Trick or Treating Halloween 2010

Trick or treating Halloween 2010 -- The custom of 'trick or treat' probably has several origins. Again mostly Irish. An old Irish peasant practice called for going door to door to collect money, bread cake, cheese, eggs, butter, nuts, apples, etc., in preparation for the festival of St. Columbus Kill. Yet another custom was the begging for soul cakes, or offerings for one's self - particularly in exchange for promises of prosperity or protection against bad luck. It is with this custom the concept of the fairies came to be incorporated as people used to go door to door begging for treats. Failure to supply the treats would usually result in practical jokes being visited on the owner of the house.

Today, Halloween is celebrated many different ways, including wearing costumes, children trick or treating, carving pumpkins, and going to haunted houses and parties.

Trick or Treat!

36 million - The estimated number of potential trick-or-treaters in 2009 — children 5 to 13 — across the United States. This number is up about 190,000 from a year earlier. Of course, many other children — older than 13, and younger than 5 — also go trick-or-treating.

111.3 million - Number of occupied housing units across the nation in 2009 — all potential stops for trick-or-treaters.

92% - Percentage of households with residents who consider their neighborhood safe. In addition, 78 percent said there was no place within a mile of their homes where they would be afraid to walk alone at night.

Happy Halloween everyone! Wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy October 31!

Lisa Blount, An Officer and a Gentleman Actress has Passed Away

Lisa Blount Dies

Lisa Blount an Oscar-winning producer and actress who acted as Debra Winger's friend Lynette Pomeroy in An Officer and a Gentleman has passed away. She was 53.Blount and her widower, Ray McKinnon, who was not in town, together won the best live-action short film Academy Award in 2002 for their film, The Accountant.

In addition to An Officer and a Gentleman, Blount appeared in films like Great Balls of Fire! and Chrystal, and shows such as Moonlighting and Picket Fences.

Lisa had battled a rare and painful blood disorder, called Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), for 17 years. ITP keeps blood from clotting and leads to bleeding and bruising.

"I think that might have been part of the problem when she passed away because when I found her she had a purple look on her neck that looked like blood on the surface. We think she died very sudden. She had her phone in her hand and her bed was not dist" said Louise Blount, who found her daughter in the bedroom of her Little Rock

Next Batman Movie called "The Dark Knight Rises", New Villain, No Riddler

Batman Logo

Many rumors are circulating about the next Batman movie. Many people say the next villain will be the Riddler and the film will be made in 3D. You also think like that? Oops ... you are wrong....
The next Batman film will be titled The Dark Knight Rises. In this film the villain is not the Riddler and not 3D formatted but high-definition and IMAX.That statement made by Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins & The Dark Knight Director) in a new interview over at Hero Complex. 

"It won't be the Riddler. We'll use many of the same characters as we have all along, and Some We'll be introducing new ones, " Nolan said, without revealing any names.

The Riddler

The Dark Knight Rises will go into production next year and is slated to hit Theaters in the summer of 2012. You wonder who the next enemy in The Dark Knight Rising? We'll see ...

Indonesia: Mount Merapi Erupted, Tsunami hit Sumatra

mt.Merapi erupted

Mount Merapi Erupts-- Merapi volcano finally erupted. Mountain located in Yogyakarta, erupted yesterday, Tuesday, October 26 at 5.02pm Indonesian Time (GMT +7). Dozens of victims were reportedly killed and dozens of people suffered injuries caused by hot clouds from the eruption of Mount Merapi. Evacuation is still being conducted till now. 

Tsunami hit Mentawai

Tsunami Hit Sumatra-- Meanwhile another disaster struck Sumatra. An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck the Mentawai region at 9.40pm, Monday (25/10). The earthquake caused the tsunami in the Mentawai region. 3-meter-high waves swept the region on the coastline. Until now recorded 113 people killed and hundreds were reportedly missing. Evacuation of victims is still ongoing to this day.

Update: Indonesia Tsunami Death Toll Climbs to 394, 267 people were seriously injured, slightly injured 142 people and 312 people reported missing (October 29).

Cleveland Weather: Tornado Confirmed

CLEVELAND — The National Weather Service says a weak tornado touched down in western Ohio near the Ohio-Indiana state line.

The tornado in Van Wert County ripped the roof off a house, flattened a barn and flipped over a tractor-trailer and a camper near the village of Convoy.

Rick McCoy, the county's emergency management director, says no one was injured in the storm Tuesday. He says the tornado was on the ground for about 2.5 miles.

Authorities in three other counties in northwest Ohio are assessing the damage from high winds and are trying to determine whether tornadoes were to blame.

At least three houses in the village of Cridersville (KRY'-durz-vil) just south of Lima (LY'-muh) sustained heavy damage. Authorities say no one was injured.

According to reports, the dynamics of the storm system which is moving west to east across the Southeast, includes an increase of southerly winds throughout the day and should continue to be strong during the evening hours.

South to southwest sustained winds are expected to be 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

Officials warned drivers of higher-profile vehicles such as SUVs, panel trucks or 18-wheelers. Gusty and high winds can cause such vehicles to topple.

Monday’s storm caused sporadic and widespread damage to trees and several homes in Bradley County after a Tornado Warning was issued shortly after 5:30 a.m.

The National Weather Service area forecast discussion indicates unusually high and possibly record temperatures associated and settling ahead of the weather system.

Watches and advisories have been issued for Tennessee counties including extreme West Tennessee and the Memphis area which was experiencing the event at 10:30 a.m. today, according to Matthew Cason, administrative officer for Bradley County Emergency Management Agency.

“The system is now moving through Memphis and will march eastward into the afternoon, moving into Bradley County and Cleveland somewhere around 6 to 8 p.m., based on its current speed,” said Cason.

“This could of course, advance or slow down and we will be keeping a particularly close eye on that; however, even if the brunt of the system does not hit us this evening, there is a very real potential for smaller shower and thunderstorm cells that could form out ahead of this squall line and impact us any time during the afternoon hours.”

“Those would likely form over the northeastern portion of Alabama and northwest Georgia.”

Cason said all information at this point was preliminary but the possibility of isolated tornadoes and damaging winds remains.

CBEMA is monitoring the system and will consult area government including the school system, according to Cason.

Meanwhile, Volunteer Energy Cooperative and Cleveland Utilities crews are being prepared for a possible weather event.

Robert McCarty of VEC said today crews postponed maintenance projects in order to concentrate on possible needs later.

“We have all hands on deck,” said McCarty.

Dennis Daniel of CU said, “We are always prepared for storm emergencies. It’s the nature of our business.”

source: http://www.daytondailynews.com and http://www.clevelandbanner.com

Wedding With Mike Comrie

Hillary Duff's Wedding With Mike Comrie

In 2007, Hilary Duff
began dating Canadian NHL player Mike Comrie.

On February 19, 2010, Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie announced their engagement.

Hilary duff and Mike Comrie, the couple married on August 14, 2010 in Santa Barbara, California.

The following hollywoodbackstage video - Hillary Duff's Wedding Video With Mike Comrie

Hillary Duff is officially a married woman! The 22-year-old actress wed her hockey player beau, Mike Comrie, in an intimate sunset ceremony in Santa Barbara on Saturday.

"She chose love over her career." That is SO shallow of this news reporter to say. You can have love and a blossoming career at the same time. What is so wrong with that?

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