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It is really starting to feel like fall, the leaves are turning and gobs of Halloween candy are now being displayed at the local grocery store. It is time once again for our Halloween Horrors! book review project where we will team up with Horror World, Horror Fiction Review, and Spooky Reads will be reviewing some Halloween reading material. Stop by our Halloween Horrors! page here. For the first part of our Halloween Horrors! reviews we have: In our adult Thrillers section: Rhonda Wilson reviews Freak by Jennifer Hillier. In our adult Horror Anthologies section: Dave Simms reviews Sick Chick Flicks by John Skipp, A Book of Horrors edited by Stephen Jones, and The Circle by Bentley Little. In the adult Zombies section: Benjamin Franz reviews Dead Things by Matt Darst. in addition we have Michele Lee reviews Zee Bee & Bee (a.k.a. Propeller Hats For The Dead) By David James Keaton. In the adult Urban Fantasy-Horror Adventure section Patricia O. Mathews reviews The Sleeping and the Dead by Jeff Crook and Last Regress In our adult Supernatural Horror section: Benjamin Franz reviews Heart of Glass and The Caretakers also we have Julie Adams reviewing The Bone Tree by Christopher Fulbright. In our adult Human Horors section: Julie Adams reviews Shady Palms by Allen Dusk. In the adult Killer Animal section and part of our Banned Books Week coverage we have Benjamin Franz reviewing Stephen King's Cujo.
Bob Freeman reviews Criminal Macabre: The Iron Spirit by Steve Niles and illustrated by Scott Morse.
In the young adult Zombies section: Shelia Shedd reviews Zombie Youth: Book 1: Playground Politics by H.D. Goodhue
In the young adult Human Horror section: Kirsten Kowalewski reviews by Kenneth Oppel and by
In the young adult Supernatural horror section: Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Leigh.
In our young adult Vampires section: Shelia Shedd reviews Vampire by Amy Mah. In our young adult graphic novels section: Bob Freeman reviews Graphic Classics Volume 23: Halloween Classics edited byTom Pomplun.
In our Scary Books for Kids section: Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Horrible Hauntings by by Shirin Yim Bridges, illustrated by William Maughan and Witches Handbook by Monica Carretero.
As part of our celebration of Teen Read Week this year. Stop on by here to read some reviews of the latest horror and paranormal book out.
We have also had some great guest blog posts as part of the event.
The post are: Teen Read Week: It Came From The (Classroom) Library! Teen Nicholas Harris on the Unwind Trilogy
Teen Read Week: It Came From The Library! Kenneth Oppel on Frankenstein
It Came From the Library: Haunting the Library
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Free e-book this weekend from Permuted Press: Pavlov's Dogs by David Snell & Thom Brannan for Kindle
FREE this weekend! PAVLOV'S DOGS by David Snell & Thom Brannan for Kindle. Go download it to read now or later for nothing–zero, zip, gratis!
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"It really is a case of a book which feels very much like it needs to be adapted into a movie, as it offers action, drama, scares, gore and a well-paced story which readers are going to love."–Horrornews.net
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Get in the Mood for Halloween With This Interactive E-book
Lyon, France – October 11, 2012—Slim Cricket Books, a developer of interactive e-books, announced today its latest e-book App, The Witch With No Name, is available for purchase in the App Store® for $4.99 in North America, for Apple®iPad™, Apple®iPhone™, and in the Android Market for $2.99.
The Witch With No Name tells the story of a witch who lost her name. Through her adventures of searching for her name and trying to discover what happened to her, she receives a parcel which contains the very last "U-See-All" crystal ball. The crystal ball includes four ingredients for a magic potion: the smell of a moldy sock, a giant nose hair, glow-worm juice, and a concerto of bottom burps. Intrigued by the crystal ball, the witch sets off with her faithful friend Batina the bat, in search of these mysterious items.
This interactive e-book utilizes the capabilities of the compass, camera, gyroscope, and microphone in an amazing and unique way that is different than any e-book out there. The Witch With No Name provides a wonderful mix of storytelling, animated cartoon and adventure games through a magical interactive world where the final revelation will leave players begging for more!
Mobile gamers should head over to the App Store® or Android Market and download The Witch With No Name and enjoy this festive Halloween story
For more information on The Witch With No Name visit: http://www.slimcricket.com/index_en.html#
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Legendary Character is Resurrected in a Terrifying Adventure With Dinosaurs
For Immediate Release
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Legendary Character is Resurrected in a Terrifying
Adventure With Dinosaurs
Professor Challenger: The Island of Terror
Price: $14.95 (TPB), $99 (Deluxe HC)
Publication date: 10/09/2012
Page count: 129
Artist: Wayne Miller
Strange lights on the moors, weird noises in the night, cattle disappearing; these are more than enough to prompt Malone's newspaper to send him to investigate. And when his old companion Professor Challenger also goes missing, the hunt is on.
The trail leads Malone to the British military, and to a research station in the Bristol Channel, where an old terror proves, once again, that some things are not meant to be contained.
"A storyteller at the top of his game…" – Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine
"Anyone who's fond of a good story and a good piece of writing will enjoy Meikle's clever conceits, interesting and earthy characters, and well turned prose." – Dread Central
"William Meikle's short stories and novels are shining examples of what is missing in horror fiction today: atmospheric in style, old-school in character, with an intriguing story to be told." – David Wynn, Mythos Books
With the official October publication of Tortured Spirits, Book Four of Gregory Lamberson's supernatural action series the Jake Helman Files, publisher Medallion Press is offering readers a free download, The Jake Helman Files: Afterlife Project, featuring 24 illustrations by acclaimed fantasy artist Kyle Brice.
Tortured Spirits is now available as a trade paperback and an e-book from Medallion, and as a downloadable audio book from Audible.com. The novel continues storylines from Lamberson's previous books in the series (Personal Demons, winner of the IPPY Gold Medal for Horror; Desperate Souls; and Cosmic Forces, a Bram Stoker Award finalist). In this entry, private investigator Helman journeys to aCaribbean island to save the soul of a friend who was previously transformed into a raven. On Pavot Island Helman battles a ruthless dictator who employs a drug called Black Magic, and the "zonbies" it produces, to rule the population.
"Tortured Spirits is my best novel so far," says Lamberson. "I wanted it to read like a James Bond story jacked with zombie action, and I ratcheted up the sex and violence to meet that goal. It's my longest book to date – 105,000 words – with the biggest canvas and cast of characters I've used."
The Jake Helman Files: Afterlife Project, was conceived by Lamberson and Medallion as a thank you to readers of the series and as an overview for new readers. The illustrated PDF features renderings of key characters, creatures, locations, and props from the series, captioned by Helman himself and introduced by the author. To download the file, readers must visit Medallion's website and click on the "downloads" tab at the bottom of any Jake Helman novel page.
Tortured Spirits is Lamberson's third book published this year, preceded by the zombie novella Carnage Road and the werewolf novel The Frenzy War. 2013 will see the publication of his apocalyptic novel The Julian Year, the first TREEbook (Timed Reading Experience E-book), employing time triggers and branching technology, as well as the fifth Helman novel, Storm Demon. Lamberson will be a guest at New York Comic Con October 11th – 14th, and helps run Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival October 17th – 21st.
Gregory Lamberson's author page at Medallion Press:
Tortured Spirits page at Medallion Press:
Direct Link to Download The Jake Helman Files: Afterlife PDF:
Tortured Spirits on Amazon:
For Immediate Release
Announcing the Dark Regions Press Halloween Grab Bag – With a New Story from Jeff Strand!
What slithering horrors await inside the black bag?
Dark Regions Press is excited to announce its first-ever Halloween grab bag. Customers will receive from over 150 Dark Regions Press published titles in the realm of horror, dark fiction, fantasy and science fiction. Three lucky buyers will receive sculptures in their grab bags and one lucky buyer will win a membership to the 2012 DRP Book Club, a $210 retail value.
The element of surprise is one of the joys with grab bags in the industry, receiving books you may not have heard of or considered before, and of course getting extra Halloween treats! Buyers of the Dark Regions Press Halloween Grab Bag will receive:
1x Signed and Numbered Limited Hardcover Edition ($40-$45 value): mint and first edition, numbered, 6''x9'', bound in leatherette, signed by the author, stamped on the spine with the title and author's name, includes end papers, colored book ribbon, multi-colored header, 60lb. natural vellum stock and a dust jacket if applicable.
2x Fiction Trade Paperbacks ($30 – $40 value): 6"x9", 12 point full color cover, 60lb. natural vellum stock, may be signed by author.
1x Poetry Trade Paperback ($5 – 15 value): 5 x 8.5, 12 point full color cover, 60lb. natural vellum stock, may be signed by author.
1x DRP T-Shirt ($20 value): Grab Bag buyers will get a t-shirt of their size choosing with their order.
1x DRP Bookmark ($1 value): Grab Bag buyers will receive a new laminated DRP Bookmark.
New Short Story from Jeff Strand: Grab Bag buyers will receive a digital edition via e-mail of the new Jeff Strand story "Protect Us From The Piranha People!" after their order! Jeff strand is the author of Pressure, Dweller, A Bad Day for Voodoo, Wolf Hunt and The Sinister Mr. Corpse.
DRP Sculptures (Demon Head, Zombie Candle Holder or Wolf Head, $30 value): 3x lucky Grab Bag buyers will receive a signed and limited DRP sculpture from artist and sculptor Frank Walls.
DRP 2012 Book Club Membership ($210 value): one lucky Grab Bag buyer will receive a DRP 2012 Book Club membership, giving them 6x Signed and Numbered Limited Hardcovers, e-book editions of all books, 1x surprise limited hardcover, 2x surprise limited trade paperbacks, permanent 15% discount code for the DarkRegions.com website.
Join Dark Regions Press and get a Halloween surprise! You could end up getting nearly $350 in genre fiction and premium signed hardcovers.
Available on DarkRegions.com only from October 2nd to October 31st, 2012.
Visit http://www.darkregions.com/halloween-grab-bag
Halloween Grab Bag
1x Signed Limited Hardcover
2x Fiction Trade Paperbacks
1x Poetry Trade Paperback
1x DRP t-shirt
1x DRP Bookmark
New Short Story from Jeff Strand
3 lucky grab bag buyers: 1x DRP sculpture (Demon Head, Zombie Candle Holder or Wolf Head)
1 lucky grab bag buyer: subscription to the Dark Regions Press Book Club ($210 value)
Price: $50.00
Customers will not receive products they have ordered in the past.
Availability: DarkRegions.com from October 2nd to October 31st.
It is always nice to get a free read! Bryon Morrigan's THE DESERT is FREE for Amazon Kindle this weekend (Sept. 29 – 30)!
Get your copy now
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|In 1961, a young Liverpudlian called John Ramsey Campbell began an exchange of letters with an American giant of the then burgeoning dark side of the literary field. That man was August Derleth, whose Arkham House imprint was the mouthpiece of authors such as Howard Philips Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert Bloch. The following year, 1962, after several trans-Atlantic missives in both directions, Derleth agreed to publish a collection of Campbell's short stories. The resulting The Inhabitant of the Lake by J. Ramsey Campbell, a collection of tales inspired by Lovecraft's work, appeared two years later.
The fifty years that have elapsed since that original agreement have seen Campbell—now simply 'Ramsey'—produce 30 novels (including this year's The Kind Folk, forthcoming from PS Publishing later this month) and 16 collections (containing more than 300 short stories), edit 19 anthologies (some in collaboration), and write many hundreds of essays and columns (some collected in Ramsey Campbell, Probably and the forthcoming Ramsey Campbell, Probably II), several reviews, and even a handful of poems. A regular contributor to televised debates on the field of horror and the supernatural, Ramsey has had two films (The Nameless and Pact of the Fathers) made from his work.
|The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes Ramsey as "Britain's most respected living horror writer". He has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association and the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild. His regular columns appear in Prism, All Hallows, Dead Reckonings and Video Watchdog.
Now published exclusively in England by PS Publishing in hardcover and Drugstore Indian Press in paperback, Ramsey gives generously of his time and energy to writers who are at earlier stages in their careers. He is the President of the British Fantasy Society and of the Society of Fantastic Films. He lives and works on Merseyside with his wife Jenny, and his pleasures include classical music, good food and wine. Plus, of course, books and movies.
Ramsey is available for interview to talk about his upcoming novel The Kind Folk, the first four paperback editions of some of his earlier work, and generally to celebrate his first half-century at the forefront of the field of horror fiction.
Please telephone Peter Crowther on ++ 44 [0] 1964 537575 or ++ 44 [0] 7889 296802, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
PS Publishing Ltd, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, HU18 1PG, England
"Ramsey Campbell has a talent for terror—he knows how to give you nightmares
"Good stuff. But strange; so uniquely Campbell that it might as well be trademarked"
"Britain's most respected living horror writer"
"Easily the best horror writer working in Britain today"
"Britain's leading horror writer . . . His novels have been getting
"One of Britain's most accomplished horror writers"
"The John Le Carré of horror fiction"
"One of the best real horror writers at work today"
"The greatest living exponent of the British weird fiction tradition"
"Ramsey Campbell has succeeded more brilliantly than any other writer in bringing
"England's contemporary king of the horror genre"
"One of the few real writers in our field… In some ways Ramsey Campbell is the best of us all"
"Campbell writes the most terrifying horror tales of anyone now alive"
"He is unsurpassed in the subtle manipulation of mood . . .
"One of the world's finest exponents of the classic British ghost story"
"Britain's greatest living horror writer"
"For sheer ability to compose disturbing, evocative prose, he is unmatched in the horror/fantasy field . . . He turns the traditional horror novel inside out, and makes it work brilliantly"
"Campbell has solidly established himself to be the best writer working in this field today"
"When Mr Campbell pits his fallible, most human characters against enormous forces bent on incomprehensible errands the results are, as you might expect, often frightening, and, as you
"Britain's leading horror novelist"
"Ramsey Campbell is Britain's finest living writer of horror stories: considerable praise
"Campbell writes the most disturbing horror fiction around"
"Ramsey Campbell is better than all the rest of us put together"
"Ramsey Campbell is the best horror writer alive, period"
"A horror writer in the classic mould . . . Britain's premier contemporary exponent of the art of scaring you out of your skin"
"The undisputed master of the psychological horror novel"
"Perhaps the most important living writer in the horror fiction field"
"Ramsey Campbell's work is tremendous"
"Campbell is a rightful tenant of M. R. James country, the genuine badlands of the human psyche"
"One of the world's finest exponents of the classic British ghost story . . . His writing explores the potential for fear in the mundane, the barely heard footsteps, the shadow flitting past at the edge of one's sight"
"The Grand Master of British horror . . . the greatest living
"Britain's greatest horror writer… Realistic, subtle and arcane"
"In Campbell's hands words take on a life of their own, creating images that stay with you, feelings that prey on you, and people you
"The finest writer now working in the horror field"
"Ramsey Campbell is the nearest thing we have to an heir to M. R. James" (Times)
"Campbell is literate in a field which has attracted too many comic-book intellects, cool in a field where too many writers – myself included – tend toward panting melodrama . . . Good horror writers are quite rare, and Campbell is better than just good"
"Easily the finest practising British horror novelist and the one whose work can most wholeheartedly be recommended to those who dislike the genre . . . His misclassification as a genre writer obscures his status as the finest magic realist Britain possesses this side of J. G. Ballard"
"One of the few who can scare and disturb as well as make me laugh out loud. His humour is very black but very funny, and that's a rare gift to have"
"The most sophisticated and highly regarded of British horror writers"
"He writes of our deepest fears in a precise, clear prose that somehow manages to be beautiful
"I would say that only five writers have written serious novels which incorporate themes of fantasy or the inexplicable and still qualify as literature: T. E. D. Klein, Peter Straub, Richard Adams, Jonathan Carroll and Ramsey Campbell"
"Ramsey Campbell is the best of us all"
"The foremost stylist and innovator in British horror fiction"
"One of the century's great literary exponents of the gothic and horrific"
"Ramsey Campbell is one of the modern masters of horror . . . He has a genius for infusing
"There are a few writers who are special. They make the world in their books; or rather, they open a window or a door or a magic casement, and they show you the world in which they live. Ramsey Campbell, for example, writes short stories that, read in quantity, will re-form your world into a grey and ominous place in which strange shapes flicker at the corner of your eyes, and a patch of smoke or a blown plastic shopping bag takes on some kind of ghastly significance."
For Immediate Release
Live Chat Event with Best-Selling Author Rick
Hautala on Monday, September 3rd at 3:00PM (PDT)
Signed Book Prizes for Participants!
Dark Regions Press is launching its first-ever live chat event with author of
the million-copy bestseller Nightstone, Rick Hautala. All participants in the
event will receive a free short story by Rick Hautala, and three participants will
receive free signed copies of the new book Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of
Rick Hautala featuring eight never-before-printed stories and original wraparound
cover art and eight interior illustrations by award-winning artist Glenn
To attend the event, simply visit the new Dark Regions Press Events page at:
http://www.darkregions.com/events and enter your e-mail to be reminded of the Live Event
date and time (Monday, September 3rd at 3:00PM PDT).
It's free for anyone to enter and ask best-selling author Rick Hautala questions, interact with
other fans and Dark Regions Press staff and have a chance at winning one of the three available
signed copies of Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala.
About Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala
One of 2012's HWA Lifetime Achievement Award Winners, Rick Hautala has a writing career
that spans more than three decades. From Moondeath, his first novel published in 1980, to
the republication of his best-selling novel The White Room (DRP, 2012) and his forthcoming
"Little Brothers" novella Indian Summer (CD Publications, 2012), his novels and short stories
have entertained millions of readers around the world.
Now comes Glimpses, a career-spanning "best of " collection that brings together twentyfour
stories, including eight from each of Rick's critically-acclaimed collections Bedbugs and
Occasional Demons, and eight previously uncollected stories.
Under his own name, Rick Hautala has written around thirty novels, including the
million-copy best seller Nightstone, as well as Winter Wake, The Mountain King,
and Little Brothers. He has previously published two short story collections: Bedbugs
and Occasional Demons. He has had over sixty short stories published in a variety of
national and international anthologies and magazines.
Writing as A. J. Matthews, his novels include the bestsellers The White Room, Looking
Glass, Follow, and Unbroken.
Most of his books and stories—and all of them, soon—will be available in all major
e-book formats from a variety of e-publishers. For more information, check out his
website www.rickhautala.com.
Available on DarkRegions.com, Amazon.com, libraries, specialty bookstores and other online vendors.
Visit http://www.darkregions.com/glimpses-the-best-short-stories-of-rick-hautala
New Moon on the Water by Mort Castle, Twenty-Nine Horror Stories
|Award-winning publisher Dark Regions Press is launching the horror best-of collection New Moon on the Water byMortCastleon Tuesday, August 14th. MortCastleis the author of over 350 short stories and a dozen horror books. He is also the co-editor of the 2012 anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury and the editor of On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association. With stunning cover artwork from three-time Bram Stoker Award winning artist Vincent Chong and thirteen never-before-printed tales, New Moon on the Water will be a highly sought after and collected volume.
In a smoky, after hours jazz joint where almost nobody ever dies, or the ranch house next door owned by a monster, or a high rise elevator in which raging terror awaits the next passenger, these brilliant stories discover a world you thought you knew–and a darker one you will never forget. With 13 stories never before collected, NEW MOON ON THE WATER is Mort Castle's first new collection in a decade, presenting the best short fiction of the writer deemed a "horror doyen," "the Charles Dickens of horror," and "the master of contemporary horror."
"Castle's stories are frightening trips inside the dark psyche of common people … (He is) a must read for the fans of both Stephen King and the fans of Raymond Carver." – Newsweek.pl
"MortCastleis one of the best short story writers in the horror field today. More than that, he's one of the best short story writers around, period. . He writes short stories that make a point, stick in your memory, remain with you long after you've put down the book in which they appear." – Robert Weinberg, Novelist, Editor of World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
|MortCastleis a horror author, editor, and a writing teacher with more than 350 short stories and a dozen books to his credit. His novels include Cursed Be the Child and The Strangers, optioned for the screen by Whitewater Films, and cited on the list of "Ten Best Horror-Thriller Novels" published inPolandin 2008 by Newsweek.pl. Castle edited the essential reference work Writing Horror and the expanded and revised later edition On Writing Horror for the Horror Writers Association (Writer's Digest Books). In 2012, William Morrow published Shadow Show: All New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury, the anthology he co-edited with Sam Weller.
Available on DarkRegions.com, Amazon.com, libraries, specialty bookstores and other online vendors. For more visit: http://www.darkregions.com/books/new-moon-on-the-water-by-mort-castle


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We are coming up on my kid's favorite holiday, outside of Christmas. Why? I am not entirely sure, but I think it has something to do with eating more candy. But seriously, we use Valentine's Day as a family to express our love for one another. It may be goofy and sentimental, but for us as a family, it is a time when we simply say "I love you!" and the kids and hubby dig it, as do I. So in addition to little treats, and yes, more candy, we do a fun family activity together, share cards and give a few extra cuddles. Here are some things that you can do to share the love with your family.
Our family really loves to dance and I am always listening to Pandora.com trying to find new artists in genres that I usually enjoy. I am pretty good at figuring out my kid's and hubby's tastes as well so finding new music and making a CD or an ipod playlist is a great way to tell them you care. Here are some fun music sites for you to find the latest new music.
Of course there is the tried and true itunes.com, which personally, I don't love, mostly cause it feels smarter than I am and I have a hard time navigating the site. But that being said, it is the quintessential online music store and has just about everyone you would ever want to find. But if you are willing to be a bit
adventurous, here are some other music sites that allow you to download and buy music. Amazon.commp3. Amazon MP3 is cool, cause it feels a little easier to use and more like a consumer shopping site, but we all have our preferences and I prefer Amazon.com
Here are some other music download sites that might be fun to try.
Real store, Super Pass, has movies, television and music for a low monthly subscription rate, this is great if you download movies as well as music.
Napster has been taken over by Blockbuster and has a huge selection of music. http://www.napster.com/index.html?sid=home&affiliate_id=88&referral_id=CJ&PID=3151978&AID=8352268&darwin_ttl=1297406224&darwin=s1210J®flow_id=s1210J&naps_app_id=0#
Napster is also a monthly subscription service that offers a lot of different kinds of downloads.
And my real guilty pleasure and major music download secret site is GOMUSICNOW.COM This is a legal site, based out of Russia, that offers music for a low as $09 per song. It is a steal and I love it!!!! The music site is legit and most of the songs play on all MP3 players. If you are really strapped for cash this site will give you a chance to really offer something special to someone you love, for far less than any other site out there.
I know this is so, Kumbayah…but it is about doing a family activity and sharing love. So the idea is, you create a box that you and the kids fill with little notes, drawings and things that express your love for the other person. Whenever someone is feeling sad, they only need to open the box and pull out the little letter inside, or picture, drawing or treat that says "I love you!"
You can decorate the box with anything, but the kids and I like to collect old wrapping paper, magazines, we clip pictures and print stuff off the internet to decorate our box. You mix regular school glue with water, until it is half glue and half water and then paint/paste your decorations onto the box. You can then cut out little pieces of paper and write sayings, draw pictures or download photos from your online photo albums to put inside. I also like to throw a little bit of chocolate in there for the kiddos as a surprise. For hubby, I put in redeemable coupons like "This is good for one free massage", "This is good for one romantic evening", "This is good for a YOU PICK day!" My notes to him, make us laugh, are sexy and fun and give us a chance to reconnect with one another on a regular basis.
To find fun things to do, I always go to my favorite family site, Family.com which is a Disney owned brand. Here are cute candy boxes to give to little friends and little Valentines.
Just print the template on card stock.
- Print out the boxes on regular paper or cardstock and cut them out. Don't cut along the dashed lines — this is where you will fold the paper.
- Fold the A tabs, the sides, and front and back of Mickey or Minnie's head away from you along the dashed lines.
- Cut a small slit along the white lines in each outer tab on the side pieces. Punch a hole where indicated on the head pieces.
- Drop a few pieces of small candy into the box and close it by interlocking the two tabs where you cut the slits.
- Cut a small piece of ribbon or string and loop the heart pendant onto it. Close the box by looping the same string through the holes in Mickey or Minnie's head pieces and tying it shut
Download the template here:
Mickey & Minnie Cutie Candy Boxes

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Vauxhall is a valued member of communities across the UK. We're committed to making a positive impact, wherever we are.
We have a long-standing history of community engagement, in particular in the Bedfordshire and Cheshire areas where our manufacturing sites are based. We encourage our employees to support charities and participate in fundraising activities.
Vauxhall employees across our UK sites develop community projects that help them engage with local schools. The one-day modules – which have been extremely well received by local schools – bridge the gap between the classroom and the world of work in a playful way, providing valuable insight into the multi-skilled manufacturing sector.
Employees who take part in community projects develop vital skills such as team work, strategic planning, public speaking, organisation skills, presentation skills and the ability to communicate with people of different ages and abilities.
"We are incredibly grateful to Vauxhall for providing our students with a notion of real-world business."
– Mary Jankiewicz, Careers Advisor, Putteridge High School
"[Vauxhall's] input … was the best … ever delivered by an external organisation in the school!"
– Careers Education and Guidance Development Coordinator, Hilbre High School Humanities College
"It could not be improved, it was EPIC!"
– Year 6 pupil, St Basil Primary School
Luton plant's Vans R Us Scheme has been nominated for Business in the Community – Local Community Impact Award 2012.
At the Vauxhall manufacturing plant in Ellesmere Port, our undergraduates visit local schools in north east Wales, the Wirral, Cheshire and Liverpool to tell students about careers in the automotive industry. Students watch videos and take part in quizzes and games, including a competitive manufacturing game that simulates real life production.
All the schools visited by our undergraduates compete against each other in the production game to win a grand prize (in the school year 2011/12, this was a signed under 21s England football shirt).
Twenty young and enthusiastic undergraduates make up our community support team. They're all on a placement year at Vauxhall Motors in Ellesmere Port and their job roles vary from engineering, maintenance and quality, to IT, HR, environmental management, finance and business. This means they are able to enthuse students about the diverse opportunities available in the manufacturing industry.
From our Luton manufacturing plant, we run a free community project called 'Vans R Us'. Vans R Us helps school children to understand the manufacturing process at Vauxhall.
Each one-day workshop explores the world of manufacturing and engineering through an interactive, hands-on approach. A mixture of education and fun activities support curriculum enterprise skills in science, technology, English and maths, and students of all abilities are encouraged to get involved. Students are asked to 'research' countries in which they can manufacture cars, using booklets that we provide. They then have to create their own factory, product and business plan that they will present at the end of the day.
Vans R Us was developed and is coordinated by theour 16 undergraduates at the Luton plant. It's available to both higher primary school students and lower secondary school students and has so far been a great success. Since Vans R Us was established, our undergraduates have visited over 600 local school children.
The community project that we run from our headquarters in Luton is called Griffins' Den. Griffins' Den brings the business elements at Vauxhall together into a fun and interactive activity day. Inspired by General Motor's mission to 'design, build and sell the world's best vehicles', the Griffins' Den challenge asks students to design and sell an innovative car for a target customer, taking into account profit, labour costs and marketing.
Griffins' Den is a full day's activity for middle secondary school students within 15 miles of Vauxhall's headquarters. It can take up to 30 students a day and is supported by eight undergraduates. Each day opens with a presentation about engineering and business operations at Vauxhall, followed by videos of the manufacturing process at the Luton plant.
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Why I even wrote this blog? I don't feel like I'm crying and I don't feel like I
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics and other HHS agencies, to develop and implement an ongoing and sustainable national strategy for identifying and evaluating the health status and health care needs of Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPI) populations living in the continental United States, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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Let me start out by saying Im a huge BOX anchor fan I have been using them for the better part of 6 years now. IMO they are a great anchor. I have them on all of our boats. But they IMO do have a few down sides. They can be cumbersome to handle because they are heavy and that makes them a pain to deal with in every aspect of anchoring. Thats #1 getting them out of where you keep them #2 setting them up #3 Throwing them #4 retrieving them #5 putting them away. I can say after a month of use the Hourglass is a better Anchor.
I contacted Josh at Hourglass and after looking at what he offers (Steel Anchors) I asked him if he would be interested in making me a Custom Aluminum Anchor. Because IMO his Steel Anchors seemed very close in size and weight to what I already own. I wanted a light weight Anchor. He was up for the challenge. He said if I didnt like the Anchor he would offer a full refund so for me there was no risk.
I got the Anchor as promised. At first it looks like its going to take longer and be more of a hassle to assemble then the Box. Well after putting it together a few times I was wrong about both of my assumptions. I timed myself and it takes 12 seconds to assemble the Hourglass compared to 14-18 seconds to get the Box anchor put together. The Hourglass comes apart even faster. It stores away smaller and most of all its super easy to handle because its so light. The Hourglass Anchor weighs 12 Lbs. My small Box Anchor weighs 33lbs. The weight difference helps in almost every aspect. I say almost every aspect because Im sure a heavy anchor only helps you when youre trying to set it.
The challenge or Test as I called it was to see if the heavy box anchors set easier or faster then the light weight Hourglass anchor. I used both anchors taking turns using the anchors at both the front of the boat and at the rear. I can honestly say the heavy Box anchor sets or holds no better or worse then the light weight Hourglass so as far as holding power it was even.
I was using our Pontoon boat to conduct the test. Its 28feet long and over 3800 lbs and in a light wind with the bimini up its got quite a lot of drag or pull from the wind so it would have no problems holding a wake boat with a large Bimini. I have had a few friends set up both the Box and the Hourglass and they all agreed the Hourglass was easier to set up and toss. The final deciding factor was the Wifes impression. She is used to helping out anchoring the boat so what she had to say and how it worked out for her was huge.
She thought that it was better on all aspects, When your pulling the anchor UP and your only lifting 1/3 of the weight your used to it makes the job a whole lot easier. Most of all when the anchor comes to the surface Near your boat & its Interior you dont have a 33lb sharp spinning un wielding object in the hands of a person that is tired from just pulling it up. This makes the odds that you dont end up with a scratch in your Gel coat or hole in your Vinyl a lot less IMO. Just wanted to share the results of my exp.
So if the box was made of aluminum would it have the advantage? It appears the box breaks down smaller or no
Ron the Box I tested was Aluminum. The Hourglass breaks down smaller.
I thought the box anchor was galvanized steel of some sort? Didn't know it was aluminum.
The box in the picture is galvanized steel. The hourglass is the one off aluminum.
I love my box anchor but like "g" a lighter version would be great. Even a alumnium box would kick butt.
Love my box anchor, only down side is putting it together and taking it apart. Other than that the damn thing holds like no other
I like the idea of the aluminum anchor. Thank you for the review.
Rob: your doubt its totally understandable. I had the same skepticism. I thought the only way you could solid anchor was with a heavy anchor. That's what this test was all about. I had used a light weight Aluminum before. It was a Fortress brand Fork style anchor. It worked just fine if you were proficient at anchoring and you had room to drag the anchor. So I knew from using that anchor that the weight of the anchor is not the only contributing factor in setting anchor. I recognize all lakes and bottoms are different and What works good at this lake or more importantly lake bottom surface might not work well as somewhere else. I can tell you from real time Experience that this light weight anchor sets in a rocky bottom surface just as well as the heavier anchor. One of the things that became a pain was that after a while my box anchor arm that locks the anchor into position can become tricky to lock into position. Also you need to set the Box anchor down on something to open it up. It's fine if your setting up on the swim deck but its pretty hard to set up at the front of the boat if you dont have floor space The Hourglass is more user friendly to set up so that's and advantage.
The Hourglass looks big and knarley looking.. Do you have a pic with something else to judge the size? It looks like you need to be very careful to not rip any interior as well?
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Truekaotik) yea the Hourglass looks sharp and nasty but because its light I think it takes away most of its interior destruction power. What I have found is if you can handle it with ease your less likely to cause damage. And example for me is. When your pulling the Box anchor out of the water it has a pretty good pendulum effect and it wants to swing into the area where its being pulled into (your boat) to counter this you hold your arm out and away from the boat and now your lifting 33 lbs with your arms stretched out and your pulling the anchor straight up. Not imposable by any means but when your doing it over and over again it can get old and every time you do it you are at risk. So for me if i could get somthing that made this task easyer I was all over it.
Hourglass makes Steel anchors if your not convinced that a Aluminum anchor will work for you, So if your in the market for a Anchor I would to get a Box Style anchor and I would give the advantage to the Hourglass for its easy of opening and closing and small storage.
Do you only use it in the Benny or do you use it in the wakeboat as well? How well does it store in the wake boat if you do use it?
I have not use the Hourglass in the Wakeboat but I can assure you if it holds the Benny it will hold your wakeboat no problem. The hourglass will stoe away smaller then the Box
Grant, do you have a picture of the hourglass folded down? I use the box anchor now and was wondering if this would be better.
Trent: The 9th Picture down is the Hourglass broken down. It comes apart in 3 pieces so if your rely tight from room you can store it apart from each other.
http://www.defender.com/images/001358.jpgi have always had good luck with these grapnel anchors, folds up the size of a bowling pin when your done
Eric: I agree that's also a great light weight anchor. I used it on a friends boat a few weeks back and I liked how when your pulling that anchor up it spins like a prop and that helps shake the weed's off. That would be a good test the Grapple Vs The Hourglass, both light weight and fold's away small.
I'm jealous of how clear your water is. Here in Oklahoma our red clay makes it so 2' visibility is a great day.
I have always been a big fan of the box anchor. Used it for years and never had a problem setting or retrieving. I could see the Hourglass being just as effective. I would consider it if I ever lost my box anchor. I have not seen that grapnel anchor and am a bit intrigued by it. It is half the price of the Hourglass and Box anchor. I would like to see that compared to the Box or the Hourglass.......
There's no way the small box anchor is 33lbs and doesn't even feel like 33lbs. The specs are 13lb (baby box), 19lbs (small box), and 25lbs (large box).
biggest problem i see with anchoring is people will drop 50' of anchor line in 40' of water. that doesnt work ever.. i see people at the cove having all kinds of trouble with all sorts of anchors.
Most people aren't throwing enough rope out there.
That is true. Minimum length to depth is usually 3:1 depending on anchor type to get a good set.
I think recommended scope is 7:1 for a danforth anchor. It's 2:1 for a box anchor.
That hourglass anchor looks sharp. I don't see any compelling reason to go with it over a box anchor.
If you own a box, yes I don't see a RUSH to go out and get a new light weight anchor. Like I said in My first post I have box anchors (4) of them. And as often as I anchor I saw a definite benefit for a light weight anchor "IF IT WORKED" this post was to just inform people of my results.
I have become some what of a anchor Nazi and found most people to be retarded when it comes to setting anchor. In fact these days I'm even surprised when some one shows up with a anchor and bonus points if they have enough line and can set it and if they happen to have a 2nd anchor so they can throw one off the rear I'm completely blown away lol
The hour glass anchor looks like a good design but its wider than the box anchor when assembled. I leave my small box anchor assembled, ready to go under a seat on my A22 and I know the hour glass wouldn't fit assembled under the seats of an Axis. That might be one feature of the hour glass anchor that goes against it...it's larger when assembled for the few that keep their anchors ready to go. I often hold 3 boats with my one box anchor in light winds (my A22, an A20, and a 26' Ultra powerboat).
Hey Grant, in a few pics why are some of the teeth of the hour glass anchor bent way more than others? Surely that's not the design.
AJ; I had to go back and look at the photos to see what you were talking about. The teeth are bent at a few different angles and its some what of a optical illusion. In person the anchor teeth are all at the same angle. The anchor that's in the first pics was the prototype to see if it worked. The pictures with the grey back ground is the production anchor. BTW
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I too would like to hear about a test comparison. If the grapnel didn't work very well then who cares if you saved a few bucks...
I think the hour glass anchor works as well as the box anchor
I agree grapple VS Hourglass would be a Good test. I have access to a grapple I will try it out.IMO one of the down sides to the grapple is if you are in a flat smooth bottom the grapple tends to roll and un anchor it self when pulled from a side load. Anchoring can really depend on what the surface your anchoring against is most of the time I'm on a fairly soft bottom with a few rocks. This makes anchoring pretty easy and IMO its the Ideal or easiest surface to anchor against. The anchor has something to dig into and it has something to stop against.
Example, in the delta you don't need a Box you can get away with a small mushroom anchor just fine, because the bottom is so soft the small anchor sinks into the silt . But your not gonna ever anchor with a mushroom at a place like Shasta where there is not much silt or rock to grab and near shore where it's steep it's almost impossible to get a fork anchor to set. What I'm trying to say is if you go to a specific place all the time I'm sure you can find a anchor that might be smaller or lighter that works well in your specific location and local knowledge is king. I can pretty confidently say that the Square style anchor is the BEST all around anchor because its so easy to set that pretty much anyone can just throw it and drag it a-bit and your SETIf I could only ever choose 1 anchor and had to anchor at all different types of lake bottoms the Square style is IMO the only choice. Sure if you have 500 feet of line you can anchor with pretty much anything . I think 100 feet of line is a reasonable length of line to always have. Sure the more the better but for 99% of anchoring 100 feet works fine.
Not sure if applicable.. but if anyone is on a lake with lots of roots/trees/stuff on the bottom - the Digger is worth the extra money. I've had mine stick to stuff a few times - and a good yank frees it up. As far as holding the boat - it's a typical danforth-style, so it works fine.
i could see the grapnel not working on hard clay. never tried that. but in soft bottom, rocks, weeds,it is solid. i find it a better grabber than the mushrooms. but hard clay would be difficult with most. like dragging it across a asphault road,, nothing to bite.i use 100' line too. i have a loop on the end of my rope that i use a dring to attach it. so i always use all 100' never anchor deeper than 30'
From what I see we are splitting hairs here unless you are talking weight. The 2 things I want is a small box in stainless and figure out a way to run a larger one on my windless. I cannot imagine the big square anchor hanging off the bow.
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I want to know where and what lake that is? That place looks amazing!!!!
Ok so Grant, We got our new boat and are looking for an anchor. Do you still recommend the hourglass?
Mmmmmm Tahoe is amazing I wish it wasn't a freaking ocean!
One factor that isn't mentioned often enough is the material you are anchoring to. I have the small box anchor, but the water we normally boat in has a very, very muddy bottom. Our boat alone will still drag with this anchor + plenty of lead line in windy weather (I'm talking wind that ruins good water, not storm type winds). The boat moves a lot less than the cheap anchor we replaced so it wasn't a total waste of money. An anchor is only as good as the surface it can attach to.
I have a danforth style anchor and its a giant PITA. I've always used a mushroom style, but this boat came with the danforth so i decided to try it out. I've gotten it to work properly 1 out of 3 times. I'm sure its probably a bit of user error, but ease of use is also factoring into my quest for something better. I mostly boat on Don Pedro, which is a muddy bottom, sometimes grassy, and a few spots rocky.. Does anyone have recommendations for what they use? I've been debating the grapnel anchor as i like how they fold up and dont cost all that much, but don't know how well it would work in my conditions.
Nitrousbird; I agree 100% The toughest surface to anchor two in my opinion is smooth hard ground.
That's when a heavy box anchor is the only anchor that will do the trick.
If you have weeds and rocks a small mushroom works Ok. A muddy bottom like the delta a mushroom also works well. Local knowledge of the lakes bottom will help you pick the smallest lightest anchor. But if you want a anchor that's a no brainer then a box style anchor is your best bet.
The Grapple style anchor works well in most conditions. But just like the aluminum anchor if its smooth hard ground it's not going to dig in as well as a heavy anchor.
The danforth or Fluke style anchors are so hit and miss you have to drag them many times before it digs in or gets hooked on a log or something and then when it does you may or may be hooked all to well.
Great writeup on the Hourglass, G. I can see that it would/could work as well as the Box.
But the small Box is only 19 lbs. Not sure how you got 33. Even the large is only 25.
Why is nobody addressing the fact that he is saying it takes a while to "put together" a box anchor? I'm all for new products and it looks like a nice item, but what is there to "assemble"???
I open a bag(2 seconds), click a spring loaded rod into place (1 second), and drop the damn thing in the water....am I missing something?
If you can lock the pin in in one second your a real man.It takes me at least 3 to 5 seconds. LOL
Here is the Hourglass website for you to check out! www.hourglassanchors.com
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From Grand Rapids to New Orleans: Breaking the Prison Cycle By Hiring Former Inmates
Larry Thomas is an ambitious guy. In hopes of becoming an electrician, he spent two years studying nine hours a day, five days a week, providing electrical repairs for free to gain experience. Recently he's celebrated his one-year work anniversary at Frischhertz Electric, in New Orleans, where he works as an electrician apprentice.
From this vantage point, Thomas's story looks like the American dream — small-town kid works hard to build a better life for himself and his kid. Thomas, originally from Marrero, Louisiana, has performance reviews filled with descriptions like "hard worker," "quick learner," and "eager to advance himself." Though he has four more years of apprenticeship before he can become a full electrician, his future looks bright.
If you look closer, however, a different — and arguably more important — story is playing out. Just a year ago, Thomas was serving time on a burglary conviction at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, which is the largest maximum security prison in the nation. His years of study took place behind bars, his teachers were other inmates certified to do so, and his hands-on experience came from rewiring prison security cameras. Now he is a model employee, at the forefront of a new program that connects inmates directly to trade positions on the outside. Frischhertz Electric and more than two dozen other local businesses are clamoring for more employees just like him.
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State v. Kalmio - No. 20130074
Case Summary
Omar Kalmio appeals from a district court's judgment convicting him of four counts of murder after a jury trial.
Kalmio was charged with murdering Sabrina Zephier, Jolene Zephier, Dylan Zephier and Jeremy Longie on January 28, 2011. Sabrina was found in her apartment, and the other three victims were found in their home. All the victims were killed by gunshot wounds to the head. The same firearm was used to kill all four people. The firearm never was located. Kalmio worked at the oil rigs near Williston at the time and asserted he was there the night of the murders. The State asserts that a white truck was seen near Sabrina's apartment the night of the murder, which resembled the trucks available to employees like Kalmio. The State also moved to admit hearsay testimony and testimony regarding Kalmio's prior bad acts. The district court issued an order addressing the admissibility of the testimony of each witness. After a jury trial, Kalmio was convicted of four counts of murder and sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without the parole.
On appeal, Kalmio argues the judgment should be reversed because the district court abused its discretion in allowing hearsay testimony and testimony regarding his prior bad acts, in denying his request for an alibi jury instruction and in denying his motion for mistrial on the grounds of prosecutorial misconduct. Kalmio also asserts the evidence is insufficient to sustain a guilty verdict.


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Why are the 'flash-mob' performances of the Hallelujah Chorus so popular?
December 16, 2010
By now more than 30 million people have watched videos of the "flash mob" performances of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" in Philadelphia and in Welland, Ontario. Why are these performances so immensely popular? Why do so many people find them exhilarating?
Religion columnist Terry Mattingly reflects on those questions, and wonders why this deeply religious piece, with its homage to the "King of Kings and Lord or Lords," is still beloved in a secular society. He questions whether the music is so familiar that people no longer hear the words, so that "the most famous anthem from this Christian masterpiece has reached the true public square of our age, in the same mix as 'Jingle Bells' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.'"
Further information:
- Religion: The 'Hallelujah Chorus' goes viral on the Web (Scripps Howard)
- Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus (YouTube)
- Opera Company of Philadelphia "Hallelujah!" Random Act of Culture (YouTube)
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'" . . the same mix as 'Jingle Bells' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.'"? Hardly! Just because it is well known, it is hardly a pop jingle. Those of us who have sung it love it because it is such a joy to sing, and listeners surely appreciate its rousing pace and echoed hallelujahs. Its roaring, lingering, final hallelujah plucks the heart strings just as "the land of the brave" does when singing the national anthem. It makes you want to cheer and clap. There's no comparison.
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Dec. 16, 2010 7:09 PM ET USA
While it's "in the same mix", it's NOT the same message. This may well be the only reference to the true meaning of Christmas that many people will get to hear, and that alone merits it a thumbs-up! Mustard seeds ...


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- Student Nursing (SNO)
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The School of Nursing provides students with a strong program of quality academic advisement – both from the faculty and the advising staff. The mission of academic advising in the department is to serve students in the ongoing process of assisting them in the attainment of their educational goals through the development and evaluation of their educational plans.
Advisors are involved in helping students coordinate their learning experiences through the planning of their educational – as well as their career – objectives, based on the abilities and academic progress of each student. Academic advising should also act as a referral for students to other campus agencies (Career Services, Academic Services, etc.)
We highly encourages students to meet with their advisor on a regular basis – during advance registration periods and whenever they may have questions regarding their academics or career goals. Students are also highly encouraged to follow their planned program of study, taking courses as specified at the correct time in their academic career. This can help to avoid missed courses, conflicting courses, and other problems that may arise as they get close to graduation.
Your advisor can:
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- Assist you with monitoring your academic progress and offer suggestions on how you might seek assistance when necessary;
- Interpret academic policies, procedures, and requirements;
- Help you consider other educational opportunities in addition to your coursework (volunteering, study abroad, campus organizations, etc.) and refer you to University offices which might also assist you;
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As an advisee you should:
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- Contact your advisor and schedule an appointment when required or when you need assistance;
- Become knowledgeable about the University, your College, and your academic program;
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Katie - who is being mentored by Cheryl Cole, 27 - didn't make it to the East London 3 Mills studios until 4.45pm, after some scenes had already been shot.
'When she did arrive, she looked pale as a ghost,' says a source. 'She had been up all night having panic attacks and crying hysterically.'
Katie later decide not to attend the Cosmopolitan Women Of The Year awards because she was still feeling rough, but she did visit the May Fair Hotel today with Cher Lloyd and the gang.
She has been receiving round-the-clock medical care as she battles a chest infection.
But if Katie, 24, continues to feel poorly, she may have to pull out of The X Factor.
'She's very fragile and we are very concerned,' the source tells the Daily Mail.
'We are considering asking her to step aside because it is really affecting the show. She would still be able to do the X Factor tour if she is strong enough. Her well-being is our priority.'
The X Factor finalists' version of Heroes will be released on 21 November to raise money for Help For Heroes.
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Turn off iPhone back-up… if you DARE
Gears of War movie gets financing from Legendary Pictures and New Line
ZeroLogic explains how to turn off the long, long iPhone back-up process that starts up every time you connect the iPhone to your computer to sync. Obviously, this cancels all your future back-ups so you're basically dead in the water if you fry your iPhone but it does save a good few minutes every time you plug in your iPhone. The choice, reader, is yours.
This command will change a hidden setting in the iTunes preferences that will force it to skip the backup process.
1. – Quit iTunes.
2. – Open Terminal.app
3. – Copy and paste this in, then hit return:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true
4. – Open iTunes
5. – Plug in your iPhone (2.0 or 3G) and sync.
It will take a few seconds, assuming you don't have a ton of music or podcasts.
Changing the 'true' in step 3 to 'false' will re-enable the backup feature.
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Subtle and sexy describe today's Proenza Schouler sale today at Gilt. Shift dresses with a '60s feel and bustier frocks give you a myriad of choices, while elegant separates like boyfriend blazers and A-line skirts can easily make up the rest of your wardrobe. Easy and relaxed, the label is feminine and flirty, making it the perfect go-to brand for the fall.
The rest of today's online sample sales:
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Birthday Party Package
Birthday parties are a blast at the Mesner Studio. You get to see a performance and celebrate your child's birthday party in our party space. You may have your party either before or after the performance. There's a restroom for the space, a kitchen with stove, microwave and refrigerator, and colorful plastic tableware available upon request.
The birthday party package is $250 (less for season members) and includes 20 tickets to the play (adult or child), use of the private party space, puppet kits for all children in the group.
Additional tickets are $7.50.
Tip to the wise, Saturdays and Sundays get booked most often!
Here are the weekend dates still available for the 2015-16 Season:
June 25 & 26 (Sing Along the Road Again)
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A New York symphony / Agassi, Blake compose a 5-set masterpiece
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, September 8, 2005
2005-09-08 04:00:00 PDT New York -- Jimmy Connors' name came up at the U.S. Open in this morning's early hours, along with John McEnroe's, and many other legends of tennis. The question was whether Andre Agassi's 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory over James Blake was the finest match ever witnessed in this tournament.
The point is highly debatable, especially in terms of consequence (it was merely a quarterfinal) and the sheer caliber of play, but in a larger sense, it all comes back to Connors -- because this match stole the heart. For tennis matches that truly stirred the soul, putting both players in heavenly light, this was one for the ages.
Back in 1991, the 39-year-old Connors made a spirited run through the draw, an aging icon back from obscurity. He had come from the very fringes of the scene, injured and dismissed and written off. He didn't win that tournament, but he staged a display of such rich emotional content, it stays with us to this day.
That's where Agassi and Blake made their marks Wednesday night, and right up until 1:09 this morning EDT. Pound your chest as you remember this one. It gets you right there.
There is so much to be learned from James Blake, they should make him a university. Anyone can attend; anyone with belief. He entered this tournament as a wild-card, with a comeback story powerful in nature but surely irrelevant to the tournament's unfolding. No one realized that Blake was returning as a new man, physically and spiritually. He had found belief and perspective to accompany the pure, magnificent athleticism of an NBA performer. He charged through his matches, right through to Agassi -- and after two sets, he was dominating.
Throughout the match, there was a sense of sportsmanship rarely seen in tennis, sports or life. Neither man raised protest over the inevitable debatable line calls. There was no bathroom break, stalling or gamesmanship. As opposed to the contentious, mean-spirited players we remember so vividly in tennis -- Connors and McEnroe come quickly to mind -- Agassi and Blake treated each other as brothers, there for a higher purpose.
The 35-year-old Agassi was downright hilarious in his haste, moving with his customary mincing steps in a manner suggesting Charlie Chaplin in the silent films. He didn't slow down for one second over five epic sets. Blake was right there with him, too. There wasn't a hint of acrimony, controversy or even self-congratulatory celebration until the end, when Agassi allowed himself a little hop-step and a theatrical four-cornered bow.
The place was going absolutely nuts, as it had all night. The fifth-set tiebreaker began at a crisp 1 a.m. and some 20,000 people were as fresh as a man emerging from the shower after a good night's sleep. This is the legacy of the U.S. Open and the only city in which it could be played. So often the whole nocturnal circus seems ridiculous, with the stadium half-full and too many tennis fans missing out. This atmosphere was raucous, festive and -- most of all -- respectful, start to finish.
The only question was how the partisanship would fall. That turned out to be easy -- root for whoever's behind. The people wanted neon, fireworks and memories, all of which they got, three times over. Many points were immediately preceded by thunderous standing ovations. There were so many astonishing shots, from both men, they could not possibly be recounted here.
Somewhere, Robby Ginepri was watching, undoubtedly awestruck like the rest of us. Ginepri had carved out a tremendous five-set victory earlier in the day, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 over Guillermo Coria, to earn his own unlikely spot in the semifinals. Now before him was a transcendent tennis event, rising above mere competition. Blake wrote a novel, all by himself, complete with an unlikely comeback from the doomed. Agassi was so far down after the first two sets, you wondered if he might announce his retirement by year's end.
One can only imagine the depths from which Agassi summoned his greatness. For so long in this match, he looked like Harpo Marx going against Michael Jordan. There has to be some fairy dust in those tiny little steps he takes. In one of the most unforgettable sights a sports fan could hope to witness, Agassi energetically jogged out to the baseline at 4-5 in the fifth, a seasoned prizefighter awaiting the next round, needing to break this wondrous athlete's serve or go home. And he did just that. His image transformed from a bald, beaten-looking man to a Hall of Famer dreaming of one last title -- Roger Federer be damned.
All of that can wait, Agassi figured. He left the National Tennis Center knowing he'd been part of something that touched many hearts. "People always ask, 'What does the U.S. Open mean to you?' " he said later. "It's what you just saw. One-fifteen in the morning, 20,000 people still there. Tennis won tonight."
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They're Alive! Megalithic Sites Are More than Just Stone
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It doesn't take much to stimulate the human body's electro-magnetic circuitry, in fact a small change in the local environment is enough to create a change in awareness.
People who visit ancient temples and megalithic sites often describe such a sensation. The standard explanation is that such feelings are nothing more than a 'wow' factor: the result of visual stimuli from the overwhelming impression generated by megalithic constructions such as stone circles, ancient temples and pyramids.
But the cumulative evidence proves otherwise: that megaliths and other ancient sacred places are actually attracting, storing, even generating their own energy field, creating the kind of environment where one can enter an altered state of consciousness.
Generating Energy Fields
In 1983 a comprehensive study was undertaken by engineer Charles Brooker to locate magnetism in sacred sites. The test subject was the Rollright stone circle in England. A magnetometer survey of the site revealed how a band of magnetic force is attracted into the stone circle through a narrow gap of stones that act as the entrance. The band then spirals towards the center of the circle as though descending down a rabbit hole.
Two of the circle's western stones were also found to pulsate with concentric rings of alternating current, resembling ripples in a pond.
[Magnetomer survey image of the Rollright Stones. Adapted from Charles Brooker. Magnetism and Standing Stones, New Scientist, January 13, 1983]
The analysis led Brooker to state how, "the average intensity of the [geomagnetic] field within the circle was significantly lower than that measured outside, as if the stones acted as a shield."
Such discoveries help us decipher what the ancients were up to when they built megalithic structures. At the Temple of Edfu in Egypt there is a wall featuring what amounts to a recipe for establishing a space that differs energetically from its surrounding landscape — a temple. The instructions describe how certain creator gods first established a mound and 'pierced a snake' to the spot, whereupon a special force of nature impregnated the mound, which led to the construction of the physical temple.
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The symbol of the serpent has always been a culturally shared metaphor of the earth's meandering lines of force, what scientists refer to as telluric currents.
[Egyptian goddess harnessing the serpent energy.]
Controlling the Laws of Nature
It seems ancient architects had a fine degree of control of the laws of nature, because a recent study of energy fields in and around Avebury, the world's largest stone circle, shows how its megaliths are designed to attract a ground current into the site.
Electrodes planted at Avebury reveal how its circular ditch breaks the transmission of telluric ground current and conducts electricity into the ditch, in effect concentrating energy and releasing it at the entrance to the site, sometimes at double the rate of the surrounding land.
Magnetic readings at Avebury die away at night to a far greater level than can be accounted for under natural circumstances. They charge back at sunrise, with the ground telluric current from the surrounding land attracted to the henge just as magnetic fluctuations of the site reach their maximum.
Studies conducted by the late physicist John Burke also discovered how the stones of Avebury are deliberately placed and aligned so as to focus electro-magnetic currents to flow in a premeditated direction using an identical principle to modern atomic particle colliders, in which airborne ions are steered in one direction.
[Avebury stone circle. Image by Freddy Silva]
The effect of sacred sites behaving like concentrators of electromagnetic energy is enhanced by the choice of stone. Often moved across enormous distance, the stone used in megalithic sites contains substantial amounts of magnetite. The combination makes temples behave like weak, albeit huge, magnets.
Spiritual Technology
This has a profound influence on the human body, particularly the dissolved iron that flows in blood vessels, not to mention the millions of particles of magnetite floating inside the skull, and the pineal gland, which itself is highly sensitive to geomagnetic fields, and whose stimulation begins the production of chemicals such as pinolene and seratonin, which in turn leads to the creation of the hallucinogen DMT. In an environment where geomagnetic field intensity is decreased, people are known to experience psychic and shamanic states.
An exhaustive investigation into the Carnac region of France, where some 80,000 megaliths are concentrated, reveals a similar spiritual technology at work. At first the leading researcher, electrical engineer Pierre Mereux, was skeptical that megalithic sites possessed any special powers.