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It's been a long weekend for members of the Oldham County Schools' administration.
Severe weather at the end of the school day Friday and late Sunday evening forced district officials to face multiple tough decisions about having schools open.
Tornados touched down in Kentucky and Indiana Friday, killing at least 34 people and causing major damage to several towns.
None touched down in Oldham County, although a fire station in nearby Milton was destroyed.
Then, several inches of snow covered the county Sunday night.
In both situations, Assistant Superintendent Rick McHargue admits the old adage about hindsight is true, but believes the district made sound decisions.
McHargue said Friday was a unique situation that prompted a lot of soul-searching in light of how severe the weather became.
District officials did not want to dismiss students early — it wasn't clear how many parents would be home in time to meet younger children.
"We didn't want to send middle and elementary students home to a locked house," he said.
Parents had the option of picking up their children early, he said, which many did.
Looking back, McHargue regrets more the decision to send school busses out at 3:30 p.m.
Discussions with National Weather Service personnel led district officials to believe there was an hour window before severe weather came to Oldham County — almost exactly how much time is needed to get all the students home.
McHargue said all the students arrived home safely by 4:30 p.m. Friday, but unfortunately, the storm cell arrived earlier.
When the tornado warning came at 3:50, middle and high school busses were well into their routes, he said.
Bus drivers are trained in how to handle severe weather situations, McHargue said.
In the event of a tornado warning, all drivers are contacted through the radio system. Drivers are advised to detour and head away from the storm's path if possible or to stop at a safe location at the driver's discretion.
McHargue said bus drivers did a great job handling the situation Friday.
La Grange resident Barbara Creasy said she picked up her grandson early from daycare, where staff had moved children into the basement already.
While impressed with the daycare's foresight — moving the children downstairs in advance so there wasn't a stressful emergency situation — she pointed out tornadoes are unpredictable.
If the tornado had missed a school but wiped out a subdivision, she wonders how many people would be wishing children had been kept at school.
"I don't know how many high school students would heed the warnings and be in a basement," she said.
The district has dismissed early due to weather once in the last eight years, McHargue said.
That time, in February 2008, district administrators faced harsh criticism after deciding to dismiss before lunch. In that situation, parents complained they were caught by surprise and had to scramble to get home to their children.
Early Monday morning, McHargue and other district officials faced a new dilemma: several inches of fluffy snow that fell overnight.
McHargue and his crew started driving county roads at 3:30 a.m. before meeting at 5 a.m. to discuss the district's plan.
The state and county highway departments did a great job salting the roads, he said.
But in one place, the hills of Ky. 53 in Ballardsville, the road froze after officials drove it.
Several cars slid off the road, resulting in multiple crashes. No injuries were reported but the road was shut down for almost two hours, delaying multiple school busses.
Bus driver Garry Moore said he sat in traffic on Ky. 53 for 25 minutes but that some busses were delayed for more than an hour.
"A two-hour delay would have been able to keep the kids safe and to get to school on time," he said.
Parent Nancy Paradis agreed. She said she couldn't make it up the hill because of ice and had to turn around.
"Then I sat behind a school bus for 45 minutes until Oldham County Police came with a salt truck," she said. She saw stranded school busses and school staff members' cars stuck as well, she said.
"We were all so worried," she said.
Similar situations have happened on that section of road in previous winters.
But, McHargue said, the rest of the school district roads were in excellent shape.
District officials spent much of Monday evaluating Friday's decisions, and McHargue said officials learned a lesson.
He hopes the district can communicate its plans to parents better in future weather emergencies via its own website and that of The Oldham Era.
"We can communicate our intentions and our plans better," he said.
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The uncertain future of Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Darrelle Revis is the NFL's biggest storyline as the free agency period kicks off Tuesday.
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Rapoport reported on NFL Network that the Cleveland Browns have "significant interest" in Revis.
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BATON ROUGE - The first Wednesday in February marks perhaps the most important day each offseason for women's soccer programs across the country as they look to the future by signing respective recruiting classes stocked with the nation's top talent as part of National Signing Day.
That has certainly proven true for the LSU soccer program as head coach Brian Lee and his coaching staff have attracted many of the nation's premier players to Baton Rouge during his tenure to help establish the foundation of one of the true contenders in the Southeastern Conference year in and year out.
After inking a 10-member recruiting class a year ago for LSU's second Top 10 class nationally under Lee, the Tigers have signed three as part of the Class of 2011 who will compete for the first time this fall.
LSU's recruiting Class of 2011 features the No. 1 talent in South Texas in center midfielder in Alex Arlitt (Houston, Texas), the No. 1-ranked recruit in Mississippi in forward Alex Cook (Petal, Miss.) and the No. 1-ranked recruit in Louisiana in forward Lexi Gibbs (Prairieville, La.).
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A product of Petal High School, Cook has established herself as one of the country's premier prep players during her youth career as she signs with the Tigers as the No. 88-ranked prospect nationally for the Class of 2011 according to the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Top 100 player rankings.
Cook, who is also the No. 2-ranked prospect in the TopDrawerSoccer.com South Region Top 20 rankings this year, is also a three-year member of the Region III Olympic Development Program Team.
Arlitt, who joins the LSU program following a brilliant prep career at Clear Lake High School, is from the same Challenge Soccer Club in Houston that produced future LSU teammates and members of the 2010 SEC All-Freshman Team in rising sophomores Addie Eggleston and Megan Kinneman.
Arlitt has served as team captain in her age group with the Challenge Soccer Club for three years in 2008, 2009 and 2011, while leading the team to the U.S. Youth Soccer South Texas State Championship and USYS Region III Championships Semifinals during the 2009 season. She has also competed in such elite club tournaments as the Elite Clubs National Championships and USYS National Cup with Challenge SC.
Gibbs signs with the Tigers as one of the most prolific goal scorers in the history of Louisiana prep soccer during a brilliant four-year career at Dutchtown High School.
A two-time member of the Region III ODP Player Pool in 2008 and 2010, Gibbs has scored a total of 159 goals and 48 assists for 366 points in four seasons at Dutchtown High School, while leading the Griffins to back-to-back state quarterfinals appearances in each of the last two seasons.
LSU's National Signing Day trio of Arlitt, Cook and Gibbs will be joined in the fall by a crop of preferred walk-ons who will also have an opportunity to compete with the Tigers beginning in 2011.


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Recycled Wrecks
Ever wonder what happens to the personalized cakes customers refuse to buy?
Why, they get "fixed" and set out for another
unsuspecting schmo valued customer to purchase, of course!
Sometimes you can even spot these Wrecky rejects, if you look verrry closely and have a keen eye for detail:
"You got my name wrong?!?"
"No, of course not, Sweetie!
We just bought you a cake someone else didn't want."
There are a few accepted methods for recycling a Wreck. In addition to the "Scrape 'N Sell" we saw above, there's also "The Schmear":
And, my personal favorite, "The Ice-Out":
Like Wite-Out - only way, way more obvious.
- Related Wreckage: Recipes for Wreckage


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I have been wondering why there are no scenarios that tell the events that occurred on the Tau Ceti colony. Perhaps having the player as one of the other cyborgs. My conclusion is that someone must have thought about this and made one, I just can't find it.
Can you point me to it please?


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Freedoms fabric
In a one-man shop at South Grand Avenue at Spring Street, a convivial 45-year-old immigrant turned outspoken American is contributing to the cause of freedom, one stitch at a time.
Mario Ingoglia was 6 years old when his family left his native soil of Castel Vetrano, Sicily, to come to the United States. When the family settled in Jacksonville, Mario's father, Tony, opened a tailoring business. Years later, after attending Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Mario decided to take up needle and thread, and pursue tailoring as his profession. He moved to California, where he worked in the movie business and at a Nordstrom department store. In 1991, he moved to Springfield and a year later, with a $500 loan, started Metro Tailoring.
That was several wars ago.
Last month, Ingoglia received a call from an officer with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard, based in Litchfield.
Ingoglia's mission, should he decide to accept it, was to sew U.S. flag patches onto 450 uniforms.
"He said he couldn't find a tailor shop or anyone in the sewing business to work with the government because of the way they have to pay me: on a one-time basis with a credit card," Ingoglia remembers.
"I thought that was strange during wartime. I said, 'Man, come on up. We'll work it out.' I told him I could get everything done in 30 days, and I negotiated a professional rate with him. He said he was real happy with the way I was conducting myself, and that's why he picked me."
Ingoglia's roomy, sunny shop looks like a Post Exchange with rows of camouflage shirts hanging from wheeled racks. All have last names of the soldiers destined to wear them already sewn into the space above the left pockets. Many have the "Hell on Wheels" unit patch also attached.
The flag sewn onto the right arm of uniforms presents the star field on the right of each patch, instead of on the left side, as most people display the Stars and Stripes. Lt. Col. Alicia Tate-Nadeau, public affairs director for the Illinois Army National Guard, explains that this format was selected to signify "our nation at war, worn by expeditionary forces. The blue field is forward because our forces are always moving forward."
Since the uniforms arrived, Ingoglia has dedicated a few days a week to focus on the flags. The rest of the week, it's business as usual.
Ingoglia says he's not been told much about the unit, but he knows it's an impressive mix of veterans and newcomers. "I don't know if they're going to be deployed. All I'm doing is getting their uniforms ready."
The desire to help is more than strictly business.
"I had a brother and nephew serve overseas in the U.S. Army," Ingoglia says. "I know what it's like to have family away from home and in harm's way.
"In my heart, I wanted to help."


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"You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a Good First Impression." is Also for VC's.
Fund: Iris Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-04-17
"You never get a seconde chance to make a good first impression." is also for VCs.
After a public presentation, we received an e-mail from one of the partners asking for an executive summary and a business plan !
Nice try guys, to get free info !
Our reply was to set a meeting before any transmission. No response was given after 3 months. Sometimes french VCs forget the rules of good manners and communication.


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The New T. Rex: A leech With an Affinity For Noses main content.
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New Genus and Species of Leech Discovered By Doctors in Amazonian Perú
The new T. rex has ferociously large teeth lining a single jaw. But its length is less than 2 inches. Tyrannobdella rex, which means tyrant leech king, is a new species of blood sucker that lives in the remote parts of the Upper Amazon. Although its regular host remains unknown, it was discovered three years ago in Perú when a 44.5 millimeter leech was plucked from the nose of a girl who had recently been bathing in a river. The new species, described in PLoS ONE, has led to revising the group of leeches that has a habit of feeding from body orifices of mammals.
"Because of our analysis of morphology and DNA, we think that Tyrannobdella rex is most closely related to another leech that gets into the mouths of livestock in Mexico," says Anna Phillips, a graduate student affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History and the first author of the paper. "We think the leech could feed on aquatic mammals, from their noses and mouths for example, where they could stay for weeks at a time."
Discoveries of new leech species are not uncommon occurrences. Although there are 600 to 700 species of described leeches, it is thought that there could be as many as 10,000 species throughout the world in marine, terrestrial and fresh water environments. Tyrannobdella rex was first brought to the attention of Mark Siddall, curator in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the Museum, when he received a specimen collected by Dr. Renzo Arauco-Brown, a Peruvian medical doctor from the School of Medicine at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima who was working at a clinic in Chanchamayo province. Siddall immediately recognized it as a new species. His student Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa described its weird morphology—a single jaw with eight very large teeth, and extremely small genitalia. Two earlier cases from 1997 were re-discovered from different clinics in the western Amazon, one from Lamas province and the other from Yochegua province.
The new genus and species, Tyrannobdella rex, has led to a revision of the phylogenetic relationships among several leech families. Both morphological and genetic data show that this species is most closely related to Pintobdella chiapasensis, a leech from Chiapas that is typically hosted by tapir but also infests cows. Part of the research for this paper involved a Mexican expedition by Phillips and Oceguera-Figueroa to gather new specimens for DNA analysis. Close by on the phylogenetic tree, this group is related to leeches found in India and Taiwan like Dinobdella ferox, the terrible, ferocious leech that is well-known for feeding on mucus membranes and getting into various human orifices. All of these species, and others from Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East, make up the family Praobdellidae, a group of leeches that seems to share this feeding behavior and which can pose a risk to human health in certain parts of the world.
The evolutionary relationship among leeches that currently inhabit distant regions suggests that the common ancestor of this group must have lived when the continents were pressed together into a single land mass, before Pangaea broke up.
"We named it Tyrannobdella rex because of its enormous teeth. Besides, the earliest species in this family of these leeches no-doubt shared an environment with dinosaurs about 200 million years ago when some ancestor of our T. rex may have been up that other T. rex's nose," says Siddall. "The new T. rex joins four other species that use this abbreviated name, including two Miocene fossils (a snail and a scarab beetle), a living Malaysian formicid ant, and, of course, the infamous Cretaceous theropod dinosaur that was described in 1905 by an earlier curator of the American Museum of Natural History."
In addition to Phillips, Siddall, Oceguera-Figueroa, and Arauco-Brown, authors include Gloria P.Gomez of the Department of Microbiology at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, María Beltrán of the Enteroparasitology Laboratory at the Peruvian Public Health Center, and Lai Y-Te of the National Taiwan University in Taipei. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Stavros Niarchos fund for Expeditionary Research, a Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant, and a CUNY Science Fellowship. Paper: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010057
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Chapter 5: Glacier Gully
|Story Goals
When you first start out on this chapter don't go straight forward. Turn around and fall off the edge of this area to find a slightly hidden area.
Snow Bump[edit]
This area has a ton of loot and bombs. Use the bomb to destroy the structure in the distance. Inside is a Luck-O-Tron Wheel. You'll be able to pick it up later on.
Icy Remains[edit]
Back up top you'll notice a few Snowmen around. Destroy seven of them to earn the achievement or trophy called Snowman Slammer.
Icy Remains will boost the power of Water Skylanders.
Up ahead are new creatures called Frigid Chompy. Like all other Chompies, they shouldn't be too difficult to handle. You'll also quickly notice it's hard to navigate around the icy area. Try not to slide into any cacti, or you'll take damage. If you have a Skylander that can fly, you should do fine.
To the right is an Elementally Locked area.
Magical Happening[edit]
As mentioned earlier, this area is Elementally Locked. Use a Magic Skylander to continue.
This area is pretty simple. Push the two blocks to the right forward, then push the block on the left forward and to the left. This will create two separate bridges which make a path to a gift box up top. Like always, this gift box contains a Hat. This particular hat is the Purple Fedora. It increases Critical Hit by two and Speed by one.
Icy Remains[edit]
Continue on the Icy Remains path. The machine ghost will tell you about melting ice blocks with crystals. Unfortunately, this will upset a man named Noodles. Continue on into the next area.
Noodles' Cold Plate[edit]
This area will boost the power of Air Skylanders. Monsters will attack at the end of the area. Defeat them all to unlock the gate nearby, and don't forget the snowmen!
Before going forward through the gate, walk off the side of this area to a landing below. This is the place where the Luck-O-Tron Wheel is located, if you remember from earlier. This particular wheel is the Lucky Wheel of Experience. It will increase the chance to earn bonus experience from defeated enemies.
Return to the area above and continue on.
Crystal Shards[edit]
Ahead is another block of ice. Remember, use the crystals and energy beams to melt the ice. Use the lever to move the beam over to the left, then push the crystal forward into the beam.
A Story Scroll can be found on the other side of a small wall. This scroll is entitled, "Arkeyan Memory." Beyond the scroll is a big rock. Switch to a Giant Skylander to move the rock. With the path clear, jump down and push the giant rock using a Feat of Strength.
Windy Reach[edit]
After pushing the big rock using a feat of strength, cross the bridge to the next area. A Treasure Chest is on the other side.
With that taken care of, return to the crystals in Crystal Shards.
Crystal Shards (Continued)[edit]
Push the crystal to the right into the energy beam, this will melt the ice block to the right. Beyond the ice block is another energy beam. Use the lever near the energy stream to move the beam over once. After the beam is moved, move the last crystal to the left and down until it reaches the energy beam. It will reflect off another crystal and melt the block of ice.
Continue on to the next area.
Frozen Cactus Shrine[edit]
The next area will boost the power of Water Skylanders. It also has a new enemy who will throw bombs at you. This enemy is called Bag O'Boom. After the bombs explode, they can be picked up and thrown back at them or any other enemy in the area. Do not kill this guy right away. Pick up his bombs and throw it up the platform to the left. Try to blow up the little tower structure to expose a collectible item.
Further ahead is another new enemy, or rather an upgraded enemy: Armored Mohawk. Defeat the Armored Mohawks and Bag O'Booms to open the gate here. Underneath some breakable objects to the right is a transport pad. This will take you to the platform from earlier. If you use the bomb to destroy the structure, you'll find the Legendary Treasure. This particular treasure is the Floral Reef Paint Job.
Frozen Toe[edit]
Continue on passed the gate to the next area. Not far from the start of this area is a long chain extending to the right. This will lead to an Elementally Locked area.
Fiery Thumb[edit]
As mentioned earlier, this area is Elementally Locked. Use a Fire Skylander to progress.
Ahead is an upgraded enemy, the Enfuego Chompy. Follow the magma-falls down a few levels. Once you reach the split in the road, go to the right. There will be two stone blocks and a crystal here. Push the stone block on the right downward, then push the other stone block to the right. The crystal can now be pushed to the left and down off the cliff. Jump off the cliff with the crystal, to reach the bottom.
Before trying to solve the puzzle, use the bounce pad to go up one level. Look around the left side on this level to find a Treasure Chest behind some crystals.
Jump up three more levels until you find another fork. Fall down the left magma-fall into a new area.
Burnt Depths[edit]
A ghost named Smotergeist will challenge you to a Skystones game here. Play if you like.
Next, go back down to the bottom or Fiery Thumb to solve the puzzle.
Move the square boulders and crystals around until they shoot the energy beam to the top crystal. If you can't figure it out by the pictures below, just push the crystals and rocks in the opposite direction until they lock into place. There are arrows above each item showing the directions they can be pushed. The gate at the end will open up. Use the transport pad in the back to reach a new area.
Phoenix Rising[edit]
Upon entering this area, you will be ambushed by Enfuego Chompy and Sunburn. Sunburn is incredibly tough. Try to dodge its fire balls and attack from behind.
When the area is cleared, the gate will open. Grab the Hat on the other side. This particular hat is the Firefighter Helmet. It increases Critical Hits by 20! Use the transport pad in the back to return to the start of Fiery Thumb.
Frozen Toe (Continued)[edit]
To the left is another long chain that extends out to a small area. Noodles will come by again and send several monsters out at you. Defeat them all to bring out a blue bounce pad. Use the blue bounce pad to go up to the next area.
Chilled Bowl[edit]
The chilled bowl is a large, icy bowl. Use your own momentum to reach other parts of the bowl. If you have a Skylander that can fly like Cynder or Jet-Vac, just fly instead of sliding around. Try to reach the left side of the previous area.
Frozen Toe (Continued)[edit]
Walk across the snowy area and grab the Soul Gem. This Soul Gem is for Thumpback, and unlocks the Blowhard power.
After grabbing the Soul Gem, jump back on the right side and push the snowy block to the left. Use the Chilled Bowl to go back to this area, and push the block to the South until it falls into a hole. This will serve as a bridge to reach a Treasure Chest.
Use the blue bounce pad to go back up a level. Near the chilled bowl drop off is a small cave.
Icy Drain[edit]
The Icy Drain is a small cave with some loot and food. Auric will also be inside.
|Propeller Cap
|Top Hat
|Frigit Chompy 2 Skystone
|Arkeyan Jouster 4 Skystone
|Regeneration Power Up
|Skystone Cheat
|Lock Puzzle Key
|Fairy Dust
When you're ready, head back to the Chilled Bowl.
Chilled Bowl (Continued)[edit]
Two keys are located around the Chilled Bowl. The first is located to the North West, and the second is located to the North East.
Further East is a Winged Sapphire. Jump down a level to find it. The level will then drop off into the Frozen Toe area from earlier.
Make your way just North of the Winged Sapphire to continue.
Snow Drift Gate[edit]
This area will boost the power of Magic Skylanders. Use the two keys on the locked door ahead. Unfortunately, a third key must be found before opening the door.
To the south is a ledge that drops off to the third key. You won't be able to jump back up to use the key until you defeat a few waves of monsters. When the area is clear, a blue bounce pad will pop up. Use it to reach the level above again.
Before going through the newly opened door (after using the third key), walk to the right to find a long chain. If you have a Giant Skylander, you can perform a Feat of Strength here. The chain will bring forth a small island.
Island of Ice[edit]
This island has nothing but a Treasure Chest on it.
Snow Drift Gate (Continued)[edit]
Head back to the unlocked door and continue on.
More energy beams and crystals will be laid out here. Push a square stone to the right to allow you to push the crystal downward. Next, use the lever near the energy beam four times to reach the crystal and melt the ice block. You may run into a monster throwing bombs here. Use his bombs to blow up the structure nearby, exposing some loot.
Further ahead is another stone square. Push it forward until it falls into a hole, creating a bridge. The energy beam will melt another block of ice further ahead.
Return to the lever near the energy beam. Pull the lever a few times until it melts the block of ice across the way. The path will now be cleared to the blue bounce pad at the other end. Before using the bounce pad, use the lever once more until the energy beam reaches the crystal pointing into the sky (North East).
Use the bounce pads to reach the top where one more crystal and lever is located. Use the lever twice to move the energy beam towards the frozen giant. This will activate the giant robot and end the chapter. The Glacier Great achievement / trophy will unlock.
The Dread-Yacht[edit]
Check Auric's shop to find a new Brawny Barbell Charm. Don't forget to raid Auric's Valut. A new elemental lock will be put in place.
Above the ship in the Crow's Nest is another Winged Sapphire!
Video Walkthrough[edit]
Video courtesy of Hector Madrigal
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How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Joe Tedesco, who has a knack for finding shoddy electrical work, did the dirty work and found this mess. Now it's your turn to identify the violation.
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Candi Brackett, chief engineer, Wilmington Hilton Riverside, Wilmington, Del., offered these comments. "In reference to the receptacle behind the hotel bed, the 1999 NEC [210.60 (B)] was the first edition of the Code to reference this issue. We have had many damaged in the past. The new requirement for the receptacle is that it shall be located so that the bed does not come in contact with the attachment plugs, or a suitable guard must be put in place."
James W. Robertson, Jr., master electrician, J.E.C. Electric, Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., added this perspective. "The main violation I see here is under 210.60(B). After adoption of the 1999 NEC, receptacles behind a bed in a hotel room shall be located such that when cords are plugged in that the bed does not make contact with them causing damage. Secondly, a suitable guard could also be installed to prevent damage for any existing receptacles as well."
Sharon Milholen, electrical design engineer, Patterson Pump Co., Toccoa, Ga., summed it up as follows: "Per 210.60 (B) — Only after the 1999 NEC was adopted, either the bed cannot be able to touch any plug connected to the receptacle, or the receptacle must be provided with a guard. Beats me as to what a 'suitable guard' is!"


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"Tunak Tunak Tun", often referred to solely as "Tunak Tunak", is a bhangra/pop song created by Indian artist Daler Mehndi and released in 1998. It has become an internet meme because of its catchy tune and the amusing dance in its music video, inspiring numerous spin-offs and parodies. The music video was the first made in India to use bluescreen technology,[1] which allowed the singer to superimpose his image over various computer-generated backgrounds. Oddly enough with the image of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
The "strange" dancing and presence of only the singer in this video was a response to criticism from the world of Bhangra pop. Many critics at the time complained that his music was popular due to his videos which featured throngs of beautiful women dancing; his response was to create a video that featured only himself. As he predicted, the song was still a huge success, but the phenomenon of foreign language and unusual dancing made the video a cult hit in other countries as well.
The dancing in the video has been used in the Blizzard Entertainment game World of Warcraft for the dance emote of the males of the Draenei race, as well as in the game Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead as an easter egg.
The song was the unofficial theme song of Concordia Language Villages' International Day in 2005."
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Above is what Wiki says about Tunak Tunak Tun, a popular Indian song WoW used for their male Draenei dance.
Video It's Based off = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fSpI4oZoDc
Reason for this thread is to see whatcha think about Blizz's decision about using the song, why the picked it to be used/sung/danced by Draenei, and finally: your opinion of the song (personally, I liked it after the first listen-to).
So yeah, talk. ^_^


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Charlotte-area home sales and prices continued their climb into December, the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association reported Tuesday.
Sales rose 23.4 percent last month compared to the previous year to 2,339. Average sales prices ticked up nearly 8 percent during the same time to $205,537.
Sellers also got more of what they asked for -- around 92 percent of their listing price, up from 90 percent a year earlier.
"Charlotte's housing market has shown steady signs of improvement over most of 2012 and could be called the year our local recovery started," 2013 Association/CarolinaMLS President Eric Locher said in a release. "With some of the uncertainty on the federal level temporarily averted, we're hopeful these trends will continue through what is generally considered a slower selling season."
The trade association says demand continues to be strong, illustrated by pending sales, which increased 33 percent from December 2011.
Meanwhile, there are fewer homes being listed for sale, shrinking supply to 5.3 months worth, the group says. The falling supply is pushing the market closer to a seller's market.
Short sales and foreclosures accounted for nearly 15 percent of new listings, down from nearly 20 percent in December 2011. Nearly 16 percent of December sales involved distressed homes, down from nearly 18 percent a year earlier.
Foreclosures are also selling quickly: within 59 days for single-family homes and 38 days for townhome and condominium properties. Short sales took an average 167 days to complete. The average time a home of any type (distressed or non-distressed) took to sell was 156 days, the association reported.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Charlotte home sales and prices continued climb in December
Charlotte-area home sales and prices continued their climb into December, the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association reported Tuesday.
5 comments:
- Anonymous said...
My house has been on the market since January 2011. Not the best, but not the worst neighborhood. Definitely priced to sell, however still on the market...New roof, New heating/cooling system;Exterior just painted.....Why won't it sell!!!! I need for it to sell.
- January 8, 2013 at 11:42 AM
- ColonelFlagg said...
@anon 11:42am
Obviously, it's NOT 'priced to sell'. You don't determine the selling price, the buyer does.
- January 8, 2013 at 12:17 PM
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CHICAGO--Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. has begun a sale process for its Crunch Fitness clubs to be conducted by The Blackstone Group L.P.
"The sale of Crunch is part of our overall strategy to restructure and focus the operations of the company and further the turnaround of Bally Total Fitness," said Paul Toback, chairman and CEO of Bally Total Fitness. "The sale of Crunch would provide the buyer with a great fitness brand while enabling Bally to strengthen its core assets. We will evaluate the interest in Crunch we obtain from potential buyers and then determine the best course of action for our stakeholders."
Crunch Fitness has more than 85,000 members and operates 21 upscale, full-service gyms in New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami.
As previously announced, Bally Total Fitness has engaged The Blackstone Group L.P. to assist in its turnaround strategy. The company will also continue to look at its entire portfolio of non-core assets to evaluate additional strategic alternatives that benefit stakeholders, according to a release from the company.


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Amid a spike in gasoline prices and a bout of concern over the safety of nuclear power, President Obama called Wednesday for America to "finally get serious" about energy policy, and he laid out a specific new target: to cut oil imports by one-third by 2025.
The president's goal drew applause from an audience at Georgetown University.
But it also prompts some obvious questions: How hard will it be for America to reach that goal? Is it the right goal to reach for?
On the first question, Mr. Obama's objective will require some effort to reach, but it's not as ambitious as it might sound at first. In his speech, Obama set the baseline at 2008, when America was importing 11 million barrels of oil per day. Imports are lower today, and the US Energy Information Administration currently predicts that imports will be around 9.4 million b.p.d in 2025.
The agency's forecast involves a lot of guesswork, but if it's correct then America would get about halfway toward Obama's goal without any new shift in policy or consumer behavior.
On the second question, many energy experts like the idea of America becoming less reliant on imported oil. But they also note that the price of oil, even oil produced domestically, depends on what happens in a global marketplace where other nations are selling and buying barrels – and where events in places like Libya or the Persian Gulf can have a big impact.
To some policy analysts, the president missed an opportunity in framing his objectives around imports.
"It's the wrong goal," says Anne Korin, who leads Set America Free, an energy-policy coalition that includes business and environmental leaders. "The focus has to be on reducing the strategic importance of oil" in the economy.
She points to Britain, where truckers staged protests over fuel prices in 2008 even though the country isn't reliant on imports. The more fundamental dependence problem is that transportation – a vital sector of the economy – is dominated by fuels derived from oil.
Ms. Korin argues Obama should have framed his energy agenda around the concept of choice in vehicle fuels – enabling consumers to benefit from direct competition between gasoline and other fuels.
In the short run, that could mean calling on carmakers to make most of their vehicles capable of running on biofuels or methanol as well as gasoline. This idea is already embraced by some members of both parties in Congress. Backers of an "Open Fuel Standard Act" include Sens. Sam Brownback (R) of Kansas and Maria Cantwell (D) of Washington.
SOUND OFF: US Secretary of Energy Chu will speak at Friday's Monitor Breakfast. What would you like to ask him?
In the longer run, electric and hybrid vehicles could play a growing role in breaking oil's near-monopoly.
To some extent, there's overlap between Obama's energy blueprint and that of critics like Korin. Obama talked a lot about transforming America's transportation sector, hitting on everything from biofuels to electric vehicles and from mass transit to the potential for natural gas to power cars.
But the overlap comes partly because Obama touched on so many ideas in his speech. Obama's plan for reducing imports includes more US-based oil production, higher automotive fuel efficiency, and developing new power sources.
Also, Obama repeated his recent calls for doubling the share of electricity generated by "clean" sources, to 80 percent by 2035. Those sources would include renewables and nuclear as well as clean coal. (Oil is only a bit player in supplying electricity, but these changes could allow utilities to power more cars on electricity without pumping as much carbon into the atmosphere.)
Reaching the goal of a one-third cut in imports depends on many marketplace factors that are hard to predict. As the world has seen in the past few years, oil prices and consumption can swing dramatically based on conditions like recession and unrest in North Africa.
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Military families are being pinched far more than the average American by federal budget cuts because furloughs have curtailed popular services for troops, according to the First Command Financial Behaviors Index.
In the latest monthly survey for the index, 72 percent of middle-class military families said they have been negatively impacted, compared to 32 percent of middle-income Americans in the general population.
Nearly half of military families surveyed said they are dealing with reduced operating hours at commissaries and exchanges, 22 percent said access gates are congested, and 19 percent cited hiring freezes.
"While the recent furloughs obviously impacted the financial lives of hundreds of thousands of civilian defense workers, many military families are also feeling the effects," said Scott Spiker, chief executive of First Command Financial Services, a financial planning and insurance conglomeration.
Since many active-duty households include a federal employee, "these families were hit twice by the furloughs – through a reduction in various services to the military communities as well as smaller paychecks for federal workers," Spiker said.
Since July 8, roughly 650,000 civilian defense employees began taking one unpaid day off a week after across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration took effect.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced last month that the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six.
But he warned that a new and deeper round of budget cuts will take effect starting Oct. 1 if Congress doesn't act. That would force the Defense Department to trim $52 billion from its budget in fiscal 2014 – 40 percent more than this year's sequester-mandated cuts of $37 billion.
"Facing this uncertainty, I cannot be sure what will happen next year, but I want to assure our civilian employees that we will do everything possible to avoid more furloughs," Hagel said.
Under sequestration and federal furloughs, the First Command survey indicates that military families have also experienced:
• Reduced hours or closures of federal facilities (15 percent).
• Unpaid furlough days (15 percent).
• Delayed or decreased access to medical treatment (15 percent).
• Restricted overtime due to spending cuts (14 percent).
• Limitations to community service programs (12 percent).
• No bonuses due to spending cuts (11 percent).
• Longer waits for access to federal facilities (7 percent).
• Deferred maintenance at government-owned housing (5 percent).
The index is compiled by Sentient Decision Science, a behavioral science and consumer psychology consulting firm. Results of the monthly survey of about 530 U.S. consumers aged 25 to 70 with annual household incomes of at least $50,000 are reported quarterly. The margin of error is +/- 4.3 percent with a 95 percent level of confidence, according to First Command Financial Services.


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About 3.7 million Americans live within a few feet of high tide and risk being hit by more frequent coastal flooding in coming decades because of the sea level rise caused by global warming, according to new research. The new research calculates the size of the population living within one meter, or 3.3 feet, of the mean high tide level, as estimated in a new tidal data set from the NOAA. In the lower 48 states, that zone contains 3.7 million people today, the papers estimate, a figure exceeding 1 percent of the nation's population.
The land below the 3.3-foot line is expected to be permanently inundated someday, possibly as early as 2100, except in places where extensive fortifications are built to hold back the sea. One of the new papers calculates that long before inundation occurs, life will become more difficult in the low-lying zone because the rising sea will make big storm surges more likely.


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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is considered the gold standard for effective
treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, many patients refuse to initiate
or adhere to this form of therapy. Thus, a variety of interventions have been explored
to improve CPAP compliance, ranging from sleep hypnotics1 to nasal steroids,2
but variations in the methodology of delivering positive airway pressure (PAP) are
commonly advocated to improve adherence.
In this issue of the Journal, there are 2 superficially unrelated papers
pertaining to delivery of PAP to patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In
the first paper, Marcus and colleagues describe a randomized clinical trial in children
with OSA of standard CPAP or a proprietary mode of PAP during which pressure decrements
during both late inspiration and expiration were permitted.3 There was no difference in adherence between the 2 modes after
3 months. With both modes, adherence was suboptimal, with substantial variability
in hours of usage within the experimental groups. In the second paper by Powell
and colleagues,4 a group of adults with
OSA who had a suboptimal laboratory CPAP titration were randomized to either standard
CPAP or a proprietary auto-adjusting bilevel device with inspiratory and expiratory
pressure relief options. Similar to the study by Marcus et al., there was no difference
in adherence after 3 months. However, the absence of statistical significance between
the 2 groups despite 73% of bilevel users being compliant to PAP therapy vs. 59%
in the CPAP group could reflect that the study may have been underpowered to detect
a smaller, but clinically meaningful, difference (Type II error). Nonetheless, 2
studies are presented, 1 in children and 1 in adults. Both tested an alternative
new method of delivering PAP, with results in both failing to show any clear advantages
with the new technology.
What are the lessons to be learned from these 2 studies? First, it does not seem
that for the average patient, either child or adult, there is any clear advantage
to using these newer modes of delivering PAP. Admittedly, there is less data concerning
PAP adherence in children, and it is possible that future studies may provide greater
clarity for this group. However, given the heterogeneity in results from a number
of studies, routine use of auto-bilevel or flexible inspiratory or expiratory relief
cannot be recommended. Nevertheless, for an individual patient, these alternatives
may address an impediment to using PAP and increase adherence. Second, new PAP modes
do not appear to be the "magic bullet" to improve suboptimal adherence
to PAP. A recent meta-analysis of auto-CPAP studies found no adherence benefits.5 Similarly, a prior Cochrane systematic
review had suggested that the effect of auto-CPAP in increasing hours of use was
still unclear. The study of Powell and colleagues would be responsive to the need
to fill that particular knowledge gap by providing additional information to suggest
that the auto-bilevel modality confers no improvement in adherence.6 Although unproven, some patients, such as those who require
high treatment pressures, may have better adherence with auto-CPAP. Unfortunately,
such a subpopulation of patients was not the target for the current study by Powell
et al. in this issue of the Journal. Fourth, a recent study has suggested
that high air leak levels are associated with poor adherence to auto-PAP therapy.7 Newer device technologies that abrogate
air leak may facilitate adherence, and such newer device technologies need to be
conceived and tested. Finally, such negative device trials suggest that any improvement
in PAP adherence rates will more likely occur by addressing social and psychological
obstacles to usage rather than newer technical innovations in PAP delivery or interface
These 2 studies remind us that new therapeutic approaches to the treatment of OSA
are needed. Despite newer PAP modes/interfaces, multiple types of oral appliances,
and a variety of surgical approaches, a large number of patients are left without
a viable treatment alternative. There is a substantial body of research that has
provided information regarding the pathophysiology of OSA, and certainly more needs
to be learned. However, translation of this knowledge into useful treatment options
for patients remains an elusive goal.
Dr. Quan is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. The other
authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Quan SF; Awad KM; Budhiraja R; Parthasarathy S. The quest to improve CPAP adherence—PAP
potpourri is not the answer. J Clin Sleep Med 2012;8(1):49-50.
Lettieri CJ, Shah AA, Holley AB, et al., authors. Effects of a short course
of eszopiclone on continuous positive airway pressure adherence: a randomized trial.
Ann Intern Med. 2009;151:696–702. [PubMed]
Ryan S, Doherty LS, Nolan GM, McNicholas WT, authors. Effects of heated humidification
and topical steroids on compliance, nasal symptoms, and quality of life in patients
with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome using nasal continuous positive airway pressure.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2009;5:422–7. [PubMed Central][PubMed]
Marcus CL, Beck SE, Traylor J, et al., authors. Randomized, double-blind clinical
trial of two different modes of positive airway pressure therapy on adherence and
efficacy in children. J Clin Sleep Med. 2012;8:37–42
Powell ED, Gay PC, Ojile JM, Litinski M, Malhotra A, authors. A pilot study
assessing adherence to auto-bilevel following a poor initial encounter with CPAP.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2012;8:43–7
Ayas NT, Patel SR, Malhotra A, et al., authors. Auto-titrating versus standard
continuous positive airway pressure for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea:
results of a meta-analysis. Sleep. 2004;27:249–53. [PubMed]
Haniffa M, Lasserson TJ, Smith I, authors. Interventions to improve compliance
with continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnoea. Cochrane
Database Syst Rev. 2004;(4):CD003531[PubMed]
Valentin A, Subramanian S, Quan SF, Berry RB, Parthasarathy S, authors. Air
leak is associated with poor adherence to autoPAP therapy. Sleep. 2011;34:801–6.
[PubMed Central][PubMed]
Stepnowsky CJ, Palau JJ, Gifford AL, Ancoli-Israel S, authors. A self-management
approach to improving continuous positive airway pressure adherence and outcomes.
Behav Sleep Med. 2007;5:131–46. [PubMed]
Weaver TE, Grunstein RR, authors. Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure
therapy: the challenge to effective treatment. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2008;5:173–8.
[PubMed Central][PubMed]
Aloia MS, Arnedt JT, Stepnowsky C, Hecht J, Borrelli B, authors. Predicting
treatment adherence in obstructive sleep apnea using principles of behavior change.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:346–53. [PubMed]


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BEIJING, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has an uphill battle trying to convince China to comply with requests on currency and foreign policy, analysts say.
Geithner arrived in Beijing Tuesday to meet with vice prime ministers Wang Qishan and Li Keqiang, Vice President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, The New York Times reported.
High on his list of priorities are discussions about economic sanctions against Iran meant to deter Tehran from proceeding with an alleged nuclear weapons program.
China, however, bought 11 percent of its oil from Iran in 2011, an increase from previous years.
The day before Geithner's arrival, Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said problems with Iran "cannot be resolved by sanctions alone."
He also said, "We should not mix issues with different natures," referring to nuclear weapons and "regular economic and trade relations."
The second issue at the top of Geithner's priority list is currency exchange rates. China, however, has long defended its currency policy, saying a stronger renminbi would have little impact on the trade imbalance between the United States and China.
Besides, "Other currencies are dropping against the U.S. dollar right now," pointed out Li Xiangyang, the vice director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the government-sponsored Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
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LONDON, March 21 - Iceland's Parliament voted Monday to grant citizenship to the American chess star Bobby Fischer, laying the groundwork, his supporters said, for his release from the Japanese prison where he has been held since last summer.
"We are most happy," said Einar Einarsson, a spokesman for a committee that has been trying to free Mr. Fischer from Japan, where he is being detained while he fights deportation to the United States.
Mr. Einarsson, who called Mr. Fischer "part of our modern saga and part of our recent history," said that the 62-year-old chess champion might be released "in only a few days" and that an Icelandic delegation planned to travel to Tokyo to escort him back to Reykjavik.
In Washington, the State Department had no comment, although a spokesman noted that renunciation of American citizenship did not allow citizens to escape prosecution of crimes in the United States.
The vote appears to be a resolution of sorts to the curious legal limbo that Mr. Fischer fell into in 1992 when, the United States says, he violated sanctions against Yugoslavia by accepting a $3.3 million fee to play an exhibition match there.
After that, the always reclusive, progressively more difficult Mr. Fischer dropped out of sight, living in Budapest -- and possibly the Philippines and Switzerland -- and emerging now and then on radio stations in Iceland, Hungary and the Philippines to rant in increasingly belligerent terms against the United States and against Jews.
This latest episode began in July 2004, when he tried to board a plane from Japan to Manila and was seized by the Japanese authorities and accused of trying to leave the country on an invalid passport. He has been held in prison since then while the various governments, as well as a staunch group of supporters in the chess world, have tried to find some resolution to what has been a vexing and delicate jurisdictional issue.
But while the United States -- which is also investigating the possibility of charging him with tax evasion -- regards Mr. Fischer as a fugitive from justice, in Iceland he is seen as a national hero. It was in Reykjavik in 1972 that he defeated the Russian world champion, Boris Spassky, in an electrifying cold war chess contest that pitted East against West.
As much as the African-American track star Jesse Owens's defeat of Hitler's Aryan athletes did at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Mr. Fischer's victory in Iceland seemed to symbolize nothing less than the triumph of one way of life over another -- in this case, democracy over Communism.
It is partly for that reason, said Bjarni Benediktsson, chairman of the parliamentary committee that recommended last week that Mr. Fischer be granted citizenship, that Parliament voted in favor of his request on Monday. Iceland had already agreed to issue a resident's permit and special passport to Mr. Fischer, but that had not proved enough for the Japanese authorities.
His supporters said they had received assurances from Japan that with Icelandic citizenship and a passport, he would be free to leave. "It was very clear from the outset that he had a great influence here," Mr. Benediktsson said, speaking by telephone from Reykjavik. "A new generation of international chess players was born here in Iceland after the world championship match in Reykjavik, and it was very clear from the outset of this matter that the authorities in Iceland have very warm feelings toward this memory."
He emphasized that the granting of citizenship was considered only as a last resort, "after the applicant had exhausted all other possibilities" of gaining freedom. He also said Mr. Fischer's "personal opinions on social issues" had not been a factor.
An official at the Immigration Bureau of the Justice Ministry said nothing had been decided yet about whether or how Mr. Fischer might be released. But the official said it is legally possible that he could be sent to Iceland as a destination of repatriation under the deportation order, if he is granted citizenship there.
The Committee to Free Bobby Fischer, meanwhile, praised the Icelandic Parliament, saying in statement issued in Tokyo that it had "made history by standing up to the earth's sole superpower."
In a telephone interview, Mr. Einarsson played down the significance of Mr. Fischer's reputation for misanthropy and his habit of making incendiary public remarks. "Everyone knows his views, and he doesn't need to repeat them again," he said. "He's like Rembrandt or Mozart -- one of these very big people -- so his personality is beside the point."
He said Mr. Fischer was likely to make Iceland his home, at least for the time being. "I think he will stay in Iceland a lot, at least for the coming months, and then he will travel feely around the world -- although I don't expect he will be going to America."


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Did anyone celebrate in a super bikey way, like riding to dinner on a tandem or being Paul Newman? :)
Someone asked me last week if I had any bikey Valentine's Day plans with Mr. Dottie. I answered, "No, we're just going to dinner at our favorite French restaurant, Bistrot Margot."
Then I thought for a second and amended that answer with, "Well, of course, we'll be riding our bikes there."
Bicycling is such an ingrained part of our lives – it's always there somewhere. But unlike driving or taking public transit, biking is not simply another mundane transportation option. It's fun and adds something special to every occasion!
For this reason, I would say that our little French dinner was a bikey Valentine's Day, with bicycling being the perfect aperitif (to stimulate the appetite) and digestif (to aid in digestion).
Of course, fancy truffles and flowers are always welcome, too. :)
But above all – bike love!
P.S. February 14 is long gone and so are all those truffles!


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Rebekah Lowin, sophomore at Columbia University in the City of New York has some great suggestions for alternatives to candy for Halloween goodie bags.
1. Take a hint from the age-old birthday gift bag, and surprise kids with a collection of Halloween loot! Glow-sticks, fake spiders, Chinese finger traps, plastic jewelry...the list goes on. Miniature pencils (Halloween-themed, of course) and tiny pads of paper will also surprise your visitors.
2. Why not get a little old-fashioned? Miniature books (fairytales or ghost stories, to fit the mood) are an adorable substitute for candy...and they'll certainly be treasured by your guests. You can find them at many arts-and-crafts stores, but you can also try local thrift stores, vintage shops, and little boutiques. And hunting for these books is just as fun as seeing the smiles on the faces of your 'treaters when they receive them.
3. You can't go wrong with trail mix. Miniature baggies filled with raisins, Cheerios, dried cranberries, and more...get creative! Keep it festive by tying the bags with orange and black ribbon. Just make sure you ask about allergies if you plan to include nuts! And remember - homemade Halloween gifts like these should only be given out if you know all the children who are coming to trick-or-treat at your home.
4. Substitute fruit strips or leathers (made of real fruit) for popular artificial fruit snacks. They're just as sweet as the fake fruit!
5. Stickers, stickers, stickers! Kids of all ages (and we mean ALL ages) can't get enough of them. We aren't entirely sure what makes stickers so universally appealing, but why question it? Surprise your guests with a few sheets of Halloween-themed stickers, and all of them - whether they be fairies, ghouls, or black cats - are sure to adore the idea.
6. Speaking of fruit...take advantage of the apples that are currently in season to provide your guests with some autumnal goodness! The natural sweetness of wonderfully crisp fall apples will satiate even the sweetest tooth.
7. With so many delicious treats to go around, someone's bound to get thirsty. Offer your guests juice boxes made with all- juice.
8. Turn that candy into spending "money." When your own kids return from their night out on the town, you can offer them certain non-edible treats in return for their loot. Handing over their candy can earn them anything from a movie night, a trip to the zoo, or a day at their favorite amusement park!
9. Keep things spooky with pumpkin seeds! An upscale treat that you'll enjoy as much as your guests, pumpkin seeds are available at many retail stores and supermarkets. They're perfect for the occasion. Or, host a seed-roasting extravaganza and make them yourself!
10. Turn Halloween into a service opportunity by encouraging your children to donate their candy. Ask your local food bank if it's able to take your donations. Or go through Operation Gratitude, a well-known organization that makes it possible for you and your children to ship candy to troops overseas.
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