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Singer Patti Page, whose smooth alto voice made hits of "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?", "Tennessee Waltz" and "Old Cape Cod," has died at 85, her manager confirmed to NBC News. She had a seven-decade musical career and sold more than 100 million records. Though some of her hits were considered novelty songs, she continued to perform into the 2000s, and briefly dabbled in television.
Page died at the Seacrest Village nursing home in Encinitas, Calif.
The Grammy Awards will honor Page, along with other artists -- including Carole King and the late Ravi Shankar -- with lifetime achievement awards at the ceremony Feb. 10.
Born Clara Ann Fowler in Oklahoma, she was the second of 11 children and told the New York Times she remembered living without electricity. She began singing on local radio as a teenager and was given her stage name because a sponsor of that show was the Page Milk Company.
The biggest hit of her career, "Tennessee Waltz," about an old friend who steals the singer's lover while dancing, was No.1 for nine weeks in 1950 and 1951 and is one of seven official state songs for Tennessee.
"How Much Is That Doggie In the Window?" was No.1 for eight weeks in 1953. In 2009, Page recorded a version using the same tune and different lyrics, called "Do You See That Doggie in the Shelter?" and gave the rights to the song to the Humane Society of the United States.
"The original song asks the question: 'How much is that doggie in the window?' " Page told the Humane Society. "Today, the answer is 'too much.' And I don't just mean the price tag on the puppies in pet stores. The real cost is in the suffering of the mother dogs back at the puppy mill. That's where most pet store puppies come from. And that kind of cruelty is too high a price to pay."
She also sang the theme to the 1964 Bette Davis thriller "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte," which reached No. 8 on the charts.
Page's other hits included "Old Cape Cod," "With My Eyes Open Wide, I'm Dreaming" and "I Went to Your Wedding." Her friends included Rosemary Clooney and Elvis Presley, and she attended the "Ed Sullivan Show" on the famed 1964 night when the Beatles were introduced to America. (Page thought they were "cute kids," The New York Times reported.)
She also had numerous television specials and series, including "The Patti Page Show," which ran for just one season in 1955-1956, and "The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show" in 1958-1959.
"What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch," Page told The New York Times in 2003. "I can tell it all in song: pathos, gladness, love, joy, unhappiness. Each song, you're telling a story and acting."
Her music was sometimes criticized for its simplicity, but Page knew what the audiences of the 1950s wanted.
"My music was called plastic, antiseptic, placid," she told The Times. "It was only five or so years after the war, a different time. A simpler time. The music was simpler, too."
She was married three times and had a son and a daughter.
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ESPN set a new precedent over the weekend by airing what may be the first professionally-shot footage of an openly gay athlete kissing his husband after a victory.
As Outsports is reporting, professional bowler Scott Norton smooched his husband Craig Woodward after winning the 2012 PBA Chameleon Championship in Las Vegas.
Though the event was held in November, ESPN did not air the footage until Dec. 30. During the telecast, ESPN?s announcers referred to Woodward as Norton?s husband or spouse, Outsports also pointed out.
Norton tied the knot with Woodward, a United Healthcare executive, in October 2011.
The 30-year-old bowler came out to friends and family as a teenager, though he didn't address his sexuality publicly until last year, the Windy City Times reports.
"It is extremely important for me to come out to show other gay athletes, both current and future, that it is important to come out to show that we are just like everyone else," he said in a statement at the time. "It's important to show people that being gay has nothing to do with one's ability to do anything as a man, least of all compete at the highest level of sports."
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On a negative note with the prospect of increasing fraud attempts, there is the likelihood of more security measures being introduced by some of the bridging loan providers. One major lender introduced late last year the requirement for all customers to be interviewed by a representative in order to confirm their identification. Other lenders who have had any suspicions about applications have been known to request customers to visit them, or have sent representatives to the client, before payout. These extra measures may become a necessity in order to avoid becoming the targets of large frauds that could spell financial disaster to a bridging lender.
Hopefully this coming year will see the major high street banks increase their willingness to provide commercial mortgages and loans. As independent commercial finance brokers, we always look to find our customers the best possible deals for the commercial mortgages and loans that they require. However, when the high street banks will not provide the funds required, we do have an increasing number of facilities from alternative commercial mortgage providers. These alternative lenders offer more flexible underwriting and often higher loan to values than the high street banks. The interest rates are usually a little higher than those provided by the high street banks, but do provide an excellent alternative source for commercial mortgages.
The number of secured loans provided during the last 12 months has seen an increase when compared to the previous couple of years. This increase in expected to continue during 2013 for a number of reasons. New lenders entering this market in addition to previous secured loan providers returning to the market are helping to provide more competitive rates, higher loan to values and flexible underwriting that will take into consideration some adverse credit and a low credit score. With mortgages and remortgages being difficult to obtain and some old mortgage facilities charging much lower rates than can be obtained on any new facility available today, secured loans can be a very attractive alternative to a remortgage. This has been further helped by the recent introduction of secured loans facilities for amounts up to ?250,000!
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A standing martingale is mostly attached to the girth?s middle, passing up between the front legs of the pony and attaching to the lower part of the noseband. Among martingales, this version is the most restricting. A pony using a standing martingale is more likely to fall, if it unexpectedly loses its balance, because its freedom of movement is significantly limited. But this version of martingale, which applies pressure to the nose, gives the rider a superior means of control. Flat competitions do not allow martingales, though you can use them in jumping competitions and while playing polo.
Running martingale do not give the rider as much control as the standing versions, but because they are not fixed, they are less restrictive. The rider can use them as a safer aid. The running martingale is fixed to the bottom of the girth and rises between the horses front legs, it splits into two straps with each rein passing through an end ring fixed to each of these straps.
The rider can control the limit of downward pressure he or she applies to the mouth thru the reins and the bit. The pony doesn?t feel any pressure when it holds its head right. ?rein stops? are used to prevent the running martingale?s rings from snagging on the horse?s bit.
All martingales must be handled with uttermost care, particularly when first introduced to a horse. You should keep in mind that horses have instincts which make them resist pressure and anything strange on their heads. They may even panic and violently throw their heads backwards against the pressure source; this can result in them falling over backwards.
The German martingale, also called Market Harborough, works much the same as a running martingale, but is generally not held to be legal, and so is used in coaching only. It originates at the girth, goes up between the horse?s front legs and forks into two. These two straps go through the bit rings before they are attached to other rings on reins that are specially suited. The German martingale allows greater range compared to the running and the standing martingales.
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It's been an amazing year for young people, and here at HuffPost Teen, we've been inspired by watching many of the them dominate in fields ranging from entertainment to science to technology to sports -- and beyond. To celebrate these awesome almost-legal game-changers of 2012, we've created our first annual "18 Under 18" list. Read through the names we selected below, then tell us: Who did we forget? Share your thoughts in the comments or tweet your own #18under18 picks @HuffPostTeen!
Michaela DePrince
Born in Sierra Leone during the civil war, Michaela DePrince grew up in an orphanage with her sister. Her father had been killed by the rebels and her mother starved to death shortly after. DePrince's time in the orphanage was made even more difficult by her vitiligo, a skin condition that causes light blotches on the skin, which caused her treated poorly and called "the devil's child." At just three years old, DePrince found a magazine picture of a beautiful ballet dancer and carried it around with her because she "saw hope in it." When was adopted by a family in the U.S., DePrince quickly began her ballet training. As a teenager, she was featured in the film "First Position," a 2011 American documentary. She has now graduated from the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and will continue her work at the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
DePrince talked about being a role model to the Associated Press: "Because I've been through so much, I know now that I can make it and I can help other kids who have been in really bad situations realize that they can make it too."
Jack Andraka
Fifteen-year-old Jack Andraka won the 2012 Intel Science Competition, the world's largest high school science research competition, for his groundbreaking research on pancreatic cancer. The Maryland high school student developed a test for pancreatic cancer that is 28 times cheaper and faster, and also 100 times more sensitive, than current tests. When his name was announced in June for the Grand Prize of $75,000, the expression of pure elation on his face was priceless. A video showing his stunned reaction almost immediately went viral. "I did not think I was going to win a single award," he said to Intel. "It's unbelievable, I can't believe this is happening to me. This means so much to me."
Andraka told Wall Street Journal Live about his future plans to patent his test and take it nation-wide: "I'm incredibly excited about that aspect of this endeavor."
Malala Yousafzai
This year, Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousafzai's crusade for girls' rights to education -- in the face of threats on her own life -- brought education and women's rights into the global spotlight. The 15-year-old was shot in the head in a Taliban assassination attempt in early October because she spoke out about universal educational rights through a series of anonymous blog posts published by the BBC. Yousafzai, who started writing them when she was 11 years old, criticized the Taliban for their repressive regime and destruction of girls' schools in the Swat Valley, where she grew up. Her cause started an international movement for education and girls' rights, which recently culminated in a global day of action, "Malala Day."
Malala was named a runner-up for the Time "Person of the Year" award and thousands of supporters have nominated her for next year's Nobel Peace Prize.
"Malala doesn't just represent one young woman, she speaks out for all those who are denied an education purely on the basis of their gender," campaign leader Shahida Choudhary wrote on the Change.org petition she started for Malala's nomination.
Gabby Douglas
This summer, 16-year-old Gabby Douglas (also known as the "flying squirrel") made history when she became the first African-American woman to win the gold medal in the Women's Gymnastics Individual All-Around during the Olympics in London. Along with the other four members of the "Fab 5," Douglas quickly became an Olympic favorite. She has since been named a 2012 Woman of the Year by Glamour Magazine and was included on Forbes' "30 Under 30" list.
The athlete shared some words of advice for young people at a recent charity event: ?Never give up and always keep fighting, because though times may be tough, the sacrifices do pay off, so just keep pushing towards your dream and just love it at the same time and enjoy it.?
Carly Rose Sonenclar
Thirteen-year-old singer Carly Rose Sonenclar won over "X Factor" judges -- and became a viral Internet sensation -- with her jaw-droppingly powerful voice. Her soulful first performance of Nina Simone's "Feelin' Good" stunned the judges and racked up nearly 20 million views on YouTube, leading judge Demi Lovato to gush, "I want to buy your music right now."
In a surprising twist of events, Carly Rose did not win the competition and was edged out of the lead by winning country singer Tate Stevens. Still, it's safe to say that a superstar has been born -- and that she has a bright career in the music industry ahead of her.
Samantha Garvey
Long Island high school student Samantha Garvey was homeless and living in a local shelter when she became a semifinalist in the prestigious Intel Science Competition last year, and her incredible display of strength inspired students and educators across the country. Once her impressive accomplishments began making headlines, donations and support from people across the country started pouring in. Although the aspiring marine biologist did not win the Intel Competition, she was awarded a $50,000 scholarship, invited to attend the State of the Union at the White House, and was even given a new home in Bay Shore, Long Island. Garvey graduated high school this year, and was named one of Business Insider's Most Impressive Kids to Graduate in 2012.
"This is just the most amazing thing you could ask for," Garvey said at a news conference last January, after her family was given rent-subsidized housing by the county.
Tavi Gevinson
Feminist, fashion blogger and 15-year-old high school student Tavi Gevinson went from the fashion industry's youngest A-lister to a media mogul in her own right this year. Gevinson, a blogger from Chicago, Illinois, is already a full-blown multimedia phenomenon. She is editor-in-chief of Rookie, an online magazine for teen girls that launched in 2011, editor of the publication's first book, "Rookie: Yearbook 1,? and a social media darling with hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter and Instagram. She also went on a road trip this year with Rookie, organizing events for Rookie readers around the country, from pajama parties to craft nights.
In a TEDxTeen talk she gave this year, Tavi discussed the process of founding an alternative online space for teenage girls and discovering what feminism means to her, saying: "I realized that feminism was not a rulebook but a discussion, a conversation, a process."
Nick D'Aliosio
When London-based 17-year-old tech wizard Nick D'Aliosio -- dubbed the "Internet's Genius Boy" by GigaOM -- created the app Summly, his objective was to revolutionize the way people read news. Summly uses complex algorithms to summarize news stories into chunks of text sized for the iPhone, and has already received over $1 million in funding from investors like Ashton Kutcher and Zynga CEO Mark Pincus. The second version of the news summarization app was released in November -- on his 17th birthday.
?The only way I see my age coming into this is that I?ve built this for my age, my demographic," the young CEO told the Huffington Post.
Harry Styles
Okay, so what if he was only under 18 for part of 2012 -- we're still putting him on the list! As one-fifth of the biggest pop culture phenomenon of 2012, One Direction, Styles, who turned 18 on February 1, is the band?s resident ladies man and arguably its most popular member. Styles has not only seemingly won over the hearts of most preteen girls in the universe, but also 23-year-old pop princess Taylor Swift.
Dating life aside, Styles has helped propel the British boy band to the top of the charts -- and to worldwide superstardom, working his way up from "X Factor UK" auditions to playing Madison Square Garden. And beyond One Direction, he's helped spearhead an even larger international trend: The long-awaited return of the boy band.
David Boone
Cleveland high school student David Boone's "Homeless to Harvard" story is one of the most inspiring we've heard all year. The aspiring engineer has gone through struggles with gang violence and temporary homelessness (when he was 14, his home was destroyed by gang members) but his troubled past didn't stop him from dreaming of a brighter future.
"All of these life lessons have shaped me into who I am, transforming my dreams and aspirations and allowing me to free myself from what was becoming an unproductive environment," Boone wrote in a HuffPost Teen blog post. After being accepted to over 20 schools, Boone chose to join the freshman class at Harvard University next year.
Emma Axelrod, Elena Tsemberis and Sammi Siegel
This spring, three 16-year-olds from New Jersey -- Emma Axelrod, Elena Tsemberis and Sammi Siegel -- launched a petition insisting that a woman should moderate at least one of the presidential debates. In just a few months they garnered over 170,000 signatures, and perhaps partially due to their powerful campaign, female journalists Candy Crowley and Martha Raddatz were chosen to moderate two of the three debates for the first time in 20 years. As the girls wrote on their petition, "Women and men will never be truly equal in our country until they?re one and the same in positions of power and both visible in politics."
Claressa Shields
Gabby Douglas wasn't the only teen athlete who made history at the Olympics this year. Seventeen-year-old Claressa Shields became the first American woman ever to win a boxing gold medal. But before she was setting records in London, the Michigan teen had a troubled childhood, with a brother in prison and father with a criminal record.
"I can't even explain the pain that I had went through, all the people that I had to deal with and just life -- period," she told the Associated Press. "There were people who were telling me I couldn't do this. And whenever somebody doubted me, it always makes me push harder. So thank you ... all the haters."
Julia Bluhm
Julia Bluhm, 14, started a body image revolution when she launched a high profile petition asking Seventeen Magazine to feature at least one unretouched photo spread each month.
"I've always just known how Photoshop can have a big effect on girls and their body image and how they feel about themselves," Bluhm told the Huffington Post. "You need to see something realistic -- you need to see a reflection of what truly represents a teenage girl nowadays." After Bluhm protested outside the Seventeen offices and her petition made headlines across the country, the magazine promised to "celebrate every kind of beauty" and only feature photos of real girls.
Taylor Wilson
At 14 years old, teen physicist Taylor Wilson became the youngest person ever to create nuclear fission. Now, the talented scientist is in the process of building his own nuclear reactor.
Taylor may be a Ph.D. student, but he's still your typical 17-year-old at heart. The teen told CBS News: "When I hold something that's radioactive, it's kind of an indescribable feeling. It's kind of like when I'm with my girlfriend."
Maude Apatow
This year, 15-year-old Maude Apatow, daughter of director Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann, made a name for herself on Twitter, with over 100,000 people following her quirky, LOL-worthy updates ("Is it possible to swallow your retainer in your sleep?"). She's also as a contributor to hellogiggles.com, where she?s interviewed celebrities and written about her love-hate relationship with Twitter. Oh, and in her free time the ninth grader from Los Angeles also finds time to act -- most recently, in the hit movie ?This is 40,? which also stars her parents and younger sister.
Dad Judd Apatow described the process of working with his daughter to the New York Times: "A few times I pushed Maude to commit more to her performance, and she got mad at me and then did something wonderful."
Adora Svitak
Child prodigy and education crusader Adora Svitak is, at age 15, a published author of essays, poems and two books, TED speaker, activist, and in the words of Diane Sawyer, a "tiny literary giant." She's also a literacy spokesperson, lecturing around the world to spread her passion for reading and writing.
As Svitak wrote in a Huffington Post blog, "To me, us teenagers are at the perfect crossroads of childish naivete and adult realism -- we still believe that problems can be solved, and now we also have the tools and knowledge to solve them."
Stefan Bachmann
This past September, teen author Stefan Bachmann published the popular children's book, The Peculiar, which he wrote when he was 16. The fantastical novel tells the story of a faery invasion in steampunk Victorian England and has garned critical acclaim since its release.
The LA Times wrote: "Bachmann, who is now 18, writes as if he didn't just read classic books. His prose is so elegantly witty, it's as if he absorbed them and is writing by osmosis."
The young writer is currently studying music at the Zurich Conservatory, where we're hoping he'll find inspiration a second novel!
Katy Butler
Katy Butler from Plymouth, Michigan knows firsthand how hurtful bullying can be.
"When I was 12, I came out as a lesbian to my best friend and she decided she was going to tell the whole school for me," Butler told The Daily Beast. "Kids ended up walking down the hallway, calling me names, pushing me against walls and into lockers, knocking my books over. Horrible things like that."
This inspired the 17-year-old to start a campaign to get the rating of the documentary, "Bully," changed from R to PG-13. "I think [the movie] could create a big change, and it could potentially save lives if kids are allowed to see it,? she told The Washington Post.
Butler was supported by celebrities like Ellen Degeneres, and her campaign was likely one of the reasons the rating of the film ended up getting changed to PG-13.
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Attendees listen as Sen. Tom Harkin speaks during a press conference on the fiscal cliff on Saturday in Washington, D.C.Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images.
The fiscal cliff. It?s the most boring political story of the year. It has none of the human drama of an election campaign. None of the white-knuckle terror of a financial system calamity. Just a lot of endless, tedious negotiations leading up to the inevitable deal. Except here we are?Dec. 31, 2012, and there?s no deal in place. We?re going to go ?over the cliff.? Probably not forever. Probably some deal will pull us partially back in January. But for a little while at least, we?ll be cliffed. You may be sitting around on a Monday thinking about tonight?s party and mildly regretting having skipped past all of the past two months? worth of fiscal cliff stories. It?s all about to happen, but you have no idea what it means. In particular, what does going over the cliff mean for you? Well, that all depends on who you are. Fortunately, I?m here to help you figure it out.
Are you a low-income, retired person who relies overwhelmingly on Social Security benefits for money? If so, you just hit the fiscal cliff jackpot. You don?t pay any taxes, so your taxes won?t go up. And Social Security cuts aren?t part of the cliff. In fact, quite the opposite. Virtually all the deals that have been in play in Congress this month involve averting the fiscal cliff in part by cutting Social Security by changing the cost-of-living adjustment formula. If you?re smart, you should hope there?s never a deal.
Do you supplement your labor, pension, or Social Security income with dividend income? To the extent that you do, you?re totally screwed. Taxes are set to go up across the board, but the scheduled rate increases on dividend income are much higher than the rest. Kindly firms like Slate?s parent company have been dealing with this by paying big ?special? dividends in December to disgorge corporate cash in today?s low-tax climate rather than waiting for what may be a rough 2013.
Do you build wind turbines? Bad news. The production tax credit on which your industry depends is going away, and work may all but vanish for a while.
Are you a full-time student with no job? You?re in the clear. The perfect example of someone unaffected by the cliff. Unless, that is, the cliff hits your parents in the pocketbook so hard that they cut you off and you have to go get a job.
Have you been collecting Unemployment Insurance for more than 26 weeks? You?re out of luck. The federal program providing funding for extended UI coverage is expiring. And you?re the opposite of the Social Security moocher. Reduced Social Security benefits was a concession the White House was clearly willing to make to get a deal, but securing funding for extended UI was a key thing the administration was looking for. In the new baseline, there?s a decent chance UI will end up being lost in the shuffle as future negotiations focus on tax issues.
Do you have a job? Get ready to pay higher taxes. If you have an Adjusted Gross Income of less than $250,000, the odds are overwhelming that Congress and the White House will soon work out a deal to put your tax rates back down again. But even so, the payroll tax holiday is expiring and won?t be coming back. That money?s going to be taken right off the top of your paycheck.
Are you self-employed? Same deal, but this time the money won?t be taken off the top, so you need to remember to calculate for the need to pay higher taxes in April as your money comes in.
Do you directly or indirectly work for the government? If so, you?re set to be hit by the sequestration provisions of the Budget Control Act of 2011. That means about $1.2 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years, divided about equally between defense and non-defense provisions. Social Security benefits and most assistance to the poor are exempt, but that means big cuts to the rest. Federal civilian employees, manufacturers of military equipment, Medicare providers, and other government contractors will be hit hard. So will lots of service providers in the D.C. metropolitan area whose incomes depend indirectly on federal funding streams.
This is basically bad news all around. But note that it?s especially bad news for rich people and people living in the Washington, D.C., area. You?ll probably have noticed that high-income individuals living in the D.C. area have disproportionate influence over the political press, which is one reason there?s been so much fiscal-cliff hype. A deal to at least relieve the middle-class tax aspect of the cliff will probably pass in January when the new baseline lets everyone call the deal a ?tax cut? and undo much of the harm to the non-rich.
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