or marriage which ever event first happens I devise and bequeath the said residue
6. If my daughter takes a life interest only in the said residue under the last preceding paragraph of my will (No. 5) that is to say when she is alive at the death or marriage of her mother (my wife) and afterwards dies before attaining twenty one years of age on her death I bequeath and devise the said residue to my niece Mary Irwin and nephews Thomas F. McGrath Walter Lawlor James J. McGrath and Walter Skinner as the SAME is bequeathed and devised under subsection (b) of the said paragraph No. 5
7. If the interest of my said wife in said residue shall not fall in (that is to say on the death or marriage of my said wife) until after the death of my daughter who had attained twenty one years of age or more and who leaves lawful issue (child or children) then said child or children- if one all: if more than one in equal shares- shall take the said residue absolutely notwithstanding subsection (b) of paragraph No. 5 of this my will-
8. It is to be understood that if said James J. McGrath acts as executor he shall not be precluded from charging for services as counsel solicitor or agent that he may render to my estate-
9. It is also to be understood that should my wife while a widow desire to reside otherwise than in the dwelling we now occupy she shall let the same together with the outhouses and garden to my nephew Walter Skinner at an annual rent of eighty dollars (80.xx) he to do all repairs
10 While my wife resides in said dwelling she shall do repairs and while there or receiving income from my estate all outgoings insurance taxes and other demands upon the estate shall be borne and paid by her In witness whereof I have set my hand to this my will this 5th day of February 1915 the words "on the west" and "or has attained" being first interlined on 2nd page and the word "demised" erased on this page and the words "Walter Skinner interlined on 2 page Walter Irwin Signed by the testator Walter Irwin as his last will in our presence and in the presence of each other who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses John Murphy Gertrude Power
This is a codicil to the last will of me Walter Irwin of St. John's Newfoundland Cabman which will bears date the 5th February 1915 Whereas I am about to raise by way of mortgage a loan on the security of my land held under lease by Edward Neary or) and some other part of my property referred to in said will as "the residue" but fearing I may die before the completion of said borrowing I hereby authorize my executors if I fail to finalize the borrowing to borrow as aforesaid. The money so raised by them or raised by me and left at my death shall be applied in payment of
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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Salutatorian Connor Francis Kelly joked that he always seems to come in second place, but his send-off Tuesday evening to the graduating class of Cape May County Technical High School was top-notch.
Kelly, of Wildwood Crest, was among 130 fellow graduates, all of them pursuing a total of 19 different careers, in a gymnasium filled with family, friends, teachers and dignitaries.
In his green gown, he reflected on the past four years.
"High school kind of stinks," he said, to a mix of laughter and anxious smiles as the crowd awaited what would come next.
But Kelly had a point to his bluntness. Discarding the common platitudes, he admitted he was a little "rough around the edges" when he entered the school, but had been refined over time, both in his technical and social skills.
"Freshman year, I couldn't talk to anyone I didn't already know," he said. "Now, the only people I can't talk to are girls."
The future Temple University student, who will be pursuing journalism, said all jokes aside, he and all his classmates have become better people. He summed up his thoughts by quoting a non-traditional speaker: Rocky Balboa, from the movie "Rocky IV."
"What I'm trying to say is, if I can change, then you can change," he said in his best Sylvester Stallone impression, to cheers. "Everybody can change!"
It was a tough act to follow for state Sen. Jeff Van Drew, who arrived late from a meeting in Trenton due to the rain.
"That is going to be really hard to top," he said.
Still, Van Drew advised the graduates to be tough and push through adversity. Assemblymen Nelson Albano and Sgt. Robert Andrzejczak also wished the best for the class.
Valedictorian Matthew Boisseau Powers, of Cape May Court House, also discussed change. He remembered when upperclassmen booed their freshmen class, and then what he thought as a senior looking at the new freshmen class.
"Did we really look like that four years ago?" he said.
Powers, who studied graphic arts and design technology, also remembered the slights from people looking down on the school as he entered, saying everyone who went there was perceived as basket weavers, tractor drivers or underachievers.
However, as he looked out at the graduating class, he gave them a message to remember as they take their next step.
"Remember who you are, and how you got here," he said. "Don't let others define you."
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Fish pedicures could cause infection, officials say
It quickly became the latest rage in the beauty business - tiny, toothless fish nibbling away at dead skin on your feet during a pedicure.
However, the trend, which came to America through a salon in Alexandria several years ago, might be tainted. A new British study says that carp, the fish used in the treatment, may carry bacteria responsible for a variety of dangerous skin and soft tissue infections.
More than 6,000 people got the fish pedicures in the first five months it was offered in 2008, but now health officials are warning that anyone with open sores or skin cuts, diabetes, cancer and older people should avoid the treatment.
Because of this, more than 10 states have banned the practice. The Centers for Disease control says that it's nearly impossible to disinfect or sanitize live fish, among other reasons. No illnesses have been reported in the United States, though, the CDC says.
As of now, there have only been a handful of infections reported in Great Britain. However, last spring, fish inspectors found several strains of bacteria inside fish destined for spas.


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Another Voice - Quantum What?
How would you like to consistently be a winner at drawings, find a great seat in a crowded theater or, ultimately, have the happiness and life fulfillment you've always dreamed of?
Sound like wishful thinking? Well, a new form of physics - which has actually been baffling physicists for decades - is rapidly emerging onto the landscape. It promises to empower humans as never before, not in some airy-fairy, new-age way, but with evidence derived from hard science utilizing the most rigorous scientific experiments and the latest measurement technology. With this evidence, physicists are currently demonstrating that individuals are much more capable of influencing their environment, other people and their own futures, than has ever been thought possible.
Albert Einstein called it "spooky action at a distance." But despite the incredulity of this scientific great, quantum mechanics (or quantum physics) is the "new physics" and is radically changing the way we view ourselves and our universe.
We may not know it, but quantum mechanics is already a part of our everyday lives. By some estimates, 30% of the United States gross national product is derived from technologies based on quantum theory. Without it, there would be no cell phones, palm pilots or portable computers. And yet, 104 years after it was first proposed by the German physicist, Max Planck, physicists who work with quantum physics every day, don't really know quite what to make of it.
The old physics, Newtonian physics, the physics that's been around for 400 years, still produces electric dynamos and gets our space probes to the outer reaches of our solar system. The Newtonian world view still dominates how we perceive time, space, matter and cause-and-effect relationships between objects and impacts nearly every aspect of the way we think about life and reality.
This "classic" physics assumes that being, at its most basic level, consists of tiny particles of matter called atoms, which move about, attract and repel each other and occupy their own definite place in time and space. Objects travel from point A to point B and take a given amount of time to get there. Some things, such as light and heat, operate as vibrational waves of some more fundamental substance.
But in quantum physics, the real basis for matter is at the subatomic (the parts that make up an atom) level. As we become more familiar with this quantum world, we find that protons and electrons seem to behave as both particles and as waves simultaneously. This confused mixture is known as a "wave packet" or "quanta," and it is here that the wave/particle duality of the quantum mystery, causes the most problems for us.
Things and events that were once conceived of as separate and parted in time and space, are now seen by the quantum theorist as integrally linked. Instead of acting as individual entities, subatomic particles seem to behave as parts of a greater whole, as though they were stretched and connected throughout the universe. All things and all events touch each other at every point. Everything is connected to everything else instantaneously, and one thing can influence something else despite a great distance between them. In the quantum world, there is no time or space.
All things - galaxies, houses, people, cells and molecules - are already connected by their subatomic particles.
Solid material objects of our world dissolve at the subatomic level into wavelike patterns of probabilities. These do not represent the probability of things so much as the probability of interconnectedness. The universe seems to be a complex web of relationships where everything affects, and is affected by, everything else.
As a result of this interconnectedness, subatomic particles seem to be able to exist in many different places at once, but only when someone is not looking. As soon as a physicist tries to observe a particle - using an instrument called, what else, a "particle detector" - the particle somehow settles down to a single position, as if it knew it was being detected.
It seems the very act of observation causes all of the possible states of a particle to "collapse" abruptly into a single value of reality. The observer seems to be able to determine which position, or reality, will be filled, out of the multiple positions available. Just a thought can set into motion, a whole series of relationships between particles and their positions, opening the way for the manifestation of events favoring the observer - very much like finding a dollar bill just when you need it.
Quantum theory purports to say there is no such thing as coincidence, serendipity or luck. Instead, we are said to literally pull our reality out of the quantum field of possibilities. Our thought patterns, and beyond that, our relationships with ourselves, with others and with the world at large, may be explained by, and mirror, the same laws and behavior patterns that govern the world of electrons and protons.
It is no accident, for instance, that Michael Jordan consistently sinks baskets at the buzzer or that Tiger Woods can drop a putt from 40 feet. Some people have learned, unconsciously or intuitively, to utilize the connectiveness of the quantum world. Their choices of where they want to place their thoughts and wishes, create their reality. They believe in themselves, in their own power to control their own existence and in their ability to create positive events in their lives. We all do this to some extent, and it gives new relevance to the old adage "be careful what you wish for; you may get it!"
I play a game which I call "Parking Karma." Every time I go somewhere in my car, I tell myself that I'll find a parking space right in front of where I am going. When I first started this game, I rarely got a space. But I kept at it and was finding more and more spaces. At this point, I get my space - or someone is just leaving - about 19 out of 20 times. Try it! Make up a game like mine just for fun. You may be surprised to discover just how much power you have to alter your reality for the better.
Don Dailey is a Ukiah resident.


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Illuminating with the glow of a stained-glass past and the diodes of a cold, clear future
We made our first trip to the Troy Public Library this week. Awe is not too strong a word to describe our reaction to that temple for books. We sat at a long oak table under the warm glow of light filtered through a Tiffany window.
The scene portrays the 15th-Century Venetian master printer and scholar, Aldus Manutius. He was part of a revolution — a revolution with a soundtrack of rustling paper, not exploding cannon-fire — that made books widely available.
Aldus adopted the octavo format to secular texts so that books could be printed inexpensively. They became widely circulated. This changed the very fabric of society — people could educate themselves and advance through learning.
With an amber glow as a backdrop, Aldus, in the stained–glass window scene, presents proof sheets of an octavo edition of Dante's Divine Comedy
All around us, people — young and old, black and white, noisy and quiet — read books or used computers.
My Enterprise colleagues and I were there to meet a recent RPI graduate who was taking our ideas for a newspaper website and turning them into a reality. In this shrine for books, we huddled about his laptop.
The irony was not lost on me. But I saw a deeper relevance in our working in the glow of that stained-glass window. The current generation is in the midst of a revolution, too. Just as Aldus, through new technology, was part of the revolution that spread knowledge far and wide to places it had not before reached, so, too, is the Internet changing the fabric of society, with an even further reach.
Back in our Altamont newsroom this week, I inhaled the familiar smell of ink and heard the rhythms of the press below me as our publisher, a master printer, went about his daily work. He is stretching and we are, too, to further our reach on the Internet while preserving our heritage.
The reach is far and random. A man I never met e-mailed me today to see if I could read a book he's writing. He said he felt he knew me, having read my words.
Soon after, I received an e-mailed missive from the curator of Altamont's museum. Marijo Dougherty has spent a year researching the life of an Altamont resident, Stephen A. Venear. The story of her research shows the way the printed-on-paper past can meld with the modern, across-the-world digital communication in a useful way.
The story starts with Dougherty's curiosity. She noticed a box labeled "Russia" on a shelf in the museum and thought it must contain souvenirs of a long-ago visit. "I hadn't gotten to all the boxes," she said, of her efforts to catalogue and organized the massive collection. "When I opened it up, I couldn't believe it."
Inside were scrapbooks filled with stunning black-and-white photographs — of near-starving children and of immaculate cafeterias where they were being fed. In the box, too, were medals, very impressive medals — from the American Red Cross, from Constantinople, from the Russian Army.
Here was physical evidence, here were written words that hinted, tantalized, of a fascinating life.
How did Dougherty begin to solve the mystery, to put the pieces together?
"I didn't know much about the starvation after World War I," she said. "I went on the Internet to look up Crimea. I came across this book (The Big show in Bololand: The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Famine of 1921 by Bertrand Patenaude) and got in touch with the professor at Stanford."
The story unfolded from there — and can be read this week in our opinion pages as well as online — about the man many in Altamont knew only as the village pharmacist.
After using the Internet to reach out in her research, Dougherty went full circle, making sure that the Hoover Institute now has copies of the documents from the Altamont trove to further others' research.
I have before me, as I write this, a beautifully hand-lettered thank-you to Captain Venear, signed on the back by grateful refugees at Anitigone. They write, "The noble way in which you have come forward, understood us, and helped us to bear our adversity will never be forgotten."
That fragile piece of paper, with its colorful drawing of a kerchiefed country girl, carries more meaning than, say, a texted message, quick to disappear. Yet it can be preserved and transmitted though digital technology.
As we move forward in this brave new world that has such capabilities in it, our goal should be to preserve and expand what is best in humankind — to keep the personal connection that builds community while sharing information that can enlighten all.
In a corner of the Tiffany glass window in the Troy library is this quotation from a man known as the last scholar of the ancient world, Isidore of Saville, "Study as if you were to live forever and live as if you were to die tomorrow."
We think that is good advice for any age.
—Melissa Hale-Spencer


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text: Hey great folks! I'm trying to uninstall system apps such as Gmail, Talk, Calendar and Google Search because I've never used them and simply don't want them on my phone. I run Android 3.2.7, Oxygen-2.3.2-Bravo. I've tried Root Explorer by deleting the .apk files from the 'system' folder, which usually won't work at all ("Delete failed"), and when it eventually somehow does work and the .apk files do disappear from the Explorer folder structure, the apps are still installed on my phone. Renaming an .apk file won't relieve me of the app in my app menu either, seemingly because this only creates a copy of it, with the different name. I draw this conclusion because I can't reverse the name change, being referred to the file name being occupied. This would explain how seemingly succeeding in removing an .apk file can allow the app to survive. Root Explorer won't actually remove the .apk files from my phone. I've also tried Titanium Backup, backing up everything including system data, and attempting "Un-install !"-ation. It starts "Un-installing" and reboots the phone. Apps are still there when the phone boots. What can I do? It can't be impossible to remove those apps. I mean, come on, I'm the Superuser, right? Merry Christmas!


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Purpose of holster tilt?
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+1 to what Bob Wright said/says.
i do leather work as a hobby and make holsters/gunbelts, etc.
Personally, I make my holsters for myself for CCW for carrying on the belt. I carry between 3 and 4 o'clock on my right side (strong side) and I make the holster so that it is canted forward - I make the belt loop so that it is tight on the belt (I wear a 1 1/2" belt) and there is no movement in the holster when the pistol is drawn. Normally, I carry a Ruger LCR and in that position, it is very comfortable for me - both when I am upright and when sitting such as in a car, etc. I'm 60 and like many, have some aches and pains - canted forward, it's a more natural "sweep" to draw and not have to worry about drawing straight up.
Personally, I don't feel there is a "right or wrong" way as far as holster position - it's what works best for the individual. I've made holsters for some friends who carry as well - one of the guys prefers to wear a "cross draw" on the belt (he's right handed) so the holster is canted in the opposite direction. I made one for a fellow who rides motorcycles quite a bit - he's right handed and likes to wear his carry piece (snobby) on the belt but in the middle of his back, usually under a jacket or shirt with the tail out. I made a left hand holster for him with a reverse cant to it so he can just reach back with his right hand and it's an easier raw for him instead of having to pull it straight up. Again, it all depends on how you carry and what works best for you.
If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63
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