Problem: Article: If you are recently remarried or have had more children, then you should account for your new spouse and children in the will. Typically, any gift to a former spouse is revoked automatically on divorce. Nevertheless, you should draft a new will to redistribute any gifts formerly designated for your ex-spouse to new beneficiaries. The general rule today is that a prior will is not automatically revoked because you are married. Instead, your spouse would take an "intestate" share, meaning the share he or she would have gotten had you died without a will. If you want to make a specific bequest of a newly acquired piece of property, such as a boat or a new home, then you can name a beneficiary in the addendum. If you are dividing your estate equally between beneficiariesor leaving everything to one personthen you do not need to draft an addendum simply because you have acquired more property. If you sell a specific piece of property, you also do not need to write an addendum. If you left your car to your brother but sell it before you die, then the car is no longer part of your estate to distribute to your brother. If you leave a piece of property to someone and she dies before you, then you will need to choose someone else to leave it to. What happens to the property when someone predeceases you depends on state law. In some states the gift will fall into the residuary and be distributed to the beneficiaries of your residual estate. In other states the gift will pass to the children of the deceased beneficiary. Only a lawyer can tell you if the change you want to make is sufficiently minor that a codicil or addendum is sufficient. Try to contact the attorney who drafted the will since she will be more familiar with it than a new attorney.
Summary: Identify a significant life event you want to account for. Identify newly acquired property. Choose new beneficiaries. Consult with an attorney.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Start out by writing down everything you think you might want a couple days before you write your letter to Santa. Come back to your list every so often and reconsider what you wrote. Cross off items that you aren't crazy about, keeping only the ones you really love. Santa gets tons of letters from kids around the globe, so sometimes he isn't able to get a kid everything on their list. That's why it's important that you only include your top items. You should be full to the brim with Christmas spirit when you write your letter to Santa, and there's nothing like a little Christmas music to get the job done! You can play Christmas music on the radio, your phone, or even on a computer. Ask your parents if you need help. You can keep it simple with a plain white piece of paper, or you can go for something a little bolder! Colorful construction paper works well. Whatever paper you pick, make sure to grab a couple pieces in case of mess-ups. Ask your parents if they have any fun paper you can use. You can also use a premade card, if you want. Talk to your parents to see what they have. You can use a pen or a pencil, but feel free to use crayons, colored pencils, and markers, too. You can even combine different writing tools, like markers and colored pencils, to make a super colorful letter. Make sure that you can write clearly and neatly with whatever writing utensil you pick. Santa needs to be able to read your letter so he can bring you want you want!

SUMMARY: Make a list of the things you want a few days before. Put on some Christmas tunes. Pick your paper. Choose something to write with.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: In mathematics, a function is a mathematical relationship between numbers, so that you enter one number and another number is the result. Functions can generally be graphed. They may represents straight lines, parabolas, or random-looking curves that have no easy definition. Some sample functions are: y(x)=3x+4{\displaystyle y(x)=3x+4} (the function of a straight line) y(x)=sin(x){\displaystyle y(x)=sin(x)} (a function for a waved line) y(x)=x2{\displaystyle y(x)=x^{2}} (a function for a parabola) Finding the average rate of change of a function means measuring the value of the function at two different points along the x-axis. Select one value of x where you wish to begin measuring, and then determine how far along the axis you wish to advance. Depending on your purposes, you may choose a wider or narrower range of x values to measure. For this exercise, select the first x-value at 0 and the second x-value at 3. Rate of change of the function measures how much the y-values change over the chosen horizontal x-distance. To calculate this change, you need to know the y values at each chosen value of x. For the sample function, y(x)=x2{\displaystyle y(x)=x^{2}}, select the two values x=0 and x=3, for example. The corresponding values of y(x){\displaystyle y(x)}, therefore, are: y(0)=02=0{\displaystyle y(0)=0^{2}=0} y(3)=32=9{\displaystyle y(3)=3^{2}=9} The rate of change of a function can be written formally as: A(x)=yx=f(x+h)f(x)h{\displaystyle A(x)={
rac {\Delta y}{\Delta x}}={
rac {f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}}} In this formula, f(x){\displaystyle f(x)} represents the value of the function at the first chosen x-value. f(x+h){\displaystyle f(x+h)} is the value of the function some distance away at a second value of x. The denominator h{\displaystyle h} is the distance between the two measurements. h{\displaystyle h} can also be represented as x{\displaystyle \Delta x}, since it is the distance or change in the chosen x-values. For the chosen function y(x)=x2{\displaystyle y(x)=x^{2}}, you can calculate the average rate of change from 0 to 3 as follows: A(x)=yx=9030=3{\displaystyle A(x)={
rac {\Delta y}{\Delta x}}={
rac {9-0}{3-0}}=3}. For this function, the rate of change is a measure of how much the value of the function changes vertically as you move horizontally along the x-axis. In this case, the parabola y(x)=x2{\displaystyle y(x)=x^{2}} begins at point (0,0) and climbs to point (3,9) over the measured interval. Although the function itself is not a straight line, the average rate of change is measured as the slope of the straight line connecting those two points. This line climbs 3 units for each single unit increase in x. Note that the average rate of change for a function may differ depending on the location that you choose to measure. For the parabola example, the average rate of change is 3 from x=0 to x=3. However, for the same function measured from x=3 to x=6, also a distance of 3 units, the average rate of change becomes 8.33.
Summary:
Know your function. Select values of x. Calculate the values of the function. Calculate the average rate of change of the function. Interpret the result.