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Have Yourself a Scary Christmas!
Scary Movies for the Holidays
As we head into the final weekend before Christmas, many of you will be exhausted from long days of shopping, decorating or other yuletide shenanigans. It's time to kick back and watch a holiday-themed scary movie! Many of the holiday horror movies came from the 80s when serial killers and bad taste were in fashion. Some films veered towards the sleazy (1984's Don't Open Until Christmas), or unwatchable (1980's Christmas Evil) but they're were meant to offer counter programming for the excessive cheer and goodwill.
Below is a list notable (but not necessarily great) scary movies for the holidays. Some are family-friendly fare, while some really should only be seen by hardcore horror enthusiasts. Watch at your own risk.
1. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) – This Finnish film is probably the single best holiday-horror hybrid. It tells the story of the "real" Santa and his demon elves. It's also a strangely touching coming-of-age story and feels like a lost early-Steven Spielberg/Tim Burton collaboration. It's beautifully shot and a well-made movie. Highly recommended.
2. Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) – Speaking of Tim Burton, his 1993 masterpiece does double duty on both the Halloween and Christmas fronts. However, during the holidays, the Christmas elements seem to stand out so much more. It has incredible heart and the perfect ending for a warm, fuzzy holiday.
3. Sint (or Saint Nick) (2010) – This Dutch horror-comedy depicts St. Nicholas as a much darker spirit, who goes on a revenge-fueled killing spree on the 5th of December (the day many European countries celebrate Sinterklaas). It's a little over-the-top by American standards, but it's fascinating to see how another culture celebrates and melds Christmas with horror. The DVD version with subtitles is better than the poorly-dubbed version available on streaming.
4. Black Christmas (2005) – Many fans will argue that the 1974 version was a superior film, but this version removed the sleaze and made it feel more Christmas-y, if that's possible. It still has a serial killer involved, and there is a gory ornament impaling, but feels a little more accessible and modern.
5. Silent Night (2012) – This very loose remake of 1984's Silent Night, Deadly Night is unfortunately also based on a real life massacre that happened in 2008. It's got everything you'd want in a rampant serial killer movie, and it's well-produced throughout but seriously bleak, brutal and dark. This left a very sour taste in my mouth, although in all honesty it could have been Nana's fruitcake.
6. Gremlins (1984) – One fuzzy and cute critter turns into many malevolent and mischievous creatures when fed after midnight! Hijinks ensue once hundreds of gremlins terrorize a small town on Christmas. It's not specifically a Christmas film, but it's set during the holidays and manages to capture the spirit.
7. Jack Frost (1997) – Ridiculous, silly and full of pun-y one-liners this is the B-Movie of the holiday season. A serial killer is genetically mutated into a living snowman and continues his killing spree on an unsuspecting town. For full effect, watch this one drunk on eggnog.
8. Santa's Slay (2005) – What if Santa were actually a demon who lost a bet and forced to deliver gifts and joy against his deepest wished. Well at some point, hell is going to break loose. This horror comedy is in the category of so bad its good.
9. Edward Scissorhands (1990) – Granted this is not a scary movie, BUT it's a dark and weird fantasy directed by Tim Burton and features a Frankenstein-like creature with razor sharp fingers (sort of like Freddy Krueger). Okay it's a stretch, but the idyllic Christmas setting has made it a family-friendly, lite-horror, holiday classic in our house.
10. Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) – The perennial ghost story is re-envisioned with motion capture CGI and features an almost unidentifiable Jim Carrey. It's much darker, somber, and creepy take on the classic story. Set in a desolate and cold Victorian mansion, there's a weird candle person thing and the scenes with the ghosts are downright scary. The international posters set the tone for the film much better than their American versions that tried very hard to sell the jolly, heartwarming tale (which it still is). This is a great movie to watch with your younger nephews and nieces – it will scare the Christmas right out of them – and you won't be that weird uncle that keeps pushing horror films year-round.
A Celebration of Friday the 13th
Tomorrow marks the last Friday the 13th of 2013. We had only two hexed days this year and next year we only have 1 (in June)! For horror enthusiasts, this calendar day is a perfect opportunity to celebrate Jason Voorhees (and his mother... and his impostor... and his body possessing soul?) with a Friday the 13th movie marathon. (The first two are the best but if you need a viewer's guide to the series read this post at Bloody-Disgusting.)
The Blu-ray Box Set
Warner Bros. released Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection on blu-ray this fall, which includes all 10 movies in the series plus Freddy vs. Jason, and the 2009 reboot. The set also includes a "Killer Extras" bonus DVD and a 40 page booklet excerpted from the 2006 hardcover book, Crystal Lake Memories.
(Editor's note: Amazon suspended sales of the box set due to production problems that scratched
several of the discs. If giving this set as a gift make sure you the store has a decent return policy.)
The book Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (a must for fans) begat the exhaustive 7-hour (!) documentary Crystal Lake Memories (also released on blu-ray this fall) which features photos, clips, outtakes, interviews, concept art and behind-the-scenes footage that spans the 30 years of the franchise. (The more manageable 2009 documentary His Name Was Jason is also available to rent or buy and it's only 84 minutes long.)
Jason Is Coming Back
As if that was not enough, Paramount has resumed the rights to the franchise and have 5 years to make new movies. Complicated co-ownership of the lucrative property had stalled all plans for sequels/reboots/reimaginings until now. It looks like they are fast-tracking a sequel to the successful 2009 reboot and according to the official website, the sequel is scheduled to be released on March 13, 2015. Rumors suggest a "found footage" approach.
Inspired Art Posters
A great movie poster gets to the heart of the film, and artists are exploring minimalist takes on classic movies. Take a look at the Friday the 13th art from Francesco Francavilla of Mondo (left) and Adam Rabalais of Deviant Art (right). Please Platinum Dunes, hire one of these guys to design your official poster!
Angry Orchard Cinnful Apple
The Boston Beer Company (the people behind Samuel Adams) likes their seasonal beers. And this year, their hard cider line Angry Orchard put out a seasonal flavor called Cinnful Apple. It's a perfect spicy blend for the holidays and it also features their scary tree artwork with a bloody red background. It's semi-sweet with an almost candy apple-like flavor with a subtle cinnamon kick that doesn't overpower the tart apple.
At a party last weekend, a kid kept staring at the bottle and asked me why I was drinking Halloween beer at Christmas. I'm not sure I understand the marketing angle of this cider, but it's scary, so that alone is a reason to love it. (Make sure to check out their site for hard cider cocktail recipes!)
Scary Cookies II: The Recipe to Die For
Yesterday I posted about making scary cookies. Today, Britta, Webmistress of the Dark has shared her favorite recipe for a dark, delicious (and deadly addictive) Pepperkakor, a Swedish ginger cookie thats much more tender than traditional American brick-like gingerbread. I first encountered this cookie at IKEA since they sell Anna's Ginger Thins at the checkout counter. Oddly, many recipes for Pepparkakor call for black pepper so add 1/4 –1/2 tsp if you feel the need to scare the taste buds.
Britta writes:
Below is the recipe I used for the gingerbread I just made. I went conservative with the flour because sometimes the weather changes the moisture, and I've had times when too much flour made the dough too crumbly to roll. I think it needed up to 1/2 cup more flour to roll without sticking. Below are some additional tips:
Roll directly onto silicone baking mat, then scoot the mat onto the baking sheet before putting in the oven. (You can use parchment paper but that slides about my counter while I'm rolling.) You can then cut the cookies in place, peel the extra dough from around them, and never have to move the cookies until after they're baked – that keeps their shape perfectly. (Editor's note: Brilliant technique!)
It's a pain to try to roll a whole sheet of dough, so I roll small chunks at a time.
This recipe doesn't spread so you only need about 1/2" between cookies while baking.
Chilling the dough at least 1 hour to set (the flour needs time to absorb the moisture completely).
Spray your measuring cup with non-stick spray first so you can get all the molasses out.
Diane Peterson's Pepparkakor
1 Tbsp. ginger
1 scant tsp. allspice
1 scant tsp. cloves
2 1/2 cups flour (+ up to 1/2 cup more)
Soften the butter first in the bowl to room temperature. Stir the spices into the brown sugar, then add to the butter and mix until creamy. Add the egg, molasses and baking soda then mix thoroughly. Add flour, then chill until set. Roll thin, cut out shapes. Bake at 350º for about 5 minutes or until barely firm but not browned. Much more delicate but not so delicate that they break.
Scary Cookies
One day I will no longer be invited to holiday cookie swap parties, but until then, I will be bringing scary cookies to unsuspecting merrymakers. I know the season is all about tinsel and jolly reindeer, but is it wrong to include cookies with sparkly blood? Gravefully, Fred & Friends agrees with me and makes some great cookie cutters.
You can use standard gingerbread man cookie cutter and simply use a knife to cut off arms and heads, or form bites. If you are making a lot of cookies, you might want to get Fred's ABC Gingerbread Cookie Cutters, since it will go a lot faster with a pre-made mold. This is a perfect use for sparkly red blood gel icing. Festive and grisly!
These Gingerdead Men Cookie Cutters make the job easier by employing the cut-n-stamp action – you cut out the shape with one side and stamp the design into the cookie with the other. If you are not great at frosting cookies, these are also much easier to decorate. You make a runny icing and flood (fill in) the indentations. For even less fuss, place a blob of icing on the cookie and run spatula down the front (pressing icing into the indentations and scraping it off the rest of the cookie). Simple!
For Christmas/Coven parties, try this Cursed Cookie Cutter. For an authentic voodoo doll effect, use a toothpick to create holes in the cookie before baking. Once baked, you can easily stick toothpicks into your cookie doll.
Although Dia de los Muertos has passed, decorated skulls make for a rather festive cookie. These Sweet Spirits Cookie Cutters feature more intricate designs that requires quite a few colors of icing to pull off. But even without icing, these cookies look great.
For advanced cookie makers, these Undead Fred Cookie Cutters gives you the lurching template to start, but your icing skills will be required to fulfill this cookie's charm. With a little creativity, you can make some truly spectacular zombie cookies.
ThanksKilling: The Musical
Happy Turkie Day!?!
After the kids and grandparents are soundly tucked away for the evening, perhaps a late-night horror movie will settle your overfilled gullet. There aren't many Thankgiving-themed horror movies, but if you can appreciate cheesy, raunchy, grade Z, puppet mayhem you must check out ThanksKilling (available on iTunes) and ThanksKilling 3 (available on Amazon Prime and iTunes). Yup, those irreverent geniuses skipped part 2 since most horror sequels suck, and the third movie in franchises tend to jump the shark altogether. Thankskilling 3 features not only "Turkie" from the first movie but a host of other puppets – sort of like a low-brow, post-apocalyptic and bloody Avenue Q (the Broadway show with naughty puppets).
In a bizarre twist, the movie has leapt from screen to stage with ThanksKilling: The Musical brought to you by the wonderfully twisted folks at Balagan Theatre company.
Balagan's off-kilter answer to the "traditional holiday show" is raunchier and wrong-er than ever with the world premiere of ThanksKilling the musical, based on the eponymous cult-hit film about a possessed turkey on a deadly mission to avenge his tortured ancestors.
It opens tomorrow, November 29 and runs through December 14th at the Cornish Playhouse Studio in Seattle.
Let this all sink in and head over to the kitchen for another piece of pie.
Pumpkin Liquor Cocktails
Pumpkin's days are numbered since Fall "ends" with Thanksgiving. Celebrate a great season with a cocktail using the new Kahlúa Pumpkin Spice Liquor or Fulton's Harvest Pumpkin Pie Cream Liquor. These two liquors make simple pour-over-ice-and-serve drinks, or you can make a cocktail. Take a look at the following recipes.
Kahlúa Pumpkin Spice Martini
Recipe from Kahlúa
1 ½ parts Kahlua Pumpkin Spice
1 ½ parts ABSOLUT Vodka
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange zest.
Kahlua Caramel Pumpkin Spice Latte
Recipe from What's Cookin' Chicago
8 oz fresh brewed coffee
1 part Kahlúa Pumpkin Spice liqueur
1 part half & half
1 tablespoon caramel sauce
Combine coffee, Kahlúa Pumpkin Spice liqueur and half & half in a large mug. Top with whipped cream. Drizzle caramel sauce over whipped cream to garnish.
Mellow Pumpkin
Recipe from Fulton's Harvest
1 oz. Fulton's Harvest
1.5 oz Light Rum
1 oz Amaretto Liquor
Add ice to an old-fashioned glass, then pour in the rum. Add Amaretto and Fulton's Harvest, and stir slightly before serving.
For those adventurous bartenders/hipsters out there: with a well-stocked bar (and pantry) you don't need any special pumpkin liquors to enjoy an Autumn treat. Try this more intricate recipe that yields a much more sophisticated and less sweet cocktail. It is FANTASTIC and utterly cool.
Pumpkin Spiced Martini
Recipe from LAist.com
Graham crackers, crushed
1.5 oz house infused vanilla vodka
.5 oz Applejack
.5 oz ginger syrup
1 bar spoon pumpkin butter
Rim a chilled martini glass with crushed graham crackers by dipping it in maple syrup and then dunking in the crumbs. Set aside. Add all the ingredients into a stainless steel cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into the martini glass.
Dracula (2013 TV Series): Review
Three shows in and Dracula continues to both surprise and stupefying. Even though this is a "limited series" I'm not sure how this show ever got made. It's a gothic period piece set in England and with a reimagining of a classic monster villain. It's artistically rendered with lush set pieces, hundreds of extras, period clothing and cars, gratuitous sex, vicious gore, and it's all strangely absorbing.
In this version, Van Helsing reanimates and enlists Dracula to aid him in destroying a secret Order of the Dragons who are hellbent on controlling the world through capital, energy and oil. Dracula's plan is to develop a new energy using electromagnetic science (!) to satiate the world's energy needs (which gives the show a cool steampunk leaning). Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray, Lucy Westenra, and Reinfield are all sort of thrown in subplots, triangles, yada yada. With such a departure from the source material, using the character names from Bram Stoker's classic is simply a means to get this show on the air. I can accept that to a degree. However, the reimagining of Dracula as a younger, kinder, and less menacing American entrepreneur is harder to swallow. I'm not convinced that Jonathan Rhys Meyer was the right choice for Dracula since he's neither charismatic nor menacing and is drawn as a meticulously manicured dandy. (Vlad the Impaler is rolling in his grave.) But I suppose the draw here is a younger demographic that many not care about things like gravitas or presence.
Even with these gripes, the show is fun, occasionally bloody gory for a network show, and an entertaining diversion for a Friday night. And if nothing else, you must see the outstanding opening credits.
The NBC site features an animated web series called Dracula Rising which gives an origin story to this particular version of Dracula: See it below and tune in Fridays at 10/9C for the series.
Grabbers: Review
Grabbers is a horror-comedy from the UK & Ireland that pays homage to B-movies, sci-fi, and buddy cop movies. It's a mix of Tremors, Slither and Gremlins with a touch of Shaun of the Dead and the result is a frothy, inebriated, and entertaining creature feature. When an outer space monster wrecks havoc on a small island village, the local sheriffs discover that the only way to avoid being eaten is to be cold-stone drunk. (Yes, this is definitely worth seeing while knocking back a few beers.) Grabbers doesn't take itself too seriously or aspire to be more than the run-of-the-mill monster movie, but its perfectly gleeful, offbeat tone manages to create a fun atmosphere that horror-comedies rarely achieve. This is due largely to the brilliant assemble cast, crisp writing, and a brisk tempo that keeps the action moving. Also, looking at this CGI monster, it's difficult to believe that this is an indie film and not some overblown Hollywood schlock. The gore is minimal but the occasional head does roll. Grabbers was finally released on DVD last week (a year after premiering abroad).
US Poster
UK Poster
Catching up with Britta, Webmistress of the Dark
Several years ago, I purchased a copy of Eerie Elegance to review for my Halloween site. Upon looking at the publication information, I realized that the author lived 5 minutes from my house. Clearly fate wanted to bring us together, and this year I had the honor of joining her Scream Team. Over the course of four months, we worked tireless hours to bring her vision for her 20th annual Halloween party to life. The theme was Nightmare Before Christmas (in honor of it's 20th Anniversary) which long-time readers may know is my favorite movie of all time. Before we get to all the pictures, videos, and behind-the-scenes madness, Britta, Webmistress of the Dark shares some insights about her Halloween.
Why do you like Halloween?
Halloween is the most creative holiday. Not only are creative costumes a must, but so many varieties of decor can work for Halloween themes...and even better when you have fun making your own!
What are must-have essentials for your Halloween decor?
Candles and candleholders. I've moved more to LED flicker candles now, since California Halloweens are still too warm for as many real candles as I'd like, plus are safer with so many guests milling around.
What is your flavor of Halloween?
Whimsical gothic spooky style. The Haunted Mansion, the Addams Family, Edward Gorey and Tim Burton are my favorites. Spooky and often unsettling, but nothing too bloody or terrifying.
What's the best advice for a Halloween novice?
When people see the elaborate decor and parties I do, they are overwhelmed and don't know where to start. I remind them that I started with humble beginnings myself, and my collection has grown gradually over the past two decades. I would never be able to start completely from scratch and do the same level of parties I do today. Select some projects you can do well and start building your collection, and leave yourself room to grow.
Do you make your own props and why?
I really enjoy making my own props. I am happiest when I am creating something, so having a reason to create new decor, props, and costumes is why Halloween is my favorite time of year. I often find something pre-made that I can transform into a new creation, like using plastic cauldrons & skull funnels to make my Frightful Skull Fountain that spews bloody red punch!
What do your friends and/or family think about your Halloween interests?
I am very lucky to have creative friends who complete my party with their Creepy Cuisine and fantastic costumes. I love being a venue for them to express their own creativity! My family has never really been Halloween fans and my mother just reluctantly attended her very first of my Halloween parties, but they support me completely. No one else on my street decorates for Halloween, but especially when the castle walls started going up, several neighbors have stopped by and told me "We look forward to what new things you'll do for Halloween every year."
Do you have a Halloween party? If so, what is it like?
Yes, for the past few years I have transformed my house and yard into Castle Brittahytta, with faux stone walls inside and out, gargoyles and owls arranged in displays, candles everywhere, spiderweb lace curtains and pillows, homemade ancient spellbooks, glowing laboratory libations in the steampunk study, everything in my style I call Eerie Elegance. However, this special year the theme was all The Nightmare Before Christmas and was several years of preparation. This year was also my 20th Halloween party in a row and I had a record year with over 80 guests!
When Ghosts Attack: Review
Paranormal TV shows continue to be churned out on a weekly basis. The latest to catch my eye is called When Ghosts Attack which premiered last month on Destination America. It feels more like an extension of their other hit show A Haunting which features first-person accounts with the actual victims and reenactments with strangely similar-looking actors. The focus of this show is a very specific: malevolent forces that cause physical harm. Many paranormal experts believe that ghosts are rarely able to move objects – most don't even have enough energy to visually appear. Often physical hauntings are believed to be caused by non-human forces (shudder), so perhaps this show should be called When DEMONS Attack. That's probably a little too intense for Destination America but it makes this well-produced series more compelling. Each story is given a short 30 minutes to unfold and rarely offers a resolution for the victims, many of whom simply flee. Viewers of haunting shows know that doesn't solve much, and so far the show has not involved any paranormal experts to offer assistance. I feel bad for these people, and whether you believe ghosts exist or hoaxes abound, it still makes for an entertaining late-night show.
The Bigfoot Mystery
When I was a kid, my mother's boyfriend left the house in the middle of the night, dragging enormous boot prints through the snow in the front yard. My sisters and I thought immediately—bigfoot, sasquatch, the abominable snowman. We thought of the furry but kindhearted beast in the old Rudolph television show, but scarier, much scarier. Just weeks earlier, one of the two sisters and I had made long moaning noises, throaty groans, outside the youngest sister's window. We got in a lot of trouble. It was Halloween times and we lacked costumes, but we began what turned into a lifelong obsession with Bigfoot.
We weren't the only ones—for years, people have been impersonating Bigfoot by sporting both good and subpar Halloween costumes. Below are a few of their stories.
Georgia Hoax
In 2008, a Georgia Sheriff's Deputy and his friend acquired a Bigfoot Halloween costume they thought would take them all the way. Claiming to have discovered a body, the pair went live with photos and Youtube videos (since taken down, but excerpted here [https://www.youtube.com/user/bigfootpolice]). Photos revealed a decomposing sasquatch shoved into a cooler, complete with underbite dentures.
Montana Hoax
In 2012, a Montana man dressed not in a Halloween costume, but a military Ghillie suit and set to trick drivers on a highway. Unfortunately, it was dark and his suit camouflaged him so well that he was hit by a car. 44-year-old Randy Lee Tenley was struck by a second car and died at the scene.
Patterson-Gimlin Film
This bigfoot sighting is not necessarily a hoax—unlike the others, there is no definitive proof. The Patterson-Gimlin film is considered the most credible (and first) of all bigfoot evidence and depicts what is assumed to be a female sasquatch sauntering across a meadow in California. Recently, Bob Heironimus has come forward, claiming that Robert Patterson paid for a suit and Heirononimus, eager to make a quick buck, played a lady bigfoot.
Guest post by Lydia Mondy, who believes in the power of belief and anchovies on pizza. When she isn't hunting bigfoot, you can find her writing about Halloween costumes and cheering on the LA Dodgers.
Bigfoot is Back
Bigfoot lore is always a hot property. In the new book released this August, Abominable Science! Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids, authors Daniel Loxton and Donald Prothero look at the history of a number of famous (and infamous) beasts, analyzing evidence in favor and against their existence. While Loxton writes for Skeptic magazine, Prothero is a paleontologist—the combination allows for a thorough and interesting explanation of the things we believe in.
If you are a fan of Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot, prepare for a new season starting this Sunday, November 10th. It promises a global bigfoot exploration with something for everyone.
Director Bobcat Goldthwait's new found footage movie called Willow Creek, which has been making the festival rounds earlier this year is slated for release this fall. (See the trailer below.)
The first few weeks in November are a good time to decompress, sort through hundreds of photos, and store all those wicked things in coordinated orange bins. After a very long season, two major Halloween projects, and a new website that I've cooked up, I'm hoping to be caught up very soon. Stay tuned for more scary things.
I've been running a few guest posts to share some news and information that I think would be interesting to readers of My Scary Blog. If you are interested in submitting an article, please email me at myscaryhalloween@me.com. Posts should be relevant or timely, about something scary, and express a personal viewpoint. I'm always looking for movie & TV reviews (because I can see everything), product recommendations (because I like useful stuff), or any Halloween-related photos, yard haunts, costumes, recipes or ideas (because we all need inspiration). Posts may be edited for length and clarity, and I can't promise to run every submission. Thanks in advance for sharing!
Pixar & Guillermo del Toro Working on Dia de los Muertos Films
Even with the large Mexican-American population in the U.S. there has yet to be a mainstream film that embraces this very important, visually-striking, and colorful holiday. The next few years will remedy that with two upcoming family films meant to capitalize on Dia de los Muertos.
The Book of Life
The Guillermo del Toro produced animated film to be released in October 17, 2014. The film has been described as a Romeo and Juliet style love story set against a Mexican Day of the Dead backdrop and follows the journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure in three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears. The film is being directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez who is no stranger to the colorful skeletons and whimsical nature of the holiday,a and stars the voices of Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, Diego Lina and Christina Applegate.
Pixar's Dia de los Muertos Film
Pixar is also working on a Dia de los Muertos film and faced some backlash earlier this year when they tried to trademark "Dia de los Muertos." The long-gestating project has been announced but doesn't have a title or a release date (insiders suggest a 2016 release). The film is being directed by Lee Unkrick, director of some of Pixar's best films including Toy Story 2 & 3, Finding Nemo and Monsters, Inc.
Feliz Dia de los Muertos
The Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos is celebrated over 2 days, November 1 & 2. Many think that it's the Latin Halloween, but that's not quite right. Yes, there are calaveras ("skeletons") and costumes, but it's a more personal celebration where family members gather to remember loved ones who have passed on.
It's also a very colorful and ornate holiday full of colored paper, marigolds, pan de muerto ("bread of the dead"), and ofrendas ("small shrines") of the belongings and favorite food of the deceased. All this is meant to ensure that the living remain connected the past, that younger generations know their family history, and that the Mexican culture continues to embrace and respect Death (with a playful, familiar outlook).
Below is a slideshow by photojournalist Enrico Martino who captured a Dia de los Muertos celebration in Oaxaca, Mexico.
MEXICO, EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS from enrico martino on Vimeo.
Final Count: 348 Trick 'r Treaters
It took an army of fiends, but we got through the night and handed out candy to 348 trick 'r treaters. That's almost 100 more than last year! During the deluge of souls, I lurked outside to hear the comments, and many people remembered not only our house, but our specific decorations (which I rotate from year to year). I don't know why, but I find that so surprising.
This year I added a projection to our front window (my first foray into more technologically-advanced decor) and most people loved it – a few were turned off by the "gore" and a few even passed our house saying it was too scary (while their kids rubbernecked with wide-eyes). Halloween is supposed to be scary!
I was asked why I do this and my response is simple: to keep Halloween traditions alive. I want these kids to grow up and remember that weird house with all the scary lights, music and monsters. A few of them will wake up one day and realize that they have a yearning to create and share new Halloween memories with others, and the cycle continues. Halloween is in the blood. You can't learn to love it. It's a passion that's just there from the beginning, waiting to surface and fill your life with dark happiness.
What a great night! One of the best by far.
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grisly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
(from Michael Jackson's Thriller)
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Support team sought
When I ran the 874 mile route from John O'Groats to Lands End in 2007 it was done with the help of a first class road side support team. They were a team full of "characters" and a lot of the success of that particular run was down to their hard work and support.
Over the last few months, I've been putting together a similar team for the journey across the USA. I now have just 36 days left to fill with drivers. The gaps in the schedule are from Helper in Utah (A) on the 29th May to Hannibal in Missouri on the 3rd July. There is still the stretch across the Rocky Mountains in Colorado up for grabs.
If you would like to join the USA 2011 Support Team as a driver then here are a few facts:
You will be required to drive an RV which we will be using for transport and accommodation all across the USA.
Team members are required to commit at least 14 full days of their time for support duties.
Team members are required to pay for their own flights.
Team members are required to arrange their own Visas where applicable.
The accommodation and petrol costs will be payed for by myself.
Team members are required to pay for their own food.
Team members must have a sense of humour!
Team members must be able to encourage and motivate.
If you think you fit the bill and would like to be part of the USA 2011 Support Team then please click here to apply. If you have any questions then I can be reached on sponsorship@rungeordierun.com.
A good face for radio...fortunately!
The Run Geordie Run PR wagon continued to roll on and on today with Metro Radio airing an interview I did last Friday during the morning news bulletins. You can listen to it here.
This evening I was live on North Manchester FM's late evening show presented by two lovely people; Julie Burnell and Charlie Walduck. I absolutely love doing live interviews so this was a real treat. More importantly, it was also a very good opportunity to spread the word about the run and the 2 charities further afield. Julie and Charlie will be keeping tabs on my progress across the USA and it's great to have their support.
Next week promises to be equally as busy on the radio front. On Tuesday morning I will be live on the Gary and Lisa Breakfast Show. That's them pictured with a Run Geordie Run t-shirt in front of the legendary 08:15 vending machine.
On Tuesday evening I will be giving Simon Pryde, John Anderson and Marco Gabbiadini an update on my progress on BBC Newcastle's Total Sport show. I hope to be a studio guest on this show before I set off on the run.
This radio coverage together with numerous up and coming newspaper, magazine and website appearances should really help to spread the word of the run across the USA to plenty of people. Finally, with local BBC Look North on board (and the possibility of national BBC coverage as result) it's safe to say that publicity for the run is pretty much where it should be.
It's at this point, I'd like to thank all of the presenters, producers and journalists involved. Helping to publicise not only the run but also the good work done by St Benedict's Hospice and The Children's Foundation is such an important part of making the run across the USA a success.
Kit Sponsorship available
Local IT company Digital Spark are now the main kit sponsors of Run Geordie Run. All of my running kit is now branded with their logo as you can see below. This is the kit that will be seen by countless numbers of people as I run across the USA. With appearances lined up on the BBC and numerous magazines, newspapers and websites excellent exposure is guaranteed for my friends at Digital Spark.
There is still room for other sponsor information on my kit. If you would like your company name or logo adding, then please drop me a line at sponsorship@rungeordierun.com for further details.
There are still vacancies for the Support Team for the month of June. If you are interested in applying then please click here.
Run Geordie Run T-Shirts - SOLD OUT
A huge thank you goes to everyone who has bought a Run Geordie Run t-shirt over the last 2 years. There are 670 of you out there and you have raised a most impressive £7,806.84 for St Benedict's Hospice and The Children's Foundation. T-Shirts have sold for a minimum of £10, with the full £10 going to the 2 charities. This would not have been possible without Peter McCowie and nufc.com paying the production costs for the t-shirts and www.customplanet.co.uk making them at cost price.
Sadly, there are no Run Geordie Run t-shirts left. However, if I get enough interest, I hope to have a limited run of t-shirts produced to celebrate the run across the USA. I've had a design in mind for a long time and it will be great to see it turned into a t-shirt. Watch this space near the end of the run (around about Philadelphia).
I've had a couple of seemingly interested parties enquiring about sponsoring the "Team Bus" this year. Alas, the enquiries came to nothing so I'm still on the lookout for a sponsor.
If you are an individual or company who would like to sponsor the RV that will house me and my support team (or Team Bus as I like to call it) then please drop me a line at sponsorship@rungeordierun.com for further info. I can offer some really good publicity in return and your logo splashed all over the Team Bus.
The very first draft cover for the book
Here it is! The very first draft cover of my book. I'm still trying to get a good strong testimonial quote for the cover but it's pretty much there or thereabouts I think.
I've been told the yellow writing on the front can be all embossed and shiny. Nice!
Last of the Run Geordie Run t-shirts
This is a warning for those readers who have always wanted to order a Run Geordie Run t-shirt but never quite got round to it. Almost 800 have been sold so far and right now there are only 19 Run Geordie Run t-shirts left in sizes SMALL and LARGE. Yes that's right. Only 19!
If you would like a t-shirt then they are only £10 (plus P&P) with the FULL AMOUNT going to charity.
Please click here to order.
Sponsorship Landmark
It doesn't seem like 5 minutes since I reported that the £21'000 limit had been reached. It was in fact only 10 days ago!
I can now report that the £22,000 barrier has been smashed and the fund for the 2 charities currently stands at a whopping £22,440.34. That's £11,018.84 for St Benedict's Hospice and £11,421.50 for The Children's Foundation.
Thanks to everyone who has made a donation so far. Your support is really appreciated. If you would like to sponsor my run across the USA, starting in just 80 days time, then donations can be made at www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun1 (St Benedict's Hospice) or www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun2 (The Children's Foundation).
Read all aboot it.
I'm very pleased to announce that not long after I finish the run across the USA a book will be published entitled "Run For Home".
The book, published by Tonto Books, will be my account of not only the coast to coast run across the USA but the events of my life that have influenced my decision to undertake such a huge run.
Industry website, thebookseller.com recently reported "Tonto Books has acquired a non-fiction title which will chart a charity runner's journey across America.
World rights were acquired directly from the writer Mark Allison by publisher Stu Wheatman.
The book, provisionally entitled Run For Home, follows self-professed "overweight, pie-loving, football-mad Geordie" Alison as he attempts to run from California to New York, aiming to complete the journey in 100 days. He will run an average of 31 miles a day and is aiming to raise £50,000, to be divided between St Benedict's Hospice and The Children's Foundation.
Wheatman said: "Mark is a true one-off. So far, he has covered hundreds of miles raising money for charity. . .
"We're going to be writing the book as he runs, sending it to print and aim to launch it as he completes the 3,100 miles in New York. It's a long shot, but it might just work."".
I'm really looking forward to working on the book. To have a permanent reminder of all that went on during the run across the USA is going to be brilliant for me personally. "Something to show the Grandchildren" as they say.
Something for the weekend
I'm now entering the final phase of training for the run across the USA which starts in 85 days! With work, family and other commitments it's very difficult to plan runs during the week. It's a case of doing what I can when I can. Thankfully, this is not the case on a typical weekend so I've been able to put together the following nice little schedule for the next 8 weeks.
5th - 10miles - Shotley Bridge to Metrocentre
6th - 11 miles - Shotley Bridge to Whittonstall and back
12th - 22 miles - Castleside to Middleton
13th - 22 miles - Middleton to Castleside
19th - 32 miles - Shotley Bridge to Alston
20th - 11 miles - Shotley Bridge to Whittonstall and back
26th - Beach Bootcamp
26th - 10 miles - Tynemouth to Gosforth Chippy
5th - Beach Bootcamp
5th - 10 miles - Tynemouth to Gosforth Chippy
6th - 32 miles - Alston to Shotley Bridge
12th - 32 miles - Shotley Bridge to Allenheads
18th - 36 miles - Edinburgh to Melrose
19th - 39 miles - Melrose to Otterburn
20th - 32 miles - Otterburn to Newcastle
27th - 32 miles - Battle in the Borders
Thanks to Northern Runner
A special thank you is due to local specialist running shop, Northern Runner for taking up the option of sponsoring www.rungeordierun.com for another year. This is the 3rd year that the blog has been sponsored by Northern Runner. Sponsor money has already been sent to St Benedict's Hospice and The Children's Foundation and the total now stands at £21,833.34.
My association with Northern Runner goes back quite a few years now. I've bought shoes and clothing from there for many of my major runs. It was actually John Lavender, one of the staff, who put me on to Brooks shoes back in 2007 a few months before I ran 874 miles from John O'Groats to Lands End. The rest, as they say, is history and those shoes saw me safely to Lands End while the run raised £34,108 for St Benedict's Hospice.
So I'd like to give a sincere thanks to Northern Runner for their continued support of this website and more importantly of the 2 charities I'm raising funds for. From my own experiences over the years, I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for new shoes or clothing. The shop is located on Low Friar Street in Newcastle just down from The Gate complex. Don't forget to tell them I sent you!
Ankle progress
It's been just over 8 months since I had 2 metal screws inserted into the broken medial malleolus bone in my ankle. Such has been the quality of my recovery that I sometimes forget that I ever fell off my bike that hot May day.
With hindsight, running from Edinburgh to Newcastle last November seems like it was a turning point in my recovery. Since that 107 mile effort over 3 days, I seem to have regained the full range and flexibility in my ankle. I was told in August, that that may not happen. I was also told in A&E last May to "forget all about the run". Thankfully, with a careful and measured period of rehab, there's no forgetting here that I'll be running coast to coast across the USA in 86 days time.
Regular readers will remember that bookmakers Paddy Power made a donation to the 2 charities and my right ankle is now known as "The Paddy Power Bionic Ankle".
The ankle has certainly been put through it's paces recently with plenty of hills and a mixture of terrain. In October, due to a lack of flexibility, hills caused me a bit of a problem. Now, though, with a full range of movement things are very much back to normal.
As an added bonus, last month I walked through a security metal detector at the US Embassy and I didn't set it off! Brilliant!

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YANAKIYEVE, Ukraine — Seven Ukrainian troops were killed in overnight fighting in the restive east, Ukrainian officials said Friday, as clashes between government forces and pro-Russian rebels flared two days after the president said he would soon call a unilateral cease-fire. Rebels were operating tanks in the region, a particular sore spot for Ukraine, which accuses Russia of letting the vehicles cross the border. By Marko Dobrnjakovic and Nataliya Vasilyeva. SENT: 410 words, photos. UPCOMING: 480 words by 1130 GMT.
SOFIA, Bulgaria — At least 12 people have died and an unknown number are missing after heavy rain and floods hit parts of northeastern Bulgaria, officials said on Friday. Police in the worst-hit Black Sea resort town of Varna have confirmed that 10 bodies have been recovered from floodwaters. It was unclear how many more people were missing after torrential rain flooded large parts of the coastal town. SENT: 210 words, photos.
LAZARAT, Albania — Albanian police say they have seized huge amounts of marijuana and heavy weapons used by drug gangs, a day after taking control of a lawless southern village. A police statement Friday said they checked 130 houses and other buildings in Lazaratt, and seized and destroyed 23.4 tons of marijuana and 81,300 plants, four drug-processing laboratories. They also report seizing many weapons including rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and a sniper rifle. SENT: 130 words, photos.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish freelance photographer who had been held captive for 13 months in Syria has been released and has been reunited with his family, officials said Friday. Denmark's Foreign Ministry said Daniel Rye Ottosen, 25, had been held since May 17, 2013, in Syria where he went to photograph the conflict and the civilian population's conditions. By Jan M. Olsen. SENT: 240 words.
BARNARD CASTLE, England — Carved into the simple obelisk commemorating the fallen are the names of five sons of Margaret and John McDowell Smith. There's a story behind the name that isn't there — a sixth brother, Wilfred — and a century after World War I a local historian has dug out the details from archives. Wilfred Smith's survival is a story of sacrifice amid a war that demanded so much of it from virtually every family in Britain, and of a plea which touched the heart of a queen. By Danica Kirka. SENT: 1,340 words, photos.
LONDON — State-backed Lloyds Banking Group PLC has increased the number of shares it is selling in its TSB unit amid strong investor demand. The bank, which was bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis, is now selling more than 35 percent of the unit, rather than the 25 percent initially planned. The opening price was put at 260 pence, valuing the company at 1.3 billion ($2.2 billion.) SENT: 210 words.
BERLIN — The international race to take over France's engineering company Alstom SA entered its final stretch on Friday, with Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries responding to General Electric Co.'s sweetened bid by raising their own combined offer. Alstom is due to decide by Monday what offer to accept, after the French government had solicited improved bids for the company, which builds turbines for power stations and pioneered the high-speed TGV trains, later exported around the world. The government is concerned over a loss of jobs and sensitive energy technology from France. SENT: 260 words.
BRUSSELS — The European Union is closing a loophole that allows companies to shift their profits between different country divisions to avoid taxation. European Union finance ministers in Luxembourg on Friday agreed on the reform after months of squabbling because some countries feared losing business from multinational firms. SENT: 130 words.
VIENNA — Diplomats familiar with the progress of Iran nuclear talks say some differences have been narrowed between Tehran and six world powers. But they report little progress on the main dispute, with Iran resisting U.S.-led attempts to place strict constraints on its uranium enrichment program. By George Jahn. SENT: 130 words, photos.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis condemned the legalization of recreational drugs as a flawed and failed experiment on Friday, lending his voice to a debate which is raging from the U.S. to Uruguay and beyond. Francis told delegates to a drug-enforcement conference in Rome that even limited attempts to legalize recreational drugs "are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects." By Nicole Winfield. SENT: 200 words.


Well, there's no doubt that the cinematic side of Assassin's Creed Syndicate looks really compelling. A new TV spot features some absolutely crazy concepts in motion for the upcoming open world assassination title.
This game is all about bringing down the suppressors of London's society while struggling with gang conflict and controlling territory. It's not that offbeat of an idea for the Assassin's Creed title. Our heroes regularly fill the role of the underdog against the Templar and their rich positions.
I'm hoping that the grit and grey of London during this era works well for the title. I love color in my games, and there's nothing quite like a rich and vivid sunset regardless of the genre. This game looks very, very grey. It fits the mood, absolutely, I'm just hoping that it doesn't distract from the experience.
We'll see. Heck, I just want it to work after Unity last year.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate will launch for the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Oct. 23, 2015.


After a great Saturday with trainees and aiesecers from Istanbul, I spent a great Sunday and Monday with Vlajko, Maria, 12 other Brussels trainees and Ozi&Asli (alumnis from Turkey).
Thanks for a great time (and beer and chocolates, of course :P)!
The rest of the photos from both days is at Flickr.
Nino it was absolutely GREAAAAAAAAAT! I was so thrilled that I saw you after so long!!!!
We should keep in touch a bit more….. and even more now that I feel more Serbian than before!!


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S. [Semën Akimovič] An-skij / Семён Акимович Ан-ский / ש. אנ-סקי
Antiwar songs by S. [Semën Akimovič] An-skij / Семён Акимович Ан-ский / ש. אנ-סקי
Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport (1863, Chashniki –1920, Otwock), known by his pseudonym S. Ansky (or An-sky), was a Russian Jewish author, playwright, researcher of Jewish folklore, polemicist, and cultural and political activist.
S. Ansky was born in Chashniki, Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire. Initially he wrote in Russian, but from 1904, he became known mainly as a Yiddish author.
Under the influence of the Russian narodnik movement, Ansky became interested in ethnography, as well as socialism, and became a political activist. After the 1917 Russian Revolution he was elected to the All-Russian Constituent Assembly as a deputy of the Social-Revolutionary Party.
Between 1911 and the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, he headed ethnographical expeditions to various Jewish towns of Volhynia and Podolia, composing a detailed ethnographic questionnaire of more than 2000 questions.
He is best known for his play The Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds. The play was first staged in the Elyseum Theatre in Warsaw two months after the author's death in Otwock on November 8, 1920. It was subsequently translated into a dozen or more languages and performed thousands of times all over the world. It is still being produced, along with numerous adaptations, as well as operas, ballets, and symphonic suites. (For example in 2011 there were seven different productions.) It is considered the jewel of the Jewish theatre.[2] In the early years The Dybbuk was considered so significant that parodies of it were written and produced.
Although The Dybbuk is An-sky's best-known work, he published an impressive number of works of literature, politics and ethnography. His Collected Works, which do not include all his writings, comprise fifteen volumes. An-sky wrote a number of other plays, four of which are included in this collection, long out of print. One ("Day and Night") is, like The Dybbuk, a Hasidic Gothic story. The other three plays have revolutionary themes, and were originally written in Russian: "Father and Son." "In a Conspiratorial Apartment," and "The Grandfather." All four have recently been republished in a bilingual Yiddish-English edition.
Ansky was also the author of the song Di Shvue (The Oath), which became the anthem of the Jewish Socialist Bund party. He was the author of the poem (later made into a song) In Zaltsikn Yam (In the Salty Sea), which was dedicated to the Bund as well.
Mausoleum of the Three Writers (Peretz, Dinezon, and Ansky) in Warsaw
Ansky's ethnological collections were locked away in Soviet vaults for years, but some material has come to light since the 1990s. The State Ethnographic Museum at St. Petersburg holds a good deal of it.
Some of his vast collection of cylinder recordings made on these expeditions have been transferred to CD as well.
His ethnographic report of the deliberate destruction of Jewish communities by the Russian army in the First World War, The Enemy at His Pleasure: A Journey Through the Jewish Pale of Settlement During World War I, has become a major source in the historiography of the war's impact on civilian populations.
In 1917 he was elected to the Russian Constituent Assembly as a Social-Revolutionary deputy.
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Apoptygma Berzerk is reinventing its sound which is different from, but complementary to, the electro rock future pop stylings of the previous releases. As a.
Major news from the Belgian electronica act Metroland, known for their updated Kraftwerk sound. The band's 2012 song "The Passenger" has been selected to appear.
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, IDM, cinematographic. Background/Info: For more than 10 years now, Stephan Hummel (aka SubatractiveLAD) is releasing music like hell. After numerous productions released on.
Passenger A and Passenger S (aka Andy de Decker and Sven Lauwers) both are the machine operators active at Metroland. I know they don't like.
Out today, exactly 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the Ukrainian record label Aby Sho Music releases The Ukrainians' version of Kraftwerk's "Radioactivity" as.
Yesterday we informed you about the re-release of Karl Bartos' "Communication" as a vinyl+CD package. Today we can announce you 2 extra releases, namely two.
Former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos has released the re-release of the album "Communication" as a vinyl+CD package (you can order that one right here). "Communication".
Former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos has released the first single ("Life") from the re-release of the album "Communication" out by late March as a vinyl+CD.
In August 2015 the belgian scene but in particular the electropop act Metroland suffered a tragic blow when their sound engineer and very close friend.
This is something for Kraftwerk fans. Out now is the newest Datamaskin "Airport", taken from their recently released 10-track debut album "Retrosonic Voices" (listen here.
I European (Seán Barron from Empire State Human) and Wolfgang Flür have announced the physical release of their 2014 collaboration "Activity of Sound" in no.


« Melt Your Mental Monsters.
Today we ask that you not take things so seriously.
If people didn't take things so seriously, this would be a much more peaceful world.
All tyrants and dictators are people who take themselves very seriously. In truth, they might be quite foolish — dressing up in costumes, putting big pictures and statues of themselves everywhere. But they take themselves very seriously, to the point of murdering those who do not take them seriously. That is how desperate they are to be taken seriously.
All wars are started by people who take things very seriously, who demand to be taken seriously. Terrorists are people who take themselves very seriously.
If you have the ability to laugh and find humor in your situation, you probably aren't going to go kill people.
What is the opposite of taking things too seriously?
That is a beautiful phrase, isn't it. To "make light" of something.
Who wouldn't want to make light of things?
Only someone who takes things too seriously.
The truly wise people in this world smile and laugh very easily. Even in the midst of trouble and turmoil, they can smile and laugh. They are very quick to laugh at themselves, to see the absurdity of their own situation and thoughts. All true sages are like this.
So dictators are people who take themselves very seriously. And sages are people who make light of things, and easily laugh.
This points the way to a truth of human existence.
The most direct way out of suffering is to make light of the situation. To find humor in it.
Imagine someone traveling with a baby on an airplane. The baby soils his diapers, and the diapers leak all over the person's clothes. There is nothing that can be done until the plane flight is over. The person will just have to sit in his soiled clothes, for everyone to see.
The person might fall into a terrible, angry mood. The flight is ruined; it is a nightmare. He will be unpleasant to the people around him, and even behave resentfully toward the innocent baby.
That is someone who takes himself too seriously.
Another person would easily laugh at the situation, enjoying it as a comedy. He loves the baby and even manages to have a good time on the plane flight.
That is someone who knows how to make light of things.
This applies to everything that happens, to all dramas that humans experience.
In every moment, you can take yourself too seriously, or you can make light.
Usually a voice will argue and say that some things are very serious and should be taken seriously.
This is not meant to minimize traumatic events, or to suppress emotions like sadness or grief. Obviously there are times when it necessary to cry long before you can laugh.
It is most useful to apply this awareness to mundane situations: getting stuck in traffic, encountering a grumpy person, dealing with a child throwing a tantrum, dealing with a mix-up over a bill, and so on.
As you feel the negative emotions boil up, ask yourself: how can I make light of this?
If you can laugh, the suffering and drama will be over.
Obviously if you break a limb, laughing about it will not make the physical pain stop. But laughing will reduce your suffering over it, which can in turn measurably decrease pain and increase the speed of healing.
If someone who takes things very seriously breaks a limb, he will make a big drama over it. He will blame himself or others. He will be miserable and focus on his pain.
Whereas someone who finds humor in the situation will just get on with his life and heal more quickly.
Making light of things is a habit. It is something you can train yourself to do, even if you are by nature a serious person.
Just ask yourself: "Can I find something funny about this situation?" If you make a habit of this, it will become easier, and ultimately instinctive.
If you observe the characters in comedies, they usually take themselves very seriously. They do not understand that they are characters in a comedy. If they did, there wouldn't be much to laugh at. It is because they take themselves very seriously that they are funny. The audience can see this, but they cannot.
It is the same in "real life." Often people who take themselves very seriously are quite silly, if you have the capacity to see them with the correct perspective. People who huff and puff and grumble and complain and shout their serious opinions at everyone — they are often the silliest people, though they hate being made fun of.
So just pay attention when you feel very serious and self-righteous about something. When you are arguing with someone and really need to be right.
If you have lost your sense of humor, then on some level you are a fool, just like the characters in the comedies you laugh at.
Sometimes the best way out of suffering is to do something silly, like stand on one leg or make a silly noise. It is impossible to laugh and be miserable at the same time. As soon as you can perceive the absurdity of your situation, you are free.
In your culture, often "serious things" are seen as "important," whereas light-hearted things are seen as trivial. But really this is very backward. Making people laugh, shining a light on the absurdity of existence, helping people not to take everything too seriously — this is deeply meaningful work. It is not trivial.
So if you are feeling stuck and unhappy, look to ways to make light of things. And if you are too depressed to do that, watch something or read something that makes you laugh and brings a smile to your face.
Make light of things. Don't take yourself too seriously.


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'Twin Peaks' explained, 'Part 14:' Such stuff as dreams are made of
By Will Nicol August 14, 2017
David Lynch's "18-hour movie" approach to Twin Peaks: The Return means that the series has a pace unlike any other big show. Many scenes seem disconnected from the episodes around them, some episodes consist largely of dialogue, and some even break away from the story to conduct an experiment in form. Then there are episodes like Part 14, where events pour forth at such a furious rate, the whole episode feels like one of Gordon Cole's delirious Monica Bellucci dreams.
What comes in dreams?
Cole's dream sequence in Part 14 is one of the most striking parts in an episode full of startling imagery, and given the primacy of dreams throughout Twin Peaks, it bears discussion. Dreams occupy a place of spiritual, thematic importance in the show. Cooper's first trip to the Red Room — one of the original series' most iconic scenes — occurs while he is dreaming, and it is there that the Man from Another Place and Laura Palmer give him clues to solve the mystery of Laura's murder.
Cooper endorsed dream analysis as a means of investigating, and it seems to be a common trait among members of the Blue Rose squad, as Cole is preoccupied with his dream, laying out the details for Albert and Tammy. Traveling through a Paris rendered in grayscale, Cole meets actress Monica Bellucci for coffee. Gordon can see Cooper nearby, but his face is hidden.
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Bellucci says "We are like the dreamer, who dreams, and then lives inside the dream … But who is the dreamer?"
Gordon then turns around to see himself and Cooper, in a scene from the film Fire Walk with Me, in which the long-missing Phillip Jeffries (David Bowie) walks into Cole's office, pointing to Cooper and asking "Who do you think that is there?"
The first part of the dream expresses the show's fascination with the different layers of reality, and Gordon's concern regarding Cooper's identity. It also reiterates the show's focus on emotion, rather than reason; when Bellucci finishes her statement, Cole mentions a "powerful, uneasy feeling" washing over him. The emotion comes unbidden, and Cole can only accept it.
That the dream segues into a scene from Fire Walk with Me further establishes the importance of that film, once considered a misstep for Lynch, which has formed the backbone of the Cooper plot. Jeffries calls into question Cooper's identity, a problem Cole has been trying to solve since finding Cooper's doppelganger in prison, and along with the information he receives from Sheriff Truman — who calls to tell him about the missing pages of Laura Palmer's diary, which mention "two Coopers" — Cole seems to be closing in on the truth.
All roads lead to Twin Peaks
The Return has had a noticeably grander scope than the original show, taking place largely in South Dakota and Nevada, but it still drifts back to Twin Peaks, creating a sense that the conflict is occurring on a global (or at least continental) scale. The show expands its scope all the way to Europe in Part 14, as James Hurley and his fellow security guard Freddie sit outside the Great Northern Hotel on break. James asks why Freddie always wears a green glove on his right hand, and Freddie tells him a story about how, one day in London, he was sucked into a portal in the air.
On the other side, he met a figure calling himself "The Fireman," who tells Freddie to go to a nearby store and buy a box containing only one glove. After an unfortunate incident with an obstructionist clerk, Freddie acquires the glove, granting him superhuman strength in his right hand, but the item is also bonded to his flesh.
It's a weird story, but makes a great deal of sense following a previous scene in Part 14, in which the Twin Peaks police finally reach the spot indicated to them by Major Briggs. They find the eyeless woman that Cooper met in Part 3, and a portal appears, pulling Andy into the Black Lodge. There, he meets the Giant, now calling himself The Fireman, who shows Andy a collection of images, including the Woodsman, the birth of BOB, and Cooper's doppelganger, filling Andy with knowledge of what is happening and what he must do.
"The Fireman" also provided Freddie with the knowledge to acquire the glove, and told him to go to Twin Peaks where he would find his destiny. Will Freddie actually have some great fate? Knowing the show, his destiny could be something as mundane as lifting a heavy box for Cooper. Regardless, the scene establishes that whatever is happening with the Black Lodge, it is happening in multiple locations, with Twin Peaks as the epicenter.
What's really going on with the Roadhouse?
Most episodes of The Return end in the Roadhouse, where bands perform for the oddly hip people of Twin Peaks. Not all of the Roadhouse scenes are mere showcases of Lynch's indie playlist, however. Often, characters will meet and talk during the performances. Some of these scenes have been important (the introduction of Richard Horne took place during a Roadhouse performance), while others concern characters we never see again, offering a glimpse into the lives of people not involved in the plot — a valuable reminder that there is a world outside of Cooper and the Twin Peaks P.D.
At the end of Part 14, before a lively performance from rock artist Lissie, two women, Megan (Shane Lynch) and Sophie (Emily Stofle), discuss the former's drug habit before getting into a meatier topic: The whereabouts of Billy, Audrey's unseen lover, mentioned in an earlier episode. Megan relates how Billy appeared outside her family's house days earlier, bleeding profusely and washing his head in their sink before disappearing. She also reveals that her mother is the Tina referenced by Audrey previously, another of Billy's lovers.
Audrey's role in The Return has, so far, been strange even for this show. A major character in the original series, she only returned in Part 12, apparently married to a man named Charlie, and her scenes have been disconnected from the rest of the show until now. Megan repeatedly mentions that she cannot remember if her uncle was present when Billy appeared, and that echoes Audrey's crisis of memory in Part 13. Is the Roadhouse more than just a venue for music? Audrey's isolation from the rest of the cast suggests that maybe she is not really in the "physical" world. Perhaps the Roadhouse is not entirely of this reality?
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On Sunday, I attended the very first of the newly revamped "Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party at Disney's Hollywood Studios", the latest version of the event we provided you a review of back in January. The largest change is in venue as the Florida heat and rain finally convinced Disney to find a new, indoor home for the food and beverage portion of the evening. That new home is Star Wars Launch Bay and Disney used to opportunity given with the move to revamp a number of the offerings and the logistics of the event.
The party is $69.00 for adults and $39.00 for children ages 3-9 (includes a souvenir Chewbacca stein for each guest) and advance reservations are highly recommended. All food and drinks pictured are included with that price. The event is hosted nightly.
The dessert party portion of the event now takes place inside of Star Wars Launch Bay.
Check-in is done at what was going to be the FastPass+ verification podium, but FastPass+ was never rolled out to Launch Bay, so now it is just used for this process.
Even outside of what is the main dining area for the event, there are tables for guest use. The area can b ea little cramped, so it is nice that they are encouraging guests to roam around Launch Bay while still enjoying their treats.
The main area roped off from other guests is to the right of the Kylo Ren meet and greet on the bottom floor.
Here, guests will find a similar, yet upgraded experience compared to what was offered before.
New items include a flatbread with 2 different sauces, sugar cookies, an R2-D2 cupcake, and a Darth Maul red velvet brownie.
The skewers, formerly referred to as sabers but changed for legal reasons (too many kids fighting with them I guess), are still here.
The flatbread is served with both a black bean dip and a roasted red pepper hummus. While I will miss the biscuits, this probably makes a little more sense at a dessert party.
The blue milk panna cotta is still offered as well.
My favorite treat, the Freeze-fried Nutella Truffle has stayed on as well, offering a treat that is as fun to watch being made as it is to devour seconds later.
Many of the fun dessert names were removed, but they are still as good (maybe even a little better given that the elements do not take their toll on the food as much when it is inside).
Above is a photo from January when the bread pudding was referred to as "Space Debris".
The Darth Maul eclair was replaced with a Red Velvet Brownie, a definite upgrade.
The Star Wars dessert parties have to be my favorite just for the presentation alone. The photo opportunities are great and are sure to be something cool to show friends and family when you get back home. On top of that,l almost everything is absolutely delicious.
The new R2-D2 cupcake is my least favorite of the 3, although I'm not really sure it was more than a vanilla cupcake with a sugar covered icing. The BB-8 and Darth Vader cupcakes are still phenomenal, with the first being lemon flavored and the later chocolate & peanut butter.
They also provided a number of toppings, including ice cream, for the bread pudding.
The table settings were a nice upgrade and they would reflect the room you were dining in.
Tables available up by the Cantina in Launch Bay.
The drink menu saw the largest amount of changes, replacing all 6 specialty alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
I started with the Galactic Punch.
Josh started with the Light Speed Margarita.
The Cosmic Citrus Twist, pictured above.
The Swamp Milk was my favorite of the new bunch, unique in look and flavor.
Non-alcoholic options included Guava Juice and a Watermelon Lemonade.Soft drinks in cans, water, and coffee are also available.
The viewing area itself has not moved, but it is being set-up differently and has a much smaller footprint.
A picture of it set-up earlier in the evening, seen above. The check-in process for the party begins at Launch Bay at 8:00PM. My suggestion would be to be there at 8PM and get the most for your money. You can have an hour and a half in that space, which is more than enough to enjoy everything there. Cast members walk the party attendees over around 9:15PM, but there is nothing to stop you from heading over a little earlier to ensure you have a good spot. Now, no one in the viewing area audibly complained that they couldn't see, but I like to have a front row view, unobstructed, so we walked over to the area around 9:05PM and were situated right against the rope behind the new children's section.
When the tables were here for the old party, shorter tables to accommodate the wheelchair guests were provided up front. This section up front is now for children and could be used for those in wheelchairs as well.
This was honestly the perfect view of the show as I have been unimpressed with the sight lines for it from nearly every other spot around the Center Stage area. Being up against the rope will give you plenty of space from anyone of adult height, and if you are traveling with kids you can have them right in front of you in the children's section.
Overall, I think Disney has increased the value here. The decorations and venue are a vast improvement, the improvements that I think finally make this worth $69.00. It is by far the best view of the show available and if you are looking to appease any Star Wars fans in your group, this will do it. I don't often feel these dessert parties are worth it, but this really is the only one I think delivers at its price point. Alcoholic drinks, endless desserts, good atmosphere, and the perfect viewing of the nighttime spectacular (along with a neat souvenir, albeit not exclusive to the event) come together for a very worthwhile package for the Star Wars fan.
From the picture it looks like people are standing in front of the children's section, do they have a good view even while they are sitting down? Thanks!
There is a walking space in front of them about 6-7 feet wide, I think it is the best place a kid can see the show that isn't obnoxiously on the shoulders of a parent.
The description on the Disney website says "character encounters". Were there characters to meet?
Thanks for this review! Sounds like this might be something we wanna do. How were the dranks?
I still find it idiotic that Disney will charge me the full adult price for my 10yo daughter. That full adult price includes unlimited alcoholic beverages, but my 10yo cannot partake. Additionally, my wife and I do not drink, either. Why should we pay the full price when we will not be partaking of the adult beverages? Disney should offer a tiered price for those who will not be drinking alcohol. Give us a special wristband to distinguish us from the drinkers.
Other than the pricing, we absolutely LOVE the Star Wars dessert party! Can't wait to see the new version during our September trip!!!
What is your opinion if you could only do one dessert party would you do this or Pirates & Pals cruise?? I already have the cruise booked but should I cancel that & do this instead. We have 2 teenagers in our family of 4.. Thank you it was a wonderful review!


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Q: extract the content from docx file using phpword createReader i want to extract content from docx file while uploading but i'm getting this error: Object of class PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord could not be converted to string
Any Solution please let me know ?
public function store(Request $request){

        $this->validate($request, [
             'file'=>'required|mimes:doc,pdf,docx'
         ]);

      if($request->hasFile('file')) {
           $file= $request->file('file');
            $fileName = time() .'.'.$file->getClientOriginalExtension();
               $phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();

            $obj = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createReader($phpWord, 'Word2007');
            $obj->load($fileName);

            $objWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter($obj, 'Word2007');
            try {
             $objWriter->save(storage_path('my.docx'));
            } catch (Exception $e) {

    }
             return response()->download(storage_path('my.docx'));

 }

}

A: Answer:
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    'file'=>'required|mimes:docx,doc'
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Q: Route animation angular 4 The app I am working on requires the ability to navigate back and forth through the routes so when you navigate one way through the app in one direction the components animate from left to right, and when you navigate back they navigate from right to left.
i.e.
component1 -> component2 =  left -> right animation
component2 -> component1 = right -> left animation

I can achieve this easily enough in NG4 but the issue is that it doesn't navigate both the exit and entering components. The exiting component just disappears and the entering component animates in.
I can also achieve this in NG2 - but the complication arises when you have conditional animation. ie.
component2 -> component3 = left -> right animation
component2 -> component1 = right -> left animation

The problem here is triggering a different animation depending on the next or previous route.
Does anyone have a solution in either NG2 or 4 to solve the issue of animating both views simultaneously in either direction?
I haven't put this in plunkr because I have no idea how to set up an NG4 app in that. Apologies.
My NG4 solution is based on this demo app https://github.com/matsko/ng4-animations-preview
but essentially in my app.component.ts I have the following animation:
animations: [
    trigger('routerAnimations',[
        transition('page1 => page2',[
            style({transform: 'translateX(100%)'}),
            animate('500ms')
        ]),
        transition('page2 => page1', [
            style({transform: 'translateX(-100%)'}),
            animate('500ms')
        ]),
        transition('page2 => page3',[
            style({transform: 'translateX(100%)'}),
            animate('500ms')
        ]),
        transition('page3 => page2',[
            style({transform: 'translateX(-100%)'}),
            animate('500ms')
        ]),
        transition('page3 => page4',[
            style({transform: 'translateX(100%)'}),
            animate('500ms')
        ]),
        transition('page4 => page3',[
            style({transform: 'translateX(-100%)'}),
            animate('500ms')
        ])
    ])
]

and a function that grabs an animation value from each route and binds (?) it to the outlet variable on the <router-outlet> in app.component.html:
export class AppComponent {
    prepareRouteTransition(outlet) {
        let routeData: any;
        try {
            routeData = outlet['_activatedRoute'].snapshot.routeConfig['animation'];
       } catch(e) {
           return '';
       }
       return routeData.value;
    }
}

Function above grabs the animation value which is used in the animation to define the transition start and end values:
export const APP_ROUTES = [{
    path: '',
    component: Page1Component,
    animation: {
      value: 'page1',
    }
  },
  {
    path: 'page2',
    component: Page2Component,
    animation: {
      value: 'page2',
    }
  },
  {
    path: 'page3',
    component: Page3Component,
    animation: {
        value: 'page3'
    }
  },
  {
      path: 'page4',
      component: Page4Component,
      animation: {
          value: 'page4'
      }
  }
];

app.component.html:

  <router-outlet #outlet="outlet"></router-outlet>

A: You can achieve this now by defining animations that query for :enter and :leave elements.
This example will animate out the exiting route and animate in the entering route smoothly:
const slideLeft = [
  query(':leave', style({ position: 'absolute', left: 0, right: 0 ,transform: 'translate3d(0%,0,0)' })),
  query(':enter', style({ position: 'absolute', left: 0, right: 0, transform: 'translate3d(-100%,0,0)' })),
  group([
    query(':leave',
      animate('1s', style({ transform: 'translate3d(100%,0,0)' }))),
    query(':enter',
      animate('1s', style({ transform: 'translate3d(0%,0,0)' })))
  ])
]

const slideRight = [
  query(':leave', style({ position: 'absolute', left: 0, right: 0 , transform: 'translate3d(0%,0,0)'})),
  query(':enter', style({ position: 'absolute', left: 0, right: 0, transform: 'translate3d(100%,0,0)'})),

  group([
    query(':leave',
      animate('1s', style({ transform: 'translate3d(-100%,0,0)' }))),
    query(':enter',
      animate('1s', style({ transform: 'translate3d(0%,0,0)' })))
  ])
]

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
  animations: [
    trigger('routerAnimations', [
      transition('products => product-details', slideRight),
      transition('product-details => products', slideLeft)
    ])
  ]
})

A: You can achieve this by putting your animation around the router-outelet you want to animate, not the view itself.
Also you want to do your animation in a group([])  which will have both animations run at the same time.

 <router-outlet #routerOutlet="outlet">

 class AppComponent {
 prepRouteState(outlet: any) {
     return outlet.activatedRouteData['animation'] || 'firstPage';
   }
 }

const ROUTES = [
   { path: '',
     component: HomePageComponent,
     data: {
       animation: 'homePage'
     }
   },
   { path: 'support',
     component: SupportPageComponent,
     data: {
       animation: 'supportPage'
     }
   }
 ]

// the animation itself
trigger('routeAnimation', [
  //...
  transition('homePage => supportPage', [
    group([
      query(':enter', [
        style({ opacity: 0 }),
        animate('0.5s', style({ opacity: 1 })),
        animateChild()
      ]),
      query(':leave', [
        animate('0.5s', style({ opacity: 0 })),
        animateChild()
      ])
    ])
  ]),
  //...
])

as seen on YearofMoo Routable Animations


At one-point inside game, The Warden can buy a lengthy sword called "Oathkeeper". The sword is referred to as a blessed blade commissioned by The Chantry and provided to Templars as an incentive due to their deeds. It is often speculated that the blade is a homage to George R.R. Martin's book series "A Song of Ice and Fire", because the blade shares equivalent name as sword fond of Jaime Lannister by their parent Tywin, which Jaime later passes to Brienne of Tarth just who then names the sword. It is known your book show had been an inspiration during online game development.
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Auto Dealers Object to White House's Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
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The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) on Thursday expressed opposition to President Donald Trump's plan to place a 25-percent tariff on steel and a 10-percent tariff on aluminum imports. Both metals are crucial to the production of cars and trucks and would raise the sale prices of those vehicles substantially, according to AIADA.
In addition to paying more for their vehicles, American consumers and workers can also expect to bear the brunt of the retaliatory tariffs other countries will almost certainly place on goods manufactured and exported from the United States, according to AIADA.
"These proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports couldn't come at a worse time," said Cody Lusk, AIADA president and CEO. "Auto sales have flattened in recent months, and manufacturers are not prepared to absorb a sharp increase in the cost to build cars and trucks in America. The burden of these tariffs, as always, will be passed on to the American consumer. Car shoppers looking for a deal will instead find that they are paying a new tax to transport themselves and their families."
Steel and aluminum tariffs could directly counteract any benefits American manufacturers have seen from tax and regulatory reform. An analysis of tariffs on steel imposed in 2002 found that the Bush steel tariffs cost 200,000 jobs, including 30,000 in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania alone, according to AIADA.
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