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Live from Los Angeles, it's "The Voice"!
After an intense playoff that saw the exit of eight contestants, the NBC hit reality show's Top 12 kicked off the live round of the competition with a bang, making their respective coaches, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, very proud.
Without further ado, let's breakdown the night's action team-by-team.
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Team Blake
The first contestant to tackle the live performance is Michaela Paige, the team member Blake chose to save in the playoffs, which Michaela calls "the kick in the butt I need...I have to prove to Blake that he made the right decision." She decides to tackle Pink's "[Blow Me] One Last Kiss," and while it seemed a little shaky to us, the coaches loved it. Christina reveals Michaela is one of her favorites in the competition, while Cee Lo gushes, "I'm a fan of yours." Adam calls the performance "elegant and wonderful" and her coach proudly says, "My heart is pounding right now because it was so good," before begging viewers to vote for the pop-rock vocalist.
"A big sigh of relief," is how former Hey Monday lead singer Cassadee Pope describes being voted through by America. Cassadee takes on "Behind These Hazel Eyes" by Kelly Clarkson because it reminds her of her relationship with her estranged father. Blake gives Cassadee a standing ovation and praises her lovability. Christina says it was her best performance on the show yet because she "felt her heart" and connected to the "dad stuff." Cee Lo's critique? "Hot chicks with guitars, life is good!" Adam was glad to get a glimpse of Cassadee's "soulfulness."
Rocker Terry McDermott is the final performer of the night and says it's "surreal" that America voted for a Scottish guy. Terry tackles "More Than a Feeling" and he calls it "the single biggest challenge" he's faced on the show yet. Luckily, it's a challenge he handles well as Cee Lo says the performance was "damn good, bro!" Adam continues the gush-fest, saying he doesn't even think the audience realizes "how good Terry is...Holy crap, I can't even talk. So good!" Coach Blake congratulates Terry, saying he's "just special" and "a gift to rock music."
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Team Christina
Ex-Yale football player/resident heartthrob Dez Duron decides to tap into his soulful side for his first live performance as he wants to sing songs that are "meaningful." He performs Lauryn Hill's version of "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," and Christina says this is his opportunity to "really connect" with the audience. He also manages to connect with the coaches: Cee Lo calls the performance "impeccable," Adam says it was his best yet and Blake agrees with all the screaming girls. (Hilariously out-of-context Blake line of the night: ("I'm an old bastard, look at me!") Christina gushes, saying Dez is the "real deal" and "a sweetheart."
Adriana Louise was Christina's save during the playoffs and the diva says "I'm so glad I made it through." Adriana decides to take a bit of a risk and perform Carrie Underwood's "Good Girl." We're not so sure the risk pays off, but Cee Lo says she continues to improve, while Adam says she did a "good job." Adam also thanks Adriana for ending the performance in front of his face, which he called "nice." Blake says he can't believe America didn't vote her in and Christina praises Adriana's song choices. "The best is yet to come for you," she says.
Sylvia Yacoub's message for voters who sent her through: "Thank you, thank you so much!" For her performance, Sylvia takes a risk and sings Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On." Christina says, "That's up there with the Whitney [Houston] ballads" and instructs her to take the song in a Beyonce direction. Cee Lo says, "Wow...I just thought that was great!" Adam says the song is more than just a song, it's "a moment in the world" and says she did a "good job." Christina gushes that she's "so proud" and calls Sylvia "fearless."
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Team Cee Lo
Cee Lo's playoff save Cody Belew "wants to be remembered for epic performances." He decides to take on a pretty tough song: Tina Turner's "The Best." Adam calls Cody "one of the best natural performers" and says he reminded him of Prince. Blake agrees with Adam, while Christina says she wants "more up-tempo" songs from Cody. Cee Lo has nothing but kind words for his contestant and "friend," saying, "You're so fabulous."
Team standout Trevin Hunte says he's "ready to win this thing" and decides to perform "When a Man Loves a Woman" to prove his point. During his pre-performance package, Trevin explains that his mother was affected by Hurricane Sandy and reveals her house was destroyed. Trevin's powerhouse performance earns him standing ovations from Cee Lo, Blake and Adam. Adam calls his voice "a gift from God," and Blake says he left nothing "but blood and guts" on the stage. "I love Trevin," Christina says. "You brought it home for me. I still wish I was your coach." Coach Cee Lo believes Trevin "is an angel of some sorts."
Soulful artist Nicholas David "can't believe" he made it through the playoffs and sings "Power of Love," which was selected by his coach Cee Lo. "You are so strange and beautiful," Adam gushes, while Blake adds, "Every time you're on stage you're doing something a different way." Of course, Cee Lo has nothing but love for his contestant.
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Team Adam
"Powerful background singer" Amanda Brown calls making it through the playoffs "great." (Tone down the enthusiasm, girl!) She decides to sing "Spectrum" by Florence and the Machine, and impresses Blake (who is still gushing over her performance from last week). Christina admits she's still waiting to see who Amanda really is as an artist and Cee Lo calls the performance "a little constrictive." Adam agrees with all his fellow coaches, saying it wasn't "perfect," but that Amanda "epitomizes" everything the show is about.
New Yorker Bryan Keith calls being voted through by America "amazing" and says he wants to "bring back an older feel to rock music." Bryan takes on Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black," and Blake believes the performance helped the rocker take the lead on Team Adam, a sentiment Christina seconds. Cee Lo says he did a great job and Adam calls the performance Bryan's "breakout" moment. "This was your day," he gushes.
High school student Melanie Martinez was the contestant Adam decided to save last week. "I am just very thankful that I am still here," she says, adding she sees herself as an indie folk singer. She decides to sing Young the Giant's "Cough Syrup" because she feels like an outcast and reveals she was inspired by Disney villain Cruella de Vil to dye her now signature hair. After her emotional performance, Blake says he "enjoyed it" and Christina says it was her performance that connected most with the audience. Coach Adam admires her unique style, calling her "spectacular."
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Apple watchers have been talking about an Apple Television for years, but we've still yet to see one. Dubbed iTV, the television is thought to have been a project of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who told his biographer that he had "cracked it" before he died in 2011. So when is the Apple Television coming out? Here's the iTV release date rumours and feature speculation all in one place. See: How to watch new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 launch live video stream.
First up, we should note that the Apple Television in question is not the Apple TV, Apple's set-top box. (See: Apple TV review). Rather, it's a fully-fledged television set made by Apple.
Secondly, it's worth highlighting that the Apple Television is a completely unannounced product that may never end up making it into Apple Stores. But, there's lots of evidence to suggest that it's coming, so you can use this article and our expert opinions to help you decide whether or not you think an Apple Television is on its way.
See also: Apple's plans for 2014 (Macworld UK)
iTV release date: When's the Apple Television coming out?
Really - no one knows when the Apple Television might come out. Analysts and industry experts have been predicting the announcement of such device for several years, but we've still yet so see one. Many analysts were convinced last year that Apple would unveil a television at WWDC 2013, but were left disappointed when the event ended and no iTV had been announced.
There's one analyst who has been particularly vocal about the Apple Television. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has remained a firm believer that Apple will launch a television since back in 2009. In fact, he's predicted an Apple Television every year since 2011.
However, this year has been slightly different. In a note to clients in April 2014, Munster said: "Each month that passes without credible feedback from the supply chain reduces our confidence." If Munster is beginning to doubt that an Apple Television is coming, we are too.
We're beginning to think that either Apple's given up on the idea of an Apple Television, or it's decided to hold off a little. One report that emerged in November 2013 seems to suggest that the latter is more likely. NPD DisplaySearch thinks that Apple is pushing back the launch of its Apple Television to 2015 or 2016 while it focuses on the iWatch for 2014.
Update: While the above may be true and we have to wait until 2015 or 2016 for the Apple iTV, there is a possibility it might be announced today (16 October). It's a long shot and realistically, we're expecting the iPad 6 (iPad Air 2) and iPad mini 3 but after all, it's an Apple event and anything can happen. There could also be a new version of the Apple TV box. See: How to watch new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 launch live video stream and what to expect from Apple's iPad event.
iTV rumours: What Apple has said about TV
In his biography of Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson wrote that Jobs claimed he had figured out how to solve the problem of an integrated television – an Apple TV that would revolutionise another media industry.
"I'd like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use," Jobs told Isaacson. "It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud. It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it."
So no more fiddly TV, DVD, Blu-ray, DVR remotes to lose behind the sofa. Just another stylish product with an Apple logo on it, and probably another app on your iPhone or iPad.
That's a pretty strong hint that an Apple TV is in the works. When Steve Jobs admits something, that's about as good a bet as an Apple press release – certainly better than most of the guff currently surrounding all we know about the Apple Television.
There is a growing group of analysts and commentators questing whether Steve Jobs was referring to a full Apple TV set or just a super-content-filled version of its Apple TV set-top box. "Asking people to spend $100 on a little black box with TV superpowers that gets upgraded every year is much easier than asking them to spend $2000 on a TV set they keep for five," points out Gizmodo.
So what if Apple iTV isn't a TV at all, but a bigger, better Apple TV? Former head of Apple's advanced product development and worldwide marketing Jean-Louis Gassée prefers the idea of an Apple set-top box:
"I believe Apple TV's magic will be performed by a separate box, a descendant of today's £99 Apple TV black puck, perhaps in combination with a new version of Time Capsule. This will enable the no-longer-a-hobby Apple TV to bring its magic to the millions of HDTVs already in homes all over the world – and to be replaced with better/faster hardware without drama."
Only time will tell.
Jony Ive, Apple's quietly mega-successful lead designer, says that Apple's currently working on is the biggest thing Apple has ever done (source: The Telegraph): "What we're working on now feels like the most important and the best work we've done, and so it would be what we're working on right now, which of course I can't tell you about."
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And Steve's successor as Apple CEO Tim Cook also made a broad hint about a forthcoming Apple TV, during a February 2012 keynote at Goldman Sachs: "I wouldn't want to go into detail about future stuff, obviously … Apple doesn't do hobbies, as a general rule. We believe in focus and only working on a few things. With Apple TV, however, despite the barriers in that market, for those of us who use it, we've always thought there was something there.
"And that if we kept following our intuition and kept pulling the string, then we might find something that was larger. For those people that have it right now, the customer satisfaction is off the charts. But we need something that could go more main market for it to be a serious category."
That was a long time ago now, though, and we've still not seen an Apple Television. In fact, even the Apple TV hasn't been updated since the beginning of 2013, and that was just a minor update.
At an All Things Digital conference at the end of May 2012 Apple CEO Tim Cook said technology for televisions was of "intense interest" but calmed the heat of rumour and expectation by saying that the company's efforts would unfold gradually rather than Apple suddenly reveal its revolutionary iTV.
"This is an area of intense interest for us," Cook said, referring to Apple's existing television set-top box Apple TV. We're going to keep pulling this string and see where it takes us."
As of April 2014, Apple had sold almost 20 million Apple TV boxes cumulatively, which highlights the potential of Apple's impact on the industry, whether it sticks to just the set-top box or goes for the fully-fledged television.
"Here's the way we would look at that, not just at this area but other areas, and ask can we control the key technology?" Cook said in 2012 in response to a question about how Apple thinks about improving the TV experience for consumers.
"Can we make a significant contribution, far beyond what others have done in this area? Can we make a product that we would want?"
The company has a good relationship with content owners and doesn't see the need to own a content business, Cook said, adding he has met with several people in that business recently.
Many years ago Jobs famously pooh-poohed the whole television thing, saying "TV turns your brain off, PCs turn your brain on." He was responding to the then-trendy notion of "conversion" where PCs would do TV, TVs would do PC stuff, and radios would continue to not do much at all. He even joked about a TV that makes toast. Watch the Steve Jobs on Television video, it's pretty funny.
But apart from Steve's change of mind and joy at Apple's ability to take over another industry what do we know about the forthcoming Apple Television?
This is where the facts end and rumours begin – where unnamed sources come out of the woodwork, and speculation enters the mix.
iTV rumours: What will the Apple Television look like?
Jeff Robbin, the engineer who helped create the iPod and iTunes, is apparently in charge of Apple iTV design. There's no solid evidence to suggest what the Apple Television will look like, but there sure is a lot of speculation.
There's even photos of Apple's iTV – ok, pictures of what someone adept at Photoshop thinks the iTV will/might/could look like.
Patent-watching website Patently Apple spied a new patent application from Apple lodged with the European Patent Office in August 2013 that describes a fused glass process for device housings. Jonathan Ive is listed as one of the inventors, and the patent illustrates the double-sided glass construction design on a television encased in glass using a fused-glass process.
According to Australian site UnderCurrent, which supposedly overheard a discussion in a pub, Apple and Sharp are co-producting two iTVs – 42-inch and 50-inch. Both will apparently use Sharp's Full HD Quattron technology. One (major) flaw in this report suggested that the iTV would be announced in October or November of 2013, so perhaps we shouldn't trust it…
Images of the Apple Television
Cult of Mac has some "exclusive" pictures of an Apple Display showing a movie, with some current Apple technologies pasted on top (above).
The "well-placed" source, which unsurprisingly has "asked to remain anonymous", says the Apple HDTV looks like Apple's current lineup of LED-backlit Cinema Displays but is "much bigger."
The pictures, it turns out, weren't snapped by a courageous undercover reporter in a top-secret Foxconn factory (obviously). They were Photoshopped together by a designer called (wait for it) Dan Draper.
Draper hasn't strayed too far from the too-obvious-to-be-true: "Obviously it's very visually similar to the Thunderbolt or Cinema display, but trying to put myself in the shoes of Jony Ive I've made the stand shorter, wider to make the user more trusting that it can support the weight, and less angled. I figured users don't care about the distance from a wall required by a monitor stand."
The Motley Fool website also got a designer to dream up what an Apple TV would look like.
But our favourite iTV pictures so far come from designer Martin Hajek, who has come up with a couple of different concept images including the one at the very top of this article, and also the image below.
iTV rumours: What features will the Apple Television have?
Apparently the iTV will have a built-in iSight camera for making free FaceTime video calls; AirPlay; and Siri, the voice-activated virtual assistant that first arrived with the iPhone 4S.
It's also thought that the Apple Television will have a 4K or UltraHD display.
Following a trip to Computex in Taipei and meetings with unnamed tech supply chain sources, Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White offered a few insights about the forthcoming Apple-branded television set.
The device will feature motion-detection technology like the Xbox Kinect (Apple has purchased Primesense, which is the company behind the original Kinect, so this is certainly possible), and a touch-screen remote, he said.
"The data points during our trip indicate Apple will use a special type of motion detection technology on future full blown Apple TV," said White.
"Also, our contacts indicate a unique remote control with a touch panel form factor that looks similar to the iPad would be used to control the device. The bezel is expected to be a plastic composition, rather than the aluminium unibody exterior that surrounds the MacBook Air."
A 2013 patent describes "a sound system that could be launched as part of its iTV. The intelligent system could determine where a user is in a room, and if he or she was not within the optimum range, the processor could modify the audio output, says the application. It could also adjust based on which way the user is facing, and the environment that the user is in."
There's little doubt that Apple TV will use some version of iOS as its operating system, and employ the power of an A7 processor. It will interact seemlessly with Apple's other iOS products, iPhone and iPad, naturally – or maybe even supernaturally.
And, like those products, it will have apps – millions of them, operated by the remote or the iPhone/iPad. And a hell of a lot of those apps will be games, for sure – pushing out the likes of Sony's PlayStation, Nintendo's Wii and, Steve Jobs laughs manically from his grave, Microsoft's Xbox that stole Halo from the Mac.
Content producers will create apps to distribute content, bypassing cable and satellite providers, like Sky or Virgin in the UK.
No one has been brave enough to come and out and predict that the Apple iTV will be 3D.
Steve Jobs' other company Pixar is converting its old movies, such as Finding Nemo, into 3D, and released Toy Story 3 in 3D without doing the obvious and calling it Toy Story 3D.
So why not a 3D Apple iTV? But surely not one that will require Apple 3D TV glasses...
Apple TV screen size is anyone's guess (as is pretty much everything else above). Some say between 35 and 55 inches, but this decision is likely to be made much closer to the television's release date.
Another obvious feature for the Apple TV is AirPlay wireless mirroring, which could mean a giant screen for your Mac or iOS device right in your living room – also boasting the famous Apple icon.
In mid August 2013 Apple acquired second-screen TV and video app Matcha.tv.
Matcha.tv is an iOS app that provides an overview of everything that's available to watch via cable TV providers (Comcast), streaming video services (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime), and digital video stores (iTunes, Amazon). Users could also manage what they watched from a universal queue, get video recommendations, and connect with social networks to see what their friends were watching/liking.
Who will make the Apple TV?
Apple factory partner Foxconn boss Terry Gou, reportedly confirmed that Apple is working on a HD television set.
According to China Daily, Gou has said that Apple manufacturer Foxconn is working with Sharp in Japan to prepare for production of the highly anticipated Apple television set.
"Gou said Foxconn is making preparations for iTV, Apple Inc's rumoured upcoming high-definition television, although development or manufacturing has yet to begin," says the report.
Predictably Foxconn and Gou quickly denied that he'd said anything of the sort.
Apple's favoured Chinese manufacturer Foxconn has invested 133 billion yen (US$1.6 billion) in Sharp's TV and Display unit, which can efficiently make large size panels up to 60-inches.
It was reported in June that Foxconn is in talks with Sharp about increasing its stake as it bets on the Japanese firm's leading edge technology to give it a boost in the display panel business, says the Eastern Morning Herald. Foxconn agreed in March to buy new shares in Sharp worth $844 million as part of a tie-up in liquid crystal display production. All this, insiders believe, makes the possibility of an Apple TV much more likely as Foxconn is Apple's biggest supplier.
"I'm proud to say the cooperation with Sharp will let us beat Samsung in terms of clearness - high resolution," Foxconn chairman Terry Gou told shareholders.
Apple has apparently switched from Samsung to Sharp for its iPad and iPhone screens.
Around the same time came the rumour that Apple is planning to buy Loewe (pronounced "Lur-ver"), a German TV manufacturer that specializes in the sort of premium television sets that we'd expect Apple to produce, so it could be the company that ends up making the iTV.
Interestingly Japan's Sharp (see earlier) holds 28.8 percent of Loewe's shares.
Within a few hours Loewe denied the story, although it rubbed its hands in glee as its share price went through the roof.
A spokesman for Loewe said that management at the moment "has no indication or information that Apple wants to participate in Loewe". Obviously, Apple declined to comment.
There are also rumours that Corning could make Gorilla Glass for the iTV screen. A look at Corning's website shows that the company is involved in TV: "By supporting the sleek, ultra-thin seamless designs that are a popular trend in today's LCD TV industry, Corning Gorilla Glass is literally changing the face of LCD TV," it says.
Apple TV price
One thing we know for sure is that Apple iTV, or whatever it gets called, will be much more expensive than the LCD TVs you can buy right now at your local superstore. So expect it to cost more than £1,500, probably even more than £2,000.
Research from the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices (CHD) advisory service suggests that nearly half of existing iPhone users would be "very" or "somewhat likely" to buy an Apple iTV soon after its launch.
The report, "Apple's Smart TV: Assessing Purchase Intention and Willingness to Pay," surveyed 6,000 consumers across the US, France, Germany, Italy and the UK (March 2012).
"The success of an Apple iTV hinges on Apple's ability to match innovation with appropriate price points," said Jia Wu, Director and report author.
While 35 percent of surveyed US consumers indicate willingness to pay $1,000 or more for an Apple-branded TV, only 14 percent would be willing to pay any more than $1,600.
"Samsung, Sony, LG and other major TV manufacturers are most threatened by the prospect of an Apple iTV launch," noted analyst Kantideep Thota.
"More than a quarter of non-Apple TV owners could potentially migrate to an Apple-branded TV in a fairly short period of time."
Overall, whatever the Apple iTV release date and price, there'll be probably be a shockingly long queue outside Apple Stores the world over as soon as it's available (and likely a few weeks beforehand).
For even more Apple Television rumours, visit Macworld's iTV rumour round-up.


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Nelson Cruz set a postseason record with his sixth home run of the series, Michael Young hit a pair of two-run doubles in a nine-run third inning, and the Texas Rangers romped to a 15-5 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night that won the AL pennant in six games.
Becoming the first repeat AL champion in a decade, the Rangers will open the World Series on Wednesday night at St. Louis or Milwaukee, seeking the first title in the history of a franchise that started play in 1961.
Cruz had 13 RBIs in the series, another postseason record. Young, who also homered, had five RBIs in the finale, and the longest-tenured player on the Rangers helped make sure the World Series will again be deep in the heart of Texas.


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While House Republicans push to eliminate new net neutrality regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) announced Monday he will introduce legislation to make violations of net neutrality a crime.
"I'm introducing a new bill that would call violations of net neutrality out for what they are – anti-competitive actions by powerful media conglomerates that represent violations of our anti-trust laws," Franken said at this year's South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.
"We don't allow big corporations to use their size to bully their competition, and my bill would make it clear that this applies to telecoms that use their power to control the Internet."


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How Much Web Space and Bandwidth Do I Need?
Web Space
Web space is the physical storage for your files and database to form and run your website. Your emails and backups if you choose to store it in your web space.
Most website pages contains less than 1 MB, for example the main page of this website webcoophost.com is only a mere 55kb.If you keep your web space clean all the time meaning don't keep unwanted files you will probably using only 200MB of space.
Bandwidth is the amount of traffic and data transfer that your website is generating monthly. Most websites are probably only on the 6 GB monthly bandwidth.There is a good write up regarding bandwidth and web space and a table showing how much you probably will need like if you have average of 100 web pages you might need 200MB Web space and if your website have a visitor of 100 or 1000 page load per day you might need 6GB monthly bandwidth.
How all this fit on our plans?
Free Plan
On our budget plan where you have 1 GB of space and 10 GB monthly bandwidth is a good starting point. Say a landing page for your business to give customers information about your business like open times, location, your services or products, how to contact you and so on. You can always upgrade later if you want more space.
Starter Plan
A good starting point especially if you are not sure how much web space you will be consuming. The 2 GB web space gives you more room to play around.
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This is the most popular. The 5 GB web space is plenty to make a few websites or a website that is image and video driven.
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Movie mogul Tyler Perry wants to give one Atlanta grandmother an exceptional Christmas present this year.
The filmmaker has promised to rebuild 88-year-old Rosa Lee Ransby's home after it was destroyed by a fire she and her four-year-old great-granddaughter escaped from last Tuesday, WSBTV reported.
"It's just good, you know. I didn't think I had no friends, but I found I got some," Ransby, a great-grandmother of seven, told the local television news station.
Ransby had lost most of her possessions when a fire engulfed her home of 40 years. According to WSBTV, county fire fighters have received dozens of calls since they began soliciting donations to help the great-grandmother out.
But the most generous donation came in from Perry, the multi-millionaire behind "Why Did I Get Married?" and "Tyler Perry's House of Payne."
After Perry saw coverage of the devastating fire on television, the Atlanta-raised entertainer visited Ransby's home Thursday and promised to rent her a house on the same street for a year, pay for utilities, buy her furniture and build her a brand new place to live on the same property.
Firefighters were nearly speechless over Perry's offer.
"It's made my Christmas," Coweta Country Fire Chief Todd Moore told WSBTV. "I've been doing this a long time, seen a lot of bad things come and go but this is special."
Perry has been in the Christmas spirit all week. In a letter he published on his website Thursday, the famous do-gooder wrote about taking orphans shopping at Target and encouraged his fans to be thankful for what they have.
"They [the orphans] came to the checkout with their red Target baskets looking like overloaded Santa sleighs. Boy that did my heart good!…It made me remember to be thankful for the little things. I hope it does the same for you," Perry wrote.
Perry also explained that a thief was caught sneaking onto his property later that night. Nothing was stolen, but he vowed to do everything he could to help the police find the two other men allegedly involved.
"CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? I was so mad!" Perry said, adding, "There were many times I could have done the wrong thing--gotten easy money. But because I chose to do the right thing, God honored that and blessed me."
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Lindsey Vonn wants to race men in Lake Louise downhill
- Vonn has won nine downhill races at Lake Louise
- U.S. ski federation says it has not had formal talks about Vonn's request
- Women's tour will be at Aspen when men race in Alberta
GENEVA (AP) — Lindsey Vonn wants to challenge the men's downhill skiers in a World Cup race next month, though her wish still needs the support of the United States team and Alpine skiing's governing body.
The U.S. ski federation said Monday that it had not had a "formal discussion" about the possibility of its star racer challenging the men Nov. 24 in Lake Louise, Alberta.
Vonn, the women's Olympic downhill champion, has written the International Ski Federation to ask whether she can make the historic start at a venue where she has earned nine of her 26 World Cup downhill victories. The Canadian course — often dubbed "Lake Lindsey" for her dominance there — stages women's races, including two downhills, the following weekend.
FIS, however, can't make a decision on Vonn until the U.S. ski team makes a formal request to let her enter.
"There's not anything to say until we have a proposal from the national association," FIS secretary general Sarah Lewis told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Monday.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association would need to submit a request before the decision-making FIS Council next meets Nov. 3-4 in Oberhofen, Switzerland — but has yet to decide whether to do so.
"We clearly have great respect for Lindsey, her accomplishments in the sport and her desire to seek this new challenge," Tom Kelly, vice president of communications for the U.S.S.A., said in a statement. "But we have not had any formal discussion yet between Lindsey and FIS."
"As with any issue or opportunity, decisions we make are management decisions but include all appropriate parties," Kelly wrote.
One likely factor is obligations to broadcaster NBC, which committed to starting live coverage of World Cup races on its NBC Sports Network cable channel this season.
When the men are racing Nov. 24-25 in Lake Louise, the women's World Cup circuit makes its one scheduled stop in the United States, with giant slalom and slalom races scheduled on a holiday weekend program at Aspen, Colo.
In an August news release, the U.S.S.A. said "live coverage will feature Olympic champions Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso from the Nature Valley Aspen Winternational Thanksgiving weekend."
"We would weigh all elements, including TV, in the context of how we can best support athletes like Lindsey," Kelly wrote in an email reply to the AP.
A FIS rule limiting athletes' access to extra training time on slopes so close to race days also counts against Vonn's chances.
By taking part in men's training and races at Lake Louise, the rule would bar Vonn from the subsequent women's races — two downhills and a super-G — for having gained an unfair advantage in familiarizing herself with the slope.
Vonn may be unwilling to jeopardize losing race points that have been the foundation of her four overall World Cup titles and five straight downhill season trophies.


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Cycling For Hope - 36 Hour Mountain Bike Race
Cycling For Hope - a youth-run, non-profit organization based in Ottawa is proud to announce Canada's first 36-hour mountain bike race, the "36 Hours of Hope".
Between July 18-20, 2008, hardcore, compassionate cyclists will race in the pristine wilderness of Haliburton, Ontario, raising funds and awareness for Cycling For Hope's charitable projects.
These projects promote the use of bicycles as a tool of empowerment for underprivileged youth in Canada and internationally. For example, they range from a Toronto-wide bicycle drive called "BikeFund", to using bikes as a re-integration tool for war-torn youth in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Riders can race solo, on three person teams, competitive and non-competitive six person teams, or as a corporate team. The race will begin at sunrise on July 19 and go until the evening of July 20. And what's better? Fully serviced accommodations are available on site.
Registration is now open and due to an overwhelming response, the event is expected to sell out quickly. Take advantage of early-bird rates until April 31st.
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Widely recognized as one of the most valuable resources in speech-language pathology, the respected Hegde's PocketGuide to Assessment in Speech-Language Pathology is now in its third edition. Designed as a companion volume to the Hegde's PocketGuide to Treatment in Speech-Language Pathology, Third Edition, it provides clinical practitioners and students in communication sciences and disorders a quick reference for assessment techniques. The most desirable features of a specialized dictionary of terms, clinical resource book, and textbook of assessment are combined in this single, easy-to-access resource. Assessment procedures are provided in a "do this" format. Information not directly related to assessment procedures has been moved to the new Hegde's PocketGuide to Communication Disorders, allowing for expanded coverage of assessment procedures and the addition of important new entries, making this edition more relevant and useful than ever!
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The 174, known to some as the 194's ugly steproute, is the 358's southern cousin.
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* Kay Bell starts a recent post on December tax moves with some Christmas comments –
"All I want for Christmas is a fiscal cliff deal. Silent night as tax talks between Congress and the president stall. I'll have a blue Christmas without some tax rate agreement."
* Did you check out my THE TAX PROFESSIONAL post on ridiculous IRS regulations for tax pros? Tax pros – your comments solicited.
* Over at ACCOUNTING TODAY Michael Cohn reports that "AMT Hit 4 Million More Taxpayers in 2010" -
"With the alternative minimum tax still unpatched for this year and estimated to spread to an additional 28 million households next tax season unless Congress acts to avert the fiscal cliff, recently released statistics from the Internal Revenue Service reveal that even the patched AMT hit millions more households in 2010 than in 2009.
The IRS's Fall 2012 Statistics of Income Bulletin, released last week, describes the trends in individual income tax returns in 2010. Among them was a sharp increase in tax returns subject to the AMT. The number of returns with AMT liability increased 4.0 million from 3.8 million in 2009, a 5 percent spike."
* Kay Bell, the yellow rose of taxes, advises you to "Use or Lose Your Flexible Spending Account" at her BANKRATE.COM blog.
* For true tax geeks only – "History of the Death and Taxes Quote by Benjamin Franklin" from BACKTAXESHELP.COM.
* While we may not agree on everything when it comes to tax reform, I certainly agree with Prof Jim Maule that phase-outs and deduction caps are not good tax policy, as he discusses in detail in his post "Tax Rates and Deduction Caps" at MAULED AGAIN.
Where we part company is his alternative solutions, though I do agree with "repealing special interest deductions". And I do agree "It is time to start talking about genuine cures rather than playing around with attempts to hide the problems and mask the solutions".
* Jeff Rose identifies the "4 Options for Retirement Accounts When Switching Jobs" at EQUIFAX.COM.
He makes a good final point –
"And remember that while cashing out is an option, it should usually be avoided."
* And still on the subject of retirement savings, EQUIFAX.COM provides a Q+A with Certified Financial Planner Rick Rodgers on converting a traditional IRA to a ROTH in the post "How to Protect Yourself from Possible 2013 Tax Hikes".
* Say it isn't so! Kelsey Snell tells us "Dems May Revive PEP and Pease Tax Rules" at POLITICO. Didn't Jim Maule and I tell you that phase-outs and deduction caps are not good tax policy?
* A timely article from JK LASSER – "10 Things to Remember about Year-End Charitable Giving".
The most important –
· You must itemize to deduct any charitable giving.
· Deductions are allowed only for IRS-approved charities.
· Deductions require substantiation.
* Joe Kristan's Tuesday "Tax Roundup" over at the ROTH AND COMPANY TAX UPDATE BLOG gives us two pieces of excellent advice (highlight is his) -
"Pro tip: never trust the State."
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"File your returns, even if you have an overpayment. If you let the statute of limitations expire, they get to keep it. And they don't have to warn you that they will."
It seems that members of Congress have formed a Christmas chorale.
On Monday night Jay Leno's weekly HEADLINES bit ended with a notice about a concert given by the "Moron Tabernacle Choir".
Of course the headline that most of us want to see is "Congress Patches AMT and Extends Tax Cuts before Adjourning for the Year". And choirs throughout the US are singing "All I Want for Christmas is an AMT Patch".


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French police arrested a woman on Wednesday in connection with the theft of nearly $200,000 worth of jewelry from Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose after a concert in Paris, according to reports.
A police source told the U.K. Daily Mirror that the Paradise City singer was "fuming" after he learned the thief stole three gold and diamond necklaces from an after party Tuesday night, following the group's show at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. Rose was not wearing the jewelry at the time it was taken.
The woman, a model, had returned the necklaces to police and was subsequently arrested, authorities said. She told police she did not know how she ended up leaving with the jewelry, AFP reported.
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Rose, 50, is the only original Guns N' Roses member touring with the band. Guns N' Roses is in the middle of a European tour that has been fraught with controversy. At a recent gig in London, the band threatened to walk off stage if fans continued to throw money and plastic cups at them after they arrived 50 minutes late. GNR also banned fans from entering venues wearing T-shirts of ex-guitarist Slash, with security guards denying them entry.
The tour continues in Germany on Friday before returning to France for six additional dates.
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- The worst of misery
Is when a nature framed for noblest things
Condemns itself in youth to petty joys,
And, sore athirst for air, breathes scanty life
Gasping from out the shallows.
- George Eliot, The Spanish Gypsy (1868), Book III.
- Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
- Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1742).
- There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Poet at the Breakfast Table (1872), III.
- But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.
- John Milton, Samson Agonistes (1671), line 101.
- And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.
- Alexander Pope, To the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady (1717), line 57.
- Grim and comfortless despair.
- William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors (c. 1592-1594), V. I. 80.
- Misery makes sport to mock itself.
- William Shakespeare, Richard II (c. 1595), Act II, scene 1, line 85.
- Meagre were his looks,
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1597), Act V, scene 1, line 40.
- Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest (c. 1610-1612), Act II, scene 2, line 40.
- Quæque ipse misserrima vidi, et quorum pars magna fui.
- All of which misery I saw, part of which I was.
- Virgil, Æneid (29-19 BC), line 5.
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations[edit]
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 517-18.
- Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.
- The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
- Cicero, Epistles, VI. 3.
- Horatio looked handsomely miserable, like Hamlet slipping on a piece of orange-peel.
- Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, Horatio Sparkins (omitted in some editions).
- This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.
- Homer, The Iliad, Book XXII, line 106. Pope's translation.
- That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's misery.
- Richard Hooker, Ecclesiastical Polity, Book I, Chapter X. 5.
- Il ne se faut jamais moquer des misérables,
Car qui peut s'assurer d'être toujours heureux?
- We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
- Jean de La Fontaine, Fables, V. 17.
- The child of misery, baptized in tears!
- J. Langhorne, The Country Justice, Part I, line 166.
- Frei geht das Unglück durch die ganze Erde!
- Misery travels free through the whole world!
- Friedrich Schiller, Wallenstein's Tod, IV. 11. 31.
- Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.
- Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
- Seneca the Younger, De Providentia, V.
- Miserias properant suas
Audire miseri.
- The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
- Seneca the Younger, Hercules Œtæus, 754.


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I am planning to go for a 4 day trip to some place in south-east Asia for the Chinese New Year holidays in February. But my budget is strictly around 500 SGD. So, are there any interesting places to visit in the region? Since Chinese New Year is a major festival in this part of the world, I prefer not going to famous places to avoid the higher ticket prices.
I have few plans.
- Singapore to Jakarta and Jakarta to Yogyakarta by train and Yogyakarta back to Singapore
- Singapore to Tioman Islands in Malaysia.
Are there any other places to see?
Unknown adventerous places will be wonderful and comfort is not a problem.
EDIT: By Unknown and not so famous, I mean places which is not a popular option for the chinese holidays. I am looking for destinations like waterfalls, hiking places, less crowded beaches etc.


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Be ready for a month of Days that you'll never forget!
Monday, November 08, 2010
Days Celebrates 45 Years With a Bang
Be ready for a month of Days that you'll never forget!
Interview YR: Eileen Davidson Shows Off Her Inner Diva
If you are a true "Young and the Restless" fan, then you know that Eileen Davidson (aka Ashley Abbott) has written a series of bestselling crime novels centered on the soap-opera world. If you didn't know that, then you need to go out right now and buy yourself the books, because you are in for a treat. Eileen's third book in the series, "Diva Las Vegas," came out earlier this year, and it's even better than its predecessors.
Daytime Dial: Your books are always so much fun to read. Are they as much fun for you to write as they are for me to read?
Eileen Davidson: Thank you! Yeah, they really are. I really have a good time. I started the fourth book just last week, and it's just so much fun getting reacquainted with the characters. I crack myself up with these silly things I write.
DD: How do you find time to fit it all in – being a mother, a wife, an actress, an author, a spokesperson?
ED: It sounds overwhelming, but really it just isn't. It all kind of works out. I go through phases where everything is really kind of crazy and then, like right now, I'm working only one day a week for like the past three weeks, so I have lots of time. When I am home, I write when my child is at school. When I'm working a lot, I bring my computer in with me and work between scenes.
It takes a village sometimes, but it's not constantly crazy busy. My husband's schedule is erratic as well. But we just go with the flow and make it work. But very rarely is everything happening at the same time.DD: I love the protagonist in your book series, Alex. She is so down-to-earth and personable. Do Alex and Eileen share some personality qualities?
ED: Oh sure, we do share some qualities. And also, beginning with the very first book, I established the voice of the character. I wrote the first couple of chapters, and I established the voice of who Alex is. I've written every first and second chapter for all four books, and then we (Eileen and Bob Randisi, her coauthor) go from there. Like right now, I've sent the first two chapters to Bob, he sent me two back, I reworked them yesterday, and then I wrote an additional two and will send that back to him. But I have to rework it because it's my voice, so I have to make sure she sounds the same throughout the book.
DD: Do you base some of the books' circumstances on things you've done or experienced?
ED: Yes, I do. I have gone to the Playboy Mansion a couple of times for the Halloween party and it was such a scene that I thought, "Oh my god, this would make a great way to open a book." When I was at the Emmys about three years ago, I was like, "This would be a fantastic way to open a book." Getting out of the limousine with everybody screaming at you and then suddenly a bigger star comes along, and the photographers leave you and run over there. Only in Hollywood would you go through these kinds of things, and yet it's my life. But I'm also a mother and wife, and my life is fairly boring. I pick up dog poop and I make cupcakes, and yet I have that other side of my life that's kind of out there. It's fun for me to share it with people and to give them a little peek behind the curtain.
DD: Do you ever get worried that your co-workers at "The Young and the Restless" will read your books and wonder if one of the characters is based on them?
ED: Not really, because I'm not mean-spirited at all. But I might base a character on someone I know. For instance, in the fourth book, I decided to base a director character on somebody I work with at "YR." But I talked to my husband about it, and it was much more interesting to go over the top with the director. So, it kind of starts as a real person, but then it goes off on a whole different tangent. Some of my characters are inspired by real people, but they're not based on anybody per se.
DD: I love the relationship between Alex and her boyfriend, Jakes. How did you create that relationship and get it to translate so well to their characters?
ED: Gosh, that's a really good question. They're still new, as a couple, since she just ended the relationship with the other guy. I guess I don't want them to be like crazy possessive of each other, but still possessive enough that they keep each other on their toes. Do you know what I mean?
Like, my husband and I have been married almost eight years and we trust each other and are not super-paranoid, because he travels a lot. But I still want him to be jealous to a certain degree. I don't want him to pull a shotgun out or anything but I still want him to care if somebody else is looking at me or paying attention to me or where am I. You still want your significant other to be interested but just so it doesn't go over the top. That's what I want for Alex and Jakes. I want there to be a playfulness and yet a kind of push-pull between them.
DD: Who are some writers you admire and who influence your own writing?
ED: A while back, I was really into all the spirituality and stuff. I was reading tons of really heavy self-help books and spirituality books, and things like "The Power of Now" and all these really intense books, even Kabbalah. I was doing all sorts of research on different spiritualities for years. And then I was at this retreat and I had forgotten to bring a book, and I happened to pick up a Sue Grafton book. It was like, this is so much fun. I guess I needed a break from all of that heavy reading, and I went into the Sue Grafton world. I read all of her books, and for this genre, that would definitely be who inspired me.
DD: Can you give me any details about the fourth book you are working on?
ED: It's called "Swinging in the Rain" and it's going to involve the whole subculture of swinging couples. Strangely enough, I've heard so much about it in the past couple of years. It just fascinates me that people are so good at sharing, because I'm not. A lot of people are apparently good at it, because it's very popular. The more I found out about it, the more fascinated I became. I realized this could be very interesting to use as a backdrop for my book.


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|F-16 Fighter Jets
By Alan Caruba
Why would the Obama administration send twenty F-16 fighter jets to Egypt in the wake of the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak with whom the deal was struck in 2010 and in light of the fact that man now in charge, Mohammed Morsi, is a rabid anti-Semite and enemy of Israel?
Wouldn't a prudent U.S. administration review the earlier deal, part of a $1 billion U.S. foreign aid package, and conclude that a regime now led by a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and man who calls Jews "descendants of apes and pigs" not have its military power increased at a time when much of the Middle East and the Maghreb, northern Africa, is embroiled in turmoil?
Egypt is not threatened by Israel, but it is known that Morsi meets regularly with Mohammed Badi, the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme leaders, who last year declared that "The jihad for the recovery of Jerusalem is a duty for all Muslims."
Recently, Dr. Daniel Pipes, the founder and director of the Middle East Forum, editor of its Middle East Quarterly journal, a historian and political commentator, wrote a commentary in which he said, "The persistent belief that training and equipping foreign troops imbues them with American political and ethical values, making them allies of the United States" was "another sign of innocence." He was being polite. It's not innocence, it's stupidity and the U.S. has been repeating it for a long time.
Dr. Pipes cited several cases that are worth recalling.
When U.S. "peacekeeping" troops landed in Lebanon in 1982, "the priority was to train a national army." Lebanon was in the midst of a civil war that lasted from 1975 to 1990. The U.S. effort was a failure that included the 1983 suicide bombing of a Marine Corps barracks that killed 220 Marines and 22 other U.S. servicemen. As Dr. Pipes noted, most of those trained and equipped returned to their communal militias. A renewed effort to repeat this stupidity is underway again! It's worth noting that Lebanon is governed by members of Hezbollah, a terrorist organization and proxy of Iran.
After more than a decade in Afghanistan, U.S. efforts to train a national police force and military often resulted in attacks by its members on coalition service personnel. In the first eight months of 2012, they killed 45 persons; at which point the training stopped. When the U.S. finally leaves later this year and next, those left behind to continue training programs will be sitting ducks. The billions in military gear will eventually become the property of the Taliban and Afghanistan will return swifty to its seventh century mentality.
As Dr. Pipes noted regarding Mali, U.S. efforts to train "the woebegone Malian national army to take on al Qaeda did not exactly work out." Der Spiegel, a German daily, reported that "American specialists did train four crack units, totaling 600 men, to fight the terrorists. But it backfired: Three of the elite units have defected en masse to the rebel Tuareg." One of its commanders, "Captain Amadou Sanogo, trained in the U.S. overthrew the government in Bamako and ousted the elected president."
Perhaps the most egregious idiocy was the result of the U.S. efforts to mediate the discord between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in which the U.S. "has trained over 6,000 Palestinian Authority security personnel in the hope they will become Israel's partners for peace." Neither the PA, nor its competitor, Hamas, has ever acknowledged Israel's right to exist and Dr. Pipes has predicted that "these militiamen will eventually turn their guns against Israel." Israel continues to intercept arms intended for Hamas and had to wage a short military operation against Hamas, an Iranian proxy, to deter its daily rocketing of southern Israel. The Palestinian Authority, meanwhile, already has plenty of arms provided by the U.S.
Few allies in the Middle East, with the exception of Israelis and the Jordanian monarchy, are reliable. The Gulf States depend on the U.S. for a defense shield against Iran, as does Saudi Arabia. The U.S. has received cooperation from Yemen, but it is folly to think that Egypt or any of the North African states are friendly to our interests.
Sending Egypt F-16s is idiotic. Egypt already has a fleet of more than 200 comparable jets provided courtesy of the American taxpayer. Continuing the practice of arming nations that are unreliable is a very bad, very stupid one.
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A bag of balls
When people and organizations ask Ken for an autographed baseball, I politely inform them that we don't currently own a warehouse of sporting equipment (see "The Singletons are fresh out of autograph items") yet if they provide a ball, Ken will be happy to sign it.
With certain situations that tug at my heartstrings, however, I'm a little more lenient, so once in a while I scurry around the house in search of a blank baseball to stick under Ken's nose to sign.
There aren't many – blank ones, that is. On the last go-round, I stopped upstairs in Ken's office at a red felt, almost-Santa-like bag filled with over 40 autographed baseballs. One of these days I should buy him a shelf or display case because the baseballs – or rather what's on them – are fairly impressive even to my amateur eyes.
I wish some of these guys had had better handwriting for me to report what names are on the balls! Ken, without a doubt, could sit here and relay a zillion stories behind each in his collection.
Alas, this is what I see:
? Rawlings official ball of the 1983 World Series signed "To Matthew, Good Luck, Pete Rose." Unfortunately, our son Matthew, in a creative mood as a kid, tried to decorate the ball further using small rubber stamps so Pete's scribble has a little company.
? On another ball, Ken's handwriting reads: "RBI #100 and 101, 8/30/79 vs. Twins in Baltimore"
? "1,000 Major League Hit, pitcher Jim Slaton, Milwaukee vs. Baltimore 7/25/77"
? "First A.L. Grand Slam 5/22/76, 8-4 win over Tigers"
? "1st American League homerun, donated by Jim Perry 4/27/75"
? "Homerun off Juan Marichal 6/13/71"
? "Homerun #23, R.B.I. #100, 9/23/73"
? "RBI #1000 & 1001, homerun Chicago, 8/11/83"
? "9th Consecutive Hit, a club record, 4/28/81"
? "Career Homerun #200, 4/26/81"
? "Hit #1,500 at Baltimore vs. Chicago, double, 1st inning, 8/6/80"
? "American & National 1979 Japan Major League Series"
? "N.Y. METS" with a ball full of faded autographs
? official league ball with Montreal Expos logo and various signatures
? "To Matthew & Justin, Al Bumbry, Padres #4, 1985" (Al is still one of Ken's good friends; he lives in Baltimore, too)
? "50th All-Star Game" ball
? official ball of 1981 All-Star Game with various signatures
? baseball stamped with "Liga de Baseball Profesional de Puerto Rico"
? many other autographs too numerous to list, however, legible names include Frank Robinson, Earl Weaver, Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken, Jim Palmer and many others
One lone autographed ball not in the red bag with the others, sits amid Ken's papers and baseball books on his desk. It has one signature – Hank Aaron.
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It's great to hear when former great players are also fans. I think too many players don't take the time to appreciate things during their career and don't take the opportunities to collect memorabilia that will be with them forever. I am surprised, however, that there aren't two baseballs on his desk, one from Hammerin Hank and one from the Say Hey Kid.
That's okay, I have bragged to everyone that I know that I have a Ken Singleton autographed ball on my mantle. 🙂
A friend of mine who knew Jimmy Key from the Winchester Royals told me that Jimmy had gotten a Nolan Ryan autographed ball at the '85 All Star game. I responded, I wonder if Nolan Ryan got a Jimmy Key autographed ball?
There are some players that you can tell are fans of the game, then you have the Alex Rodriguez's of the game that have that swagger. I am not knocking him, if I had his talent I'd probably have some swagger also, but I wonder if he has a Derek Jeter autographed ball or bat.
Very nice collection Ken!!!
Nice collection! I wonder if Ken could have an autographed ball from any player in history, who would it be?
Dear Mrs. Singleton,
I am a huge fan of Mr. Singleton, and the Yankees. He, in my opinion, will always be the voice of the New York Yankees. I love listening to his broadcasts on the YES Network. If I wanted to get his autograph signed on one of my baseballs I have, how could I do so? It would be an honor to have his autograph in my collection!
Morgan Pearson
Portland, Oregon
Thanks mpp013 for the nice comments. Just send a ball c/o the Yankees (or the Orioles, they're closer) and Ken will get it, sign it and return it!
Thanks for reading,
Mrs, Singy


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New Mexicans will face SNAP cuts this fall
More than 215,000 children in NM benefit from food assistance
This fall, 442,000 New Mexicans will see a cut in their food assistance benefits.
The cut will come when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is set to expire, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, help more than 215,000, or 42 percent of New Mexican children.
More than 47 million Americans will see their food assistance reduced.
"The small increase in SNAP benefits that was included in the federal stimulus bill has helped thousands of struggling families in New Mexico stay afloat during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression," said Dr. Veronica C. García, Ed.D., executive director of New Mexico Voices for Children. "This modest assistance is providing a lifeline to those parents who are struggling to find work, or are working at jobs that do not pay them enough to put food on the table."
For a family of three, the cuts will mean a reduction of $29 a month.
"Given the fact that SNAP benefits are already inadequate for many families, these cuts will be particularly painful," said García.
In addition to the cuts, the U.S. House of Representatives attempted, unsuccessfully, to cut $20 billion from SNAP when reauthorizing the Farm Bill. Such a cut would have eliminated food assistance for nearly 2 million people, according to a Voices for Children news release.
"SNAP has been a powerful tool in helping to keep families out of poverty," said García. "The majority of SNAP recipients, who are able to work, do. And for those who can't or are temporarily unable to find a job, SNAP has helped to give them a leg up. Now is not the time to further reduce this already modest assistance to these struggling families."