New ubiquitous energy in the old city

Old Town, Kissimmee attraction, known for the kitsch shops and a classic car Saturday night cruise, to rely on the new owners and an investment of nearly $ 2 million to driving the business.

A new course of line and the cords of zip on the side of U.S. Highway 192 are more visible signs of change of the complex of walks and in detail of 25 years. An effort of long months of spruce Park in progress, too, ahead of a big marketing push.

Management group entertainment Brothers, who oversaw the rides to the old town for more than a decade, said it has signed an agreement to buy the attraction and is expected to close on the agreement in the coming months. Its purpose is to attract 3 million people each year, and his corner of the area area Tourism near Walt Disney World with environmentally friendly affordable family entertainment options.

"We wanted to know what is going to bring families in the old city," said Chairman Gary Conroy, who began the Wildwood Boardwalk work on the southeastern shore of New Jersey in the Park. Conroy, said the Park would be affordable: line zip the attraction of cost $18, for example, ropes course is $12 and tickets from the drop-down list box.

Classic car weekly of the old city drew years both locals and tourists to MOM-and-pop stores that dot the main drag of the Park.

It used to be a "survive-despite-you-same environment," Conroy said. Now the attractions such as downtown Disney, universal CityWalk and the FunSpot Park nearby also compete for the time of the tourists.

Cheryl Hill, who owns a shop in the 1950s - nostalgia in Old Town for 25 years, said that she sees improvements, especially in the appearance of the old city. The flowers were planted. Streets have been washed.

"The new management has their heart and soul, and this aid," she said.

New on the agenda of the old city: Friday night muscle-car cruises, events on the theme of pirates, a celebration of Halloween , Latin nights and days of Fellowship of the Church. Some ideas have been tried before; others are new.

Conroy also provides seminars on place to teach retailers of new business trends. He reduced the rents for tenants may invest in their stores. So far, the reaction is positive.

"We went through our dark time here in ancient times,", said Tony Cortes, a manufacturer of candle which is since 1990 in the old city. "The new people that they have working for us have performed wonders."

skclarke@Tribune.com or 407-420-5664

View the original article here

Carol Lansing remembered as dedicated official

Devoted to the family and the community. A close comment describe Carol Lansing as they gather to say goodbye to a beloved public officer whose life was tragically taken in this fatal accident in Voorheesville. Our Lori Chung has more.

To view our videos, you must
enable JavaScript. Learn how.
Install Adobe Flash 9 or higher. Install now.

Then come back here and refresh the page.

WATERVLIET, in the State of New York - the sunny provided a setting appropriate for a sad day as friends and family say goodbye to Carol Lansing to the Church of Saint Patrick of Watervliet.

"She had great love of his faith, his family and his community", said Kathy LeRoux.

Lansing served as a trustee for the Village of Green Island. Friends describe a woman who served in donating his time and talents to those in need.

"His family always made a Halloween Haunted House," said family friend Sean Ward. "She was involved in economic development, that it has been strongly involved in senior issues."

Dynamism of life been swath by out of control, seen from the Church of St. Matthew in Voorheesville. Fran Pallozzi and Rosemarie Hume were also killed. Women had waited for a visit on foot start.

"In our faith, we do not know the date or time," said LeRoux, Member of the walking club. "It's just heartbreaking to think that they will not be with us."

Pilot LuAnn Burgess told police that his flip flop is blocked by the accelerator. Friends say had it not been for this accident, Lansing would probably be be beginning a full week for the benefit of the village.

"Carol helped me all the Thursday giving food to the needy," said Jack Whited.

Those who knew the Lansing better say its big heart will be missed.

"She did a lot for the people of the community," said Whited. "And I know when she gets there, it will make much up there.

View the original article here

Dilemma of the death penalty: cost worth it?

Error in deserializing body of reply message for operation 'translate'. The maximum string content length quota (8192) has been exceeded while reading XML data. This quota may be increased by changing the MaxStringContentLength property on the XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas object used when creating the XML reader. Line 1, position 9012.

The cost of prosecuting two men and a woman accused of two of the most heinous crimes in King County in recent years is $656,564 and counting.

The cost of defending them is even higher: $4.3 million, and also climbing.

Like other counties in the state, King County is struggling with the rising cost of criminal justice, which has forced Prosecutor Dan Satterberg to eliminate the jobs of 36 prosecutors since 2008. But while budget constraints have forced some counties to all purpose abandonment death-penalty cases, King County currently has two active capital cases.

A third, last year's prosecution of Conner Schierman for killing a Kirkland family of four in 2006, has thus far cost the county $2.4 million.

The county's current death-penalty cases include the prosecution of Christopher Monfort, who is accused of ambushing two Seattle police officers, killing one, on Halloween night 2009. Two other defendants, Michele Anderson and Joseph McEnroe, could also face execution if convicted of the slayings of six members of Anderson's family on Christmas Eve 2007.

While trials for the three defendants are off months, defense lawyers are racking up costs for expert witnesses, investigators, forensic analysis and other elements crucial for death-penalty trials. In the meantime, prosecutors, police officers and crime-lab analysts are also tallying up costs while La for the trials.

Portland-based defense attorney Jeff Ellis, who handles death-penalty cases across the country, said the high costs of prosecuting death-penalty cases - which can also include years of appeals - has resulted in a drop in death-penalty cases. King County, with two cases, is an anomaly, he said.

"There is a downturn in the number of death-penalty sentences being sought and imposed because of the costs associated with them," Ellis said. "What's happening now [in King County] is a reverse of what's happening nationwide."

In 2010, there were 46 executions in the U.S., including one in Washington state - a 50 percent drop since 1999, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Satterberg defends the county's filing of death-penalty cases despite the high cost. He blames much of the increased costs are what he calls an "industry" that has been created by death-penalty attorneys.

"it is the law of our state and a punishment we reserve for the worst of the worst offenders," he said of the death penalty. "If people want to change the policy they should do so through their elected representatives." "It shouldn't can't be done by defense attorneys running up the bill."

The most recent study of state death-penalty costs indicated that a death-penalty case generates roughly $470,000 more in costs at the trial level than a murder case in which the death penalty is not sought - over an additional $70,000 or so in court costs, a figure that includes courtroom staff. The same study, released by the Washington State Bar Association in 2006, found that more than $200,000 on average is spent on appeal costs.

The total cost of prosecuting and defending Schierman, 29, who was condemned to death last year for killing four members of a Kirkland family in July 2006, will likely rise much higher than the current $2.4 million. Now that his case is on appeal, it's unclear how much more will be spent on legal costs and how long he will be on death row.

CAL Coburn Brown, another King County defendant, was put to death last September for the May 1991 rape and murder of Holly Washa, 21, in a SeaTac motel. His execution came more than 16 years after his conviction.

The seven remaining men on Washington's death row have been there an average of 12 years and four months, according to the state Attorney General's Office.

V. David Hocraffer, who heads King County's Office of Public Defense, approved defending people who face execution is expensive, but he believes he has a solution.

"Financially, if the goal is public safety you could save money by not having the death penalty on the table." "There are places where the counties just don't have the funds," said Hocraffer.

King County's Office of Public Defense funds legal services for people determined to be indigent, as well as other work performed by the county's four public-defense firms. Hocraffer's budget comes from King County's general fund.

In nearly all death-penalty cases tried in Washington, the defendant has been determined to be indigent and has been assigned a publicly funded legal team.

Hocraffer said he never budgets for a death-penalty box, so at times he goes to the Metropolitan King County Council for supplemental funding.

Ellis said that capital-punishment defense work is growing in cost because "lawyers are spending more time to prepare." He said that many jurors want to know everything about the defendant's life and have become savvy when it comes to technology, forensics and evidence.

"There are investigative and expert costs;" "jurors want to know more about forensics and the human mind, what influences it and what causes a person to do certain things," Ellis said. "Those are really expensive proposals."

Since 2007, King County has applied annually for assistance under the state's Extraordinary Criminal Justice Costs Act, which is administered by the state Office of Public Defense and is designed to help defray the costs of defending capital-murder counties boxes. In 2008, the county received $286,000, said Hocraffer.

Satterberg said he has seen a sharp growth in defense costs in capital cases, including hiring expert witnesses, evidence research and investigations.

"There's an industry that has cropped up around it. It just seems that there's an acceptance that if it's a capital case it's going to take two additional years to get to trial." "It leads me to the observation that the opponents of the death penalty are often in charge of running up the costs and delaying the cases," Satterberg said.

While Satterberg has cut costs in his office through layoffs and by freezing positions, he says he will not back down from pursuing the death penalty in the most egregious cases.

Since the arrests and charges of Anderson and McEnroe in connection with the slayings of three generations of Anderson's family in Carnation on Christmas Eve 2007, public defenders have spent about $1.7 million on defense costs for Anderson and about $1.5 million on the defense of McEnroe.

The former couple, who are each charged with six counts of aggravated murder, are expected to face Board next year.

Since Monfort's arrest Nov. 6, 2009, public defenders have spent more than $1.1 million preparing his case for trial. Monfort is charged with aggravated murder for allegedly killing Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton, and with attempted first degree murder in the wounding of Officer Britt Sweeney on Oct. 31, 2009. A trial date has not been set.

Dan Donohoe, spokesman for Satterberg, said that the Prosecutor's Office has spent more than $470,000 on the Carnation case and less than $200,000 on the Montfort case, figures that include salaries for prosecutors.

The prosecution's expenses include hours logged by the senior deputy prosecutors trying the case, has had and the cost of expert witnesses. It does not include costs incurred by police departments or the state crime lab.

Jennifer Sullivan: 206-464-8294 or jensullivan@seattletimes.com

View the original article here

Dog Halloween Bumble Bee costume size M 14-18in

What is a great time of year Halloween! But don't forget your pets. They are part of the family and deserve to be part of the fun. Written by dogcostumes the

Great costume of the target. A very cute Bumblebee Costume for your dog again with tags

Large size 14-18 inches 15-30 lbs

Shipping will be combined to several auction won

See my other articles!

View the original article here

Work at home received way to hand

I look forward to the summer for a reason: freedom. It is the only time I that someone does not dictate my every move, tell me what I should try to learn and aspire to my time with how I must learn.

My enthusiasm for this summer is incomparable. Thoughts of what I could do dance in my head until a comment last year of school my English teacher sent a bolt of lightning through my ears and caused a storm so dark cloud clouded my positive thoughts since then.

My professor informed us that every student in our school district was required to read a book from a list of reading approved summer and be ready for a test at the beginning of the school year. What! No, no, no, no., no, no! My dreams of the series Harry Potter reading with my sister and all the beautiful, non-approved books, that I wanted crashed into a brick wall and landed in a pile of rubbish unrecognizable.

Why can't they just let those who want to read, read what they would like to read for once? When I decided to schools really need to put a limit to this thing. Work at home received too many hands. He eats up to nine months of my life, and now it begins to chew holes in the rest of their.

As I thought about my homework dilemma, I learned about some school districts across the country who have adopted policies limiting the duties. The Los Angeles Unified School District of California recently adopted a policy requiring that only 10 percent of the level of a student can be based on the duties. The amount of homework is not diminished, but the weight that she played at the ground level of a student is considerably smaller.

In New Jersey, Galloway Township School District could limit the duties in a different way. The amount of homework a student would each day would be 10 minutes multiplied by the grade school level, and no duties would be assigned the weekend. For example, a first-grader would have 10 minutes, a sixth-grader would have 60 minutes, and a high school senior would have two hours.

I decided there is a lot of reasons why these ideas limiting the work at home should be used more often. Limit duties increases and extends the desire to learn, encourages more meaningful assignments, and allows students to participate in extra-curricular activities and to become involved in their community.

By limiting the duties, students are happier to learn and that desire actually lasts longer. Recently, I spent four days in a camp of Archaeology in the Canyon of nine miles based on the use of compasses, maps, and UTMs (a geographic coordinate system) and learning on geology and anthropology.

I was so intrigued all and jumps with enthusiasm. Think about my experience, I understood how educational everything that was and asks why so I liked that I had hated the previous school year. I have concluded that all the duties and school tests had been so overwhelming that I had lost all of pleasure and desire to learn. The weeks of the summer brought back my enthusiasm and I could learn a lot at this camp it. Therefore, if less homework is assigned, students retain their enthusiasm for learning and, therefore, to learn more.

Having less duties will also increase the significance of the assignments that are given. The homework given is better most likely to help students understand the key concepts and quality. Right now, assignments are Remies as of Halloween Candy and few of them are productive. By reducing the amount of work at home, one can also reduce the amount of busy work. This allows us to stop circumlocutions and some actually effective learning.

Less homework students are given, they can take advantage of extra curricular activities and to become involved in their community. Extracurricular activities and service in our cities and neighborhoods are good ways for students to acquire new skills, that they would not otherwise be developed. It allows the student to become well-rounded and achieve success in many different areas of life. Too duty limits these opportunities because students must spend this time on all their school work, instead.

If you want the best results in the classroom, start with working from home. Feed it to the dog before you assign.

Michelle Thurgood will be a senior in high school in Syracuse. She loves gymnastics, laugh and spend time with their family and friends. E-mail to kaprirocks@gmail.com.

View the original article here

Days Out Wales: day of the family of the Babbacombe model village

Esthetician Hayley Bellamy, 27, took his son Harrison, six and Coel, five and three, to the Babbacombe model Village during the holidays, niece Libby Morgan in Devon

How do you have it and how long did take?

We were on vacation, but the model village is a drive of two hours of Cardiff.

What do you have it?

When we arrived, we have been informed by a member of the friendly staff to go to the theatre to watch a short animation of Robin Hood in 4-D which was about to begin. As expected under the leadership of our seats that we could see a little of what was to come with such place recognizable EastEnders Albert, who had every inch of detail of the place of miniature street scenes recreated. Taking our seats in the Theatre gave us special glasses and the film began. The animation was large, although added additional surprises were a little too much for the two youngest. After the animation, we started to make our place in the way where all views of miniature were Show. The model village is set on a hill in award-winning gardens, but it is all wheel and pushchair friendly. Everywhere where you proposed oil terminal, stores, railways of work, a house fire with firefighters fight the fire and even a Royal Wedding scene, there is another type of display of a farmyard, football stadium, cricket match.

What were the highlights of the day for children?

For the eldest, he looked at Robin Hood 4 D animation, and for the other two, he was spotting their favorite characters of television including Thomas the Tank Engine and Dr. who.

What were the highlights of the day for adults?

Seeing the crafts in the village of nearly was incredible, every detail has been thought. You could study a display and look again and see something that you missed the first time.

What age do you think that this attraction would be ideal for?

This is suitable for all ages and is a great day out for children on the right path to grandparents.

How spend you?

Entry £ 8.90 per adult and £ 6.90 for children with less threes going free. 4 D Theatre is £ 1 extra when purchased with admission tickets. For a supplement of £ 6 per person you can upgrade your ticket of day for an annual pass or an extra £ 1.50 per person for a spent 14 days of vacation.

Will y yet?

The Village of model to hold special events throughout the year, including an Agatha Christie mystery festival hunt and spooky-luminations and sound effects of twilight during Halloween. I've heard that the Village of model is particularly dramatic around Christmas when exhibitions are decorated with snow.

What is your verdict of the day?

A quiet day which was appreciated by all the world. We visited a very sunny day. As it is in the open air, I am not certain if the visit would have been so good if the weather was bad.

Opening of the model Village Babbacombe and closing times vary according to the period of the year, so check before visiting. For more information, visit www.babbacombemodelvillage.co.uk or call the 01803 315315.

View the original article here

Press review: endocrine disruptors are Deadandnbsp; - live the Redefiners

Business today's media is seeking to build on the legacy, rather than kill them

The World Wide Web is now two decades old. When he was still a traditional novelty, hear you much talk about "disruptive." Those companies and the people who will transform the world on the head with these new technologies in a way unexpected and frightening.

The language describing the disruptors seemed to be particularly frightening for traditional businesses, peppered with language on "chop," "eyes" and other words that the Unisex crowd uses only Halloween.

Their goals were actually disruptive: they wanted to make the traditional media companies kneel before the power of what was then called, "new media". If this is passed to all income market than collateral damage, while it; It is a small price to pay for a brave, new digital world.

Nothing can remain disruptive forever. Over time, the Web and the people who first of all, increased. Now, a generation of workers has been the Web in their lives for almost so that they can remember in today's labour market, they not seek, and obviously as hell down corporations that still give them pay cheques. More importantly, their ambition is more constructive than destructive.

Managed digital today, either virtual creation of independent companies or start-ups which were incubated within businesses, can still have an absolutely transformative effect on a market. But their goal is not to simply shoot everything what is there.

Instead, they want to do new, sustainable, substantial business.

The fact that they are also redefining the market containing the legacy companies is just an interesting side effect.

Take Netflix. Now that he arrived on a large scale, it is clear how it has changed the market for video-rental of physical previous Blockbuster and similar companies. But Netflix goal was never, "Let's destroy this bad, old society"; It was simply to offer its customers a better experience - an experience which incidentally redefined the way video rental market.

Consider things in this way, we can see the modern, digital companies like redefiners not endocrine disruptors. This means that our conversations on the transformation of digital media cannot take anything granted-, we must take into account what is changed in the generation since the Web was born.

Experience, no technology: endocrine disruptors were driven out by the pure joy, geek of the technology, often creating features for the sake of functionality. Redefiners are indigenous to the era Web and applications - strongly focused on actual experiences of customers and so view technology as an important tool, and not as a goal to end in itself.

The best customers, not most of the customers: instead of attacking traditional businesses by saying, "we want all customers to fly", or by settling for just a subset of the early adopters to a small audience, Geek, redefiners of today have a strategy focused on laser targeting of customers the most valuable, influential and profitable in a legacy business.

Live "freemium" or die: endocrine disruptors could be contained with a business model of "losing money on every sale, but make up volume", but redefiners have a default assumption of a "freemium" business model Payment systems arrived at maturity to make subscriptions or purchases a one click process, and combining a level paid with a free entry service range now helps companies around the world of media and technology to build serious new companies.

The objective is sustainable development: If the disruptors of old content to simply cause trouble or harm for legacy media companies, the ambitions of redefiners of today are much more wide, which seeks to establish important, growing businesses. A Web site, media starting today revenues, many employees and perhaps even a stock rated credible, while in contrast to the original dot-com bubble.

It is important to highlight these distinctions, because many decisions in the world of media today still cling to outdated views of objectives and success stories, new actors of the technology. Equally important, the era of the redefiner is not limited to start-ups: companies can play, too. In adopting the virtual model of startup, building a business redefiner is not inconsistent with a large, established corporate culture. In fact, given that large media companies bring existing assets such as public and deep content-catalogues to the table, they can have a significant advantage in this new era.

The intersection of technology and the media is no longer on turning things on their heads and in the hope that some good results come from it. Instead, it markets redefinition by constructing new significant businesses that are exempt from the burden of their analog ancestors. And this time, the combination of startup-style energy with the discipline of the leading brands of media in the world may cause really the best of both worlds.

View the original article here

Batman: Arkham City Collector's Edition

Batman: Arkham City - CE PS3

Price: $99.99

Click here to buy from Amazon

Nite Ize RR-04-50 Reflective Cord, 50 Feet, Green

Mount your Device in a New Way. The alternative mount kit allows you to mount your device on your windshield or dashboard whichever you prefer. Using its long, flexible 'gooseneck', you can bring your device closer, even in larger vehicles with deep windshields. And, its clip-on mounting system allows for simple one-hand docking and undocking. Compatible with GPS devices and smartphones up to 5-inches.

What's in the Box

Gooseneck mount, universal device holder

About TomTom

Founded in Amsterdam in 1991, TomTom has established itself as a global leader in navigation by being an innovative company with a strong brand, clear customer focus, and high quality products and services.

TomTom is the world's leading navigation solutions provider with navigation products sold in 30 countries and in over 20 languages. To further our commitment to car navigation, TomTom acquired Tele Atlas maps in 2008 so we can continually provide the most up-to-date maps and intelligent routing.

We have our own mapping company!
Did you know that every year roads change by up to 40% in high-growth areas? Tele Atlas manages this by using the world's most comprehensive systems to identify and incorporate these changes into our maps with unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy. All TomTom devices benefit from the Tele Atlas advantage--more coverage, more points of interest, and more freshness and accuracy.

Why TomTom?
At TomTom, we believe that personal navigation should be as easy and safe as possible. We develop smart technology that gives you straightforward solutions, innovations to make life easy.

Price: $11.49

Click here to buy from Amazon

The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff

Must have items foryour Sims' holidays!Product Information[Requires The Sims 2 The Sims 2 Special DVD Edition or The Sims 2 HolidayEdition to play]Celebrate the Season with Must-Have Holiday Items from Around the Globe! Spice up your Sims' holidays with this updated collection of seasonal itemsoutfits and decor. Deck their homes with traditional decor items from aroundthe globe including mistletoe reindeer lawn ornaments and an all-newEuropean-style Father Christmas. Indulge your Sims this season with thiscollection of 60 items of festive fun!Product FeaturesHoliday Home Decor:Light up the candles to add a warm holiday glow with this traditionalEuropean candle arch.The Holiday Lumberjack Statuette:Spice up your Sims' holidays with this traditional German holiday gnomecomplete with sturdy boots and trusty hiking staff.Huge Tree Extravaganza:Size matters. Get your holiday on in a big way with this tree to top alltrees a tribute to the famous tree from Rio.Ski Jump Frosty:It's hard to stay balanced when you're built like Frosty but that doesn'tstop him from showing his ski jumping skills.Holiday PJs: Before they nestle into bed to dream of sugarplums tuck Sim toddlers into aseasonal sleeper.Cheongsam: Enjoy the Chinese Fall Festival with Sims wearing this traditional attire.Artic Santa:Even when the temperature drops this European-style Father Christmas isguaranteed to bring good tidings.Windows Requirements Windows 98 Me 2000 XP Requires The Sims 2 The Sims 2 Special DVD Edition or The Sims 2 Holiday Edition to play 1.0 GHz or faster processor 256 MB or more of RAM 8X CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive or faster At least 130 MB of free hard disk space DirectX 9.0 compatible Video Card - must have 32MB or more memory and one of these T&L capable chipsets: ATI Radeon 8500 or greater NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS or greater DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound Card

Price: $7.99

Click here to buy from Amazon

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

You needn't see the film of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to appreciate the wonder, magic, and fearful chills of J.K. Rowling's phenomenal bestseller in John Williams's outstanding score. Williams typically avoids the source material for the films he scores, but he reportedly derived great pleasure and inspiration from Rowling's first Harry Potter adventure, and created a perfect motif (fully expressed in "Hedwig's Theme") to dominate his score. It's first heard as a dreamy celesta waltz and embellished through myriad incarnations and moods, often with a sinister edge befitting the darker tones of Chris Columbus's direction. Evident are fantastical allusions to Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky (among others), and Williams's epic track is "Quidditch Match," a breathtaking frenzy to accompany the film's dazzling highlight. And while Williams occasionally flirts with self-plagiarism (with inevitable variants of his Hook and Star Wars themes), this is nevertheless a richly regal score that brilliantly evokes the mystery and magic of Harry Potter's world. --Jeff Shannon

Price: $18.98

Click here to buy from Amazon

The Wiggles: Big, Big Show!

WIGGLES BIG BIG SHOW - DVD Movie

Price: $14.98

Click here to buy from Amazon

The Mountain Three Wolf Moon Short Sleeve Tee

This Internet sensation has been featured on You Tube, been discussed in numerous blogs, and has even been the subject of a song and music video. Now, you can own the legendary Three Wolf Moon T-shirt! This adult T-shirt features the Three Wolf Moon design, printed on black tie-dyed 100% cotton.

Price: $26.00

Click here to buy from Amazon

UTG Law Enforcement SWAT Vest

New Generation with Loads of Features: • Quilted Comfort on The Inside, Rugged Nylon Outside • Fully Adjustable through The Shoulder and Waist • Compete with Thumb Break Holster, Pistol and Rifle Mag Pouches, Elastic for Shotshells and Radio Pocket • 21 to 23 adjustable height• 40 to 54 adjustable width• Designed for Law Enforcement Entry Teams, Practical and Rugged! •

Price: $49.97

Click here to buy from Amazon

V For Vendetta Mask

Adult Standard, one size fits all. Plastic mask from the movie V for Vendetta.

Price: $9.99

Click here to buy from Amazon

Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil

Finding one's true path is a difficult process, and Red Riding Hood is finding it doubly complicated since she's desperate to live up to her grandmother's reputation as a legendary Sister of the Hood. While Red Riding Hood is sequestered for some very special secret training, the Big Bad Wolf, Granny, Twitchy, and the rest of the Happily Ever After Agency (HEA) are feeling the absence of one of their key agents. When Hansel and Gretel are kidnapped by the Wicked Witch, Wolf and Twitchy's plan to rescue the kids goes awry and Granny is captured. The HEA calls Red back into action and the race is on to save the children, Granny, and the Sisters of the Hood's secret recipe for the all-powerful Black Forest Cake Batter Truffles. The obstacles, twists, turns, and unexpected villains are many and Red and each member of her team find themselves severely tested. In the end, teamwork and forgiveness provide the only glimmers of hope for defeating the enemy and ensuring a "Happily Ever After" for the world. Like Hoodwinked, Hoodwinked Too! offers up classic fairy tales with some serious twists, a healthy dose of humor, and satirical references to classic films that include everything from Silence of the Lambs to Star Wars. The pacing lags a bit in places and sometimes the goofball comedy is a bit over the top, but the film is both clever and entertaining, and the comedic talents of Patrick Warburton, Glenn Close, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, David Ogden Stiers, Cory Edwards, Bill Hader, and Amy Poehler don't go unappreciated. (Ages 7 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

Price: $29.98

Click here to buy from Amazon

Sushezi Sushi Made Easy

Skip expensive restaurants and use this Sushezi sushi maker to create your own delicious meal. Simply stuff the sushi maker with rice, add your favorite seafood or vegetables and extrude from the tube onto a fresh nori sheet. Before you know it, you'll be enjoying delicious homemade sushi thanks to this handy Sushezi sushi maker.

Price: $24.99

Click here to buy from Amazon

Harry's Glasses Wire

From the Manufacturer
These officially licensed Harry Potter wire frame glasses are just like the ones worn in all the movies. The glasses help complete any costume, transforming you into everyone's favorite wizard, Harry Potter. Antiqued gold logo adorns each temple for an authentic look.
Product Description
Wearing these round wire, brushed metal glasses will make you a better magician, or at least make you look better. Antiqued gold logo adorns each temple for an authentic look. Officially licensed, Harry Potter, movie product.

Price: $9.99

Click here to buy from Amazon

The Sims 2 Holiday Edition

The Sims 2: Holiday Edition includes the complete Sims 2 game and 40 supplemental holiday objects. Like The Sims game that preceded it, which quickly grew to be on of the most popular PC games of all time, you create one or more autonomous characters (sims) with distinct personalities and needs. You then create a virtual household for your sims, deciding whether they're roommates, spouses, or parents, and you move them into a pre- or custom-built house and neighborhood. Your sims will interact with each other and other sims in their community, with children going to school while the adults head to work. The Sims 2 features an enhanced neighborhood editor that lets you import custom cities from SimCity 4 (not included), and it also includes expanded building options for building bigger houses.

This sequel features enhanced appearance editing tools that allow you to customize your sims' appearance. View larger.

The genetics function takes your ability to create a family and builds it out further. View larger.

Let your sims celebrate New Year's in style with a fantastic party. View larger.

The most significant additions in The Sims 2 are the behavioral and character enhancements made to the sims themselves. While sims still have specific personality types determined by their horoscopes and adjustable individual characteristics -- such as neatness, niceness, and playfulness -- sims now have some notable major new features, such as memories, genetics, aging, and the new aspiration/fear system. This sequel also features enhanced appearance editing tools that allow you to customize clothing, hair styles and colors, and even lets you make adjustments to facial features. The genetics function takes your ability to create a family and builds it out further, letting sims pass on genetic information to their children. When creating a family, you can now have the game randomly generate children based on their parents' appearance and personality, though you can still edit those children. You can choose to re-create a real-life couple or family to see what kind of genes get handed down from generation to generation. Or you can experiment by interjecting some DNA from an alien into the family tree, as The Sims 2 includes the ability to create aliens from outer space and even marry them off to your more outlandish sims family members.

Another adjustment to The Sims 2 is the application of the aging and aspiration/fear systems. While the aging systems consequences are fairly obvious and straightforward, the aspiration/fear system can actually help your sims stave off old age. This new system allows you to choose one of five aspirations for your sims, including building a family, earning money, seeking knowledge, experiencing romance, or being popular. These aspirations are immediately realized by four simpler goals that get displayed onscreen, as well as three basic fears. Each sim has an aspiration meter which can fill up as you complete goals, or empty out if your sims' worst fears come true. Goals can be as immediate as throwing a successful party, or as long term as eventually winning over other sims as friends or spouses. Fears can be equally straightforward or long term, such as the fear of being rejected or getting fired from work.

Just as in life, if enough fears are realized, your sims lose their aspiration and go temporarily insane, although fortunately for your sims a therapist usually shows up. During this period of insanity, your sims can become unresponsive, ignoring orders you may be giving. However, if your sims successfully complete their goals, they earn more aspiration points, causing their meter to progress from green to gold and eventually platinum. The higher your sims' aspiration meters reach, or the longer they stay in the platinum range, the longer your sims remain as "normal" young adults.

The 40 new holiday objects included in The Sims 2: Holiday Edition allow you to celebrate several holidays in style. From Halloween objects, to firecrackers, wallpaper, presents, tree decorations and more, you can let your sims celebrate New Year's or even invite Santa Claus over for supper. And there is even a new movie-making feature that lets you "film" your sims in action and save the video to your computer. The Sims 2 even looks great, powered by a powerful three-dimensional graphics engine.

Price: $39.99

Click here to buy from Amazon

100 8" Premium Lumistick Glow Stick Bracelets Assorted

The best brand of glow bracelets in the market. You will receive 1 tube of 100 Lumistick luminescent light glow bracelets. Your order will contain an even mix of 5 colors -- Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Pink. Your order will also contain 100 connectors so you can hook the ends together to make bracelets, necklaces and more. Once they start glowing, Lumistick brand glow light bracelets will last you all night. They will glow super bright for 8 - 12 hours. After that, they will start to fade out but may continue to emit some light for up to 36 hours. These Lumistick brand glow bracelets come fresh from the factory and were manufactured just a few weeks ago. We are constantly getting new shipments from the factory, so you know these are as fresh and new as they come. They have a shelf life of 2 years. Glow bracelets contain two non-toxic chemicals that emit light or glow when they are mixed together. Inside the glow bracelets is a thin glass tube containing one chemical and surrounded by the other chemical, when you bend it for the first time, you break the inner glass tube. This mixes the two chemicals together inside the plastic bracelets tube. Just shake it up and presto -- it starts glowing like magic! Lumistick brand glow bracelets are non-toxic, non-flammable and non-radioactive. The almost never break open, but if they do, the chemicals inside can be washed off skin and clothes with ordinary soap or detergent.

Price: $15.58

Click here to buy from Amazon

Hidden Mysteries: Salem Secrets - Witch Trials of 1692

Salem Secrets takes you into the haunting tale of the 1962 witch trials. Four your girls are suffering from an outbreak of mysterious fits and tantrums, rumored to be caused by Witchcraft. As Constable Hawthorne, it is your job to investigate these rumors and uncover the truth about these strange attacks that have been afflicting the town of Salem. Things may only get worse if you can't find the answers in time in this twisted Hidden Mystery game.

Price: $19.99

Click here to buy from Amazon

Universal Gooseneck Mount (Compatible with All GPS Brands)

Mount your Device in a New Way. The alternative mount kit allows you to mount your device on your windshield or dashboard whichever you prefer. Using its long, flexible 'gooseneck', you can bring your device closer, even in larger vehicles with deep windshields. And, its clip-on mounting system allows for simple one-hand docking and undocking. Compatible with GPS devices and smartphones up to 5-inches.

What's in the Box

Gooseneck mount, universal device holder

About TomTom

Founded in Amsterdam in 1991, TomTom has established itself as a global leader in navigation by being an innovative company with a strong brand, clear customer focus, and high quality products and services.

TomTom is the world's leading navigation solutions provider with navigation products sold in 30 countries and in over 20 languages. To further our commitment to car navigation, TomTom acquired Tele Atlas maps in 2008 so we can continually provide the most up-to-date maps and intelligent routing.

We have our own mapping company!
Did you know that every year roads change by up to 40% in high-growth areas? Tele Atlas manages this by using the world's most comprehensive systems to identify and incorporate these changes into our maps with unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy. All TomTom devices benefit from the Tele Atlas advantage--more coverage, more points of interest, and more freshness and accuracy.

Why TomTom?
At TomTom, we believe that personal navigation should be as easy and safe as possible. We develop smart technology that gives you straightforward solutions, innovations to make life easy.

Price: $29.95

Click here to buy from Amazon

Bicycle Tragic Royalty Playing Cards

Do you have a goth side?

Bicycle® Tragic Royalty playing cards do, too! The Tragic Royalty playing cards are designed with a bold black and dark-red card back, whimsical and ghoulish court cards, each with separate impish poses and the Ace of Spades tangled in a fitting spider's web.

The biggest surprise of all - these Bicycle playing cards glow in the dark when used under a black light. Imagine how cool your next game night could be with these playing cards. The perfect gift for card players, card collectors, magicians or just another way to impress the kids with a deck of cards for family game night!

Price: $8.99

Click here to buy from Amazon

Targus Lap Lounge Apple iPad 2 2nd Generation Wifi / 3G Model 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, AWE70US (Beige)

	Lap Lounge for iPad 2 AWE70US
Relax and view your iPad 2 in hands free comfort with the Targus Lap Lounge. With the Lap Lounge, there’s no need to hold the iPad, since it’s designed to hold your tablet in place while you lounge.This product features a soft bean-bag like cushion on the bottom for the maximum in comfort while the cradle adjusts to whatever angle you desire.
Cozy and Chill Relaxation on multiple levels, engaged. Not only will you benefit from infinite viewing angles, allowing you to surf, watch, navigate and completely enjoy the experience with your iPad 2, but you’ll do it in cozy comfort, thanks to the soft pillow-backed surface that provides support and confirms to any surface for ultimate comfort.
Double Vision We understand that the orientation of your iPad2 is dependent on the activity. Landscape for movie enjoyment, portrait for readingâ??fortunately, the Lap Lounge allows you to harness both options, while maintaining your comfort.
Cool Sound Amplified sound isn’t just for rock roadies. Listen to your movies, music and more at a comfortable level since the design of the Lap Lounge allows for sound to be redirected from the speaker straight to you. Don’t worry, you won’t get blown away.
Earbuds and More Losing your earbuds is frustrating. Thankfully, the Lap Lounge features a zippered side enclosure, allowing you to easily tuck away those items which can get lost easily in the folds of your couch. Safely store your small accessories and adapter so that next time you are enjoying your iPad 2, all you need is easily secured right inside the Lap Desk. Plus, this pocket also zips open to reveal a convenient handle for easy toting of your Lap Desk!

Price: $69.99

Click here to buy from Amazon

Ireland Flag Polyester 3 ft. x 5 ft.

3 x 5 ft Polyester flag with 2 brass grommets. These polyester flags not recommended for prolonged outdoor use. For outdoor use, we recommend our nylon flags.

Price: $19.99

Click here to buy from Amazon

Mickey Mouse Airwalker 52" Jumbo Foil Balloon

Mickey Mouse Airwalker Jumbo Foil Balloon measures 52" high. This is an officially licensed © Disney product.

Price: $19.99

Click here to buy from Amazon