Happy Halloween! But ... what's powering your pumpkin?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 2 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="3079724116" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h1 class="head" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Happy Halloween! But ... what's powering your pumpkin?</h1><div><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/">http://www.csmonitor.com</a><br /><h2 class="subhead" itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Happy Halloween: Trick or treat? Solar or oil? Even Halloween jack-o'-lanterns have joined the energy debate. When the Department of Energy promoted clean energy and efficiency as pumpkin-carving suggestions, the US oil and gas lobby served up its own Halloween ideas. </div></h2><div class="sByline" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">By <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/About/Staff/David-J.-Unger" rel="author" style="color: #205d87; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="ui-author" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">David J. Unger</span></a>, <span class="ui-staffline" style="font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Staff writer</span> / October 31, 2013</div><div class="podStoryGal p402_hide" style="background-color: white; border: 4px solid rgb(234, 242, 238); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 253px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 8px; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><div class="thePhoto" style="float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 380px;"><div class=" jcarousel-skin-storygal" style="height: 253px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><div class="jcarousel-container jcarousel-container-horizontal" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 380px;"><div class="jcarousel-clip jcarousel-clip-horizontal" style="height: auto; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 380px; z-index: 2;"><ul class="jcarousel-list jcarousel-list-horizontal" id="pgallerycarousel" style="left: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 490px; z-index: 1;"><li class="jcarousel-item jcarousel-item-horizontal jcarousel-item-1 jcarousel-item-1-horizontal" jcarouselindex="1" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; height: auto; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 380px;"><a class="thickbox" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2013/1030/1030-pumpkin/17329921-1-eng-US/1030-pumpkin_full_600.jpg" style="color: #205d87; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" itemprop="image" src="http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2013/1030/1030-pumpkin/17329921-1-eng-US/1030-pumpkin_full_380.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="podC" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 208px;"><div class="pod" style="background-color: #f2f7f4; font-size: 11px; height: auto !important; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; min-height: 209px; padding: 10px;"><div class="caption" id="pgallerycarousel_caption" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.6em; padding: 0px;" title="Photo Caption">Jack-o'-lanterns wait to be set up for the Keene Pumpkin Festival earlier this month in Keene, N.H. 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On one side is the <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/U.S.+Department+of+Energy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #205d87; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_self" title="Title: U.S. Department of Energy">US Department of Energy</a>, promoting clean energy and efficiency with a set of<a href="http://energy.gov/articles/energize-your-neighborhood-energy-themed-pumpkins" style="color: #205d87; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">energy-themed stencils for pumpkin carving</a>. Not to be outdone, the <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/American+Petroleum+Institute" rel="nofollow" style="color: #205d87; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_self" title="Title: American Petroleum Institute">American Petroleum Institute</a>, an oil and gas lobbying firm, has released <a href="http://energytomorrow.org/blog/2013/october/oct-28-americas-oil-and-natural-gas-industry-no-tricks-just-treats" style="color: #205d87; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">its own set of stencils to make a "high energy pumpkin"</a> blazoned with the image of an oil barrel or a full gas tank.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">So the question this Halloween isn't so much trick or treat? It's renewables or fossil fuels?</div><div class="promotion-tag" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="promotion-tag-p" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">RECOMMENDED: <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2013/0530/US-energy-in-five-maps-infographics/1.-Oil-gas-and-coal" style="color: #205d87; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">US energy in five maps (infographics)</a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Judging by DOE's stencils, the future is in cleaner energy and less of it. The stencils depict wind turbines, solar panels, compact fluorescent light bulbs, and other emblems of alternative energy, with DOE encouraging would-be carvers to "energize your neighborhood" this "Energyween." It's a fitting end to October, which was designated National Energy Action Month by <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Barack+Obama" rel="nofollow" style="color: #205d87; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_self" title="Title: Barack Obama">President Obama</a> in late September. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">"[S]o while you’re stocking up on pumpkins, fall sweaters and Halloween candy, it's also a great time to think about actions you can take to save energy and money at home," reads a post announcing the stencils on DOE's website from earlier this month.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Shorter days and cooler weather come together in October to begin a steady annual rise in electricity use as homeowners turn up the heat and keep lights on longer. In 2011, commercial and residential lighting made up about 12 percent of the nation's total electricity use. In 2009, space heating made up 41.5 percent of total residential energy use.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">But the stencils don't exactly offer a comprehensive look at US energy – at least not according to the American Petroleum Institute (API), which represents the nation's oil and gas companies.</div><div class="body-view-extra" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">RECOMMENDED:</b> <a href="http://www.monitorfrontiermarkets.com/csm5" style="color: #205d87; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_new">Monitor Frontier Markets Free Trial. Intelligent analysis on events in frontier/emerging countries.</a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">"[W]hen the Energy Department blog highlighted ways to 'energize your neighborhood' with a series of energy-themed pumpkin stencils in time for Halloween – but didn’t include any for the sources of 62 percent of the energy Americans use – we thought maybe it was some kind of holiday trick," reads a post on API's website. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Renewables made up 12 percent of the nation's electricity mix in 2012, and while solar and wind showed tremendous growth last year, most analysts predict fossil fuels will continue to dominate the electric grid in coming decades.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">So it's a tall order for the Obama administration, which wants to reduce the 40 percent of carbon emissions that come from fossil-fuel power plants. 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Google releases Nexus 5 phone with Kit Kat

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h1 style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 30px; line-height: 33px; margin: 15px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">Google releases Nexus 5 phone with Kit Kat</h1><div><a href="http://www.cnn.com/">http://www.cnn.com</a><br /><img alt="Google on Thursday announced its new Nexus 5 smartphone, which went on sale immediately." src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131031150349-nexus-5-phone-story-top.jpg" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(CNN)</strong> -- Google on Thursday released its latest candy-themed mobile operating system: Android 4.4, more deliciously known as Kit Kat.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The system will launch immediately on Google's new Nexus 5 phone and then roll out to other Nexus devices, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One, in the next few weeks.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nexus devices are Google's flagship line of phones and tablets, running the newest and purest form of Android and available without contracts. The Nexus 5, manufactured by LG, is built to work internationally on a variety of bands and with whatever local SIM card you pick up, though Verizon's band is still not supported.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Physically, the 5-inch Nexus is a bit thinner and lighter than the previous generation, while packing a faster Snapdragon 800 processor. It has optical image stabilization and a new HDR camera feature for combining multiple exposures into a single photo, lightening up dark areas and bringing details back to images blown out by a flash.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Nexus 5 is available online today in 10 countries and will be available in retail stores like Best Buy. It's a wider rollout than for previous generations of Nexus phones. The 16 GB version will cost $349 without a contract and the 32 GB version will go for $399, also without a contract.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The phone also will be the first to have the new Kit Kat features, many of which attempt to break down the walls between web, search, apps and communication tools.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The phone app -- widely neglected since Android smartphones first came out -- gets more search power in Kit Kat, pulling in search results for business as well as your usual roster of contacts. Incoming calls from business are recognized automatically in caller ID, while pulling data from the same database that powers Google Maps.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kit Kat also adds support for third-party cloud services like Box so you can see files stored on the device and in the cloud. Google Hangouts absorbs SMS and MMS messages, so your chats, video calls and texts are all together in one place.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Now, the company's app for serving up answers to questions you haven't even asked yet, is adding new categories. It can deduce your interests based on your web searches -- say, "The Walking Dead," or corgis -- and add a card to Google Now with the latest information about those interests. If there's a specific site you check a lot that is only sporadically updated, Google Now might alert you to new posts when they happen.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's also tapping the power of crowds. Google Now knows your location, and Google knows what people at that exact spot during that time are most likely to search. For example, someone standing in front of Old Faithful at Yellowstone might search for a schedule of when the geyser is going to erupt. Google Now will automatically show you the times without your searching.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Search on Kit Kat is not limited to content from the web. Google is starting to index content deep inside of individual apps, so if you search for a recipe it might show a web page and a link to a cooking app you already have installed. For now, it will only work with installed apps, but Google says its working on adding support for apps in the Google Play store, which could be a clever way to sell more apps.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kit Kat is also Google's attempt to address one the bigger problems plaguing Android: OS fragmentation. Low-end Android devices are big sellers in emerging markets like China and India, but because of their limited memories and pokey processors, they typically run older versions of the Android operating system, like Gingerbread.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The decision of what version of Android to ship on these devices is up the manufacturers. But Google is trying hard to make its newest OS more appealing for these markets by upgrading it to use less processor power and memory.</div><br /></div></div></div>

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24 last-minute Halloween costumes for kids

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h1 style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 30px; line-height: 33px; margin: 15px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">24 last-minute Halloween costumes for kids</h1><div><img alt="Flower" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121433-flower-tiff-vertical-gallery.jpg" /><img alt="Shark" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121734-shark-tiff-vertical-gallery.jpg" /></div><div><img alt="Cupcake" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121715-rshalloween-ruby-1-vertical-gallery.jpg" /><img alt="Bookworm" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121326-bookworm-tiff-vertical-gallery.jpg" /></div><div><img alt="Owl" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121558-owl-tiff-vertical-gallery.jpg" /><img alt="Yellow duckling" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121351-duck-tiff-vertical-gallery.jpg" /></div><div><img alt="Fairy" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121411-fairy-tiff-vertical-gallery.jpg" /><img alt="Veterinarian" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121805-vet-tiff-vertical-gallery.jpg" /></div><div><img alt="Genie" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121500-genie-opener-tiff-vertical-gallery.jpg" /><img alt="Lamb" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121525-lamb-tiff-vertical-gallery.jpg" /></div><div><img alt="Mermaid" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131017121623-rshalloween-evie-vertical-gallery.jpg" /><strong style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Real Simple)</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">-- October 31 seems to creep up on us every single year. Still set on treating Junior to that one-of-a-kind disguise? Frightened by the idea of making your own costume from scratch?</span></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Don't be. Get into the spirit with creative ideas that can be pulled together with cupcake liners, coffee filters, and more household items.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Simple: <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/last-minute-halloween-costume-ideas-00100000066551/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Last-minute Halloween costume ideas</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Race car driver</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">He'll go from zero to race-ready in a jiffy by decorating an everyday track suit with a few strips of tape (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page27.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_strylftcntnt" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: left; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_stryfactbox" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 166px;"><div class="cnn_strycorrheader" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stay in touch!</b></div>Don't miss out on the conversation we're having at CNN Living. <a href="https://twitter.com/cnnliving" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Follow us on Twitter </a>and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CnnLiving" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Facebook</a> for the latest stories and tell us what's influencing your life.<br /><div class="cnn_pad20top" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yellow duckling</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here's an idea that's sure to quack your little one up. A bunch of faux feathers and a pair of bright orange boots will have your lucky duckling ready to waddle around the 'hood. Get the how-tos <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page28.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shark</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">This ferocious guy will be terrorizing the neighbors—for an extra handful of candy, of course. Only a few supplies are needed to create this shark's tough skin. Is the suspense killing you? Get the how-tos <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page29.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Strawberry</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Think strawberry season is long gone? Think again. This sweet disguise starts with a ripe red shirt and a pair of matching leggings. Complete the fruity look with a stem made from felt, pipe cleaners, and more (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page30.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Simple: <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/delicious-pumpkin-recipes-00000000021334/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Delicious pumpkin recipes</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bookworm</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">A novel idea for the kid who always has his nose in the books. Pull the disguise together with felt, styrofoam balls, and more (get the<a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page31.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>). Wondering who's behind those oversized specs? This cute little dude (who you've probably spotted on his <a href="http://www.natthefatrat.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">mom's blog</a>joined our cast to show off his squiggly (and scholarly) style.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wise owl</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Whooo needs a last-minute costume idea? This night owl's getup starts with brown leggings and shirt and calls for cupcake liners, faux feathers, and more (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page32.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mermaid</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Is everything really better down where it's wetter? Make a splash out of water with this easy-to-create costume that requires streamers, cupcake liners, and more (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page33.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>). Our little aquatic friend from <a href="http://nicolephoto.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">nicolephoto.com</a> emerged from under the sea to debut her loveliness on land.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ice cream sundae</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">This costume calls for the works: vanilla ice cream, strawberry syrup, chocolate fudge, and a cherry on top (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page34.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>). For super sundae cuteness, the littlest lady at <a href="http://ohjoy.blogs.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Oh Joy!</a> modeled this sweet disguise. (Cue the screams of delight.)</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Simple: <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/simple-halloween-costumes-00100000067390/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Simple Halloween costumes</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fairy godmother</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph23" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Once upon a time there was a mommy who wished a Halloween costume could be made with the wave of a wand. Wish granted. This easy and enchanted disguise requires a tutu, star-shaped stickers, and a few more magical accessories (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page35.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph24" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Vet</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph25" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The doc is in. And he'll be mending and repairing the stuffed animals, bath toys, and robots. Getting dressed for surgery requires an oversized button-down shirt, shower cap, and more (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page36.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>). When this guy is not on-call, you can find him in the playroom spending quality time with his patients.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph26" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lamb</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph27" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">What's blaahk, white, and fluffy all over? This sweet little lamb. To create a fleece as white as snow, you'll need to dip into the cotton ball stash (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page37.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph28" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Flower</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph29" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mary Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With a pipe cleaner stem, petals of felt, and a smile that will make your heart melt (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page38.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph30" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Simple: <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/diy-halloween-costumes-00100000065971/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">DIY Halloween costumes</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph31" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Aviator</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph32" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prepare for takeoff. Imaginations will soar when your kid steps into this clever disguise made from a sweatshirt, tape, and more (get the<a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page39.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>). Yes, goggles are required.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph33" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Love bug</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph34" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hooray for the pink and red lady who just landed in the garden. Her cuteness is off the charts and she's dressed in a disguise that's made from tulle and felt hearts (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page40.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph35" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Turquoise peacock</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph36" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spotted on the front lawn: An exotic (and adorable) little birdie with feathers bursting in a bright shade of blue (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page41.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph37" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cobalt peacock</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph38" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here comes little miss magnificent with her vibrant blue feathers (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page42.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>) and her chipper disposition.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph39" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Simple: <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/magazine-more/inside-website/daily-finds/best-halloween-movies-00000000023507/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Best Halloween movies</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph40" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Rainbow fish</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph41" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">One fish, two fish, red fish, rainbow fish! Create these multicolored scales from that stash of cupcake liners in the pantry (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page43.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph42" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Flapper</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph43" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Roaring Twenties revival: Dancing her way around the neighborhood with a bob cut, strands of pearls, and a hot pink dress that, well, we made for twirling (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page44.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph44" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fisherman</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph45" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">This seafarer is sure to reel in compliments (and candy!) with this low-maintenance disguise. There's no catch—but there are a few household items required (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page45.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph46" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jailbird</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph47" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Free to hit the streets on Halloween night, this guy's disguise comes together with faux feathers, white tape, and more (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page46.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph48" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Simple: <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/healthier-halloween-candy-00000000045321/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Healthier Halloween candy</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph49" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lightning cloud</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph50" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">When Halloween strikes, this fierce dude will bolt from house to house making a serious dent in the neighborhood candy supply. Create the disguise with a few household essentials (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page47.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph51" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Skeleton</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph52" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">A sweet twist on a classic costume that requires a few frilly strands of ribbon to make those funny bones at home (get the <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/kids-halloween-costumes-00100000108504/page48.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how-tos</a>).</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 2 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="3079724116" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></div>

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Boston Red Sox championship heals psychic wounds of marathon attacks

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/">http://www.cnn.com</a><br /><h1 style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 30px; line-height: 33px; margin: 15px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">Boston Red Sox championship heals psychic wounds of marathon attacks</h1><div class="cnn_stryathrtmp" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 14px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cnnByline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By <strong style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Michael Martinez</strong>, CNN</div><div class="cnn_strytmstmp" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">updated 7:18 PM EDT, Thu October 31, 2013</div><div class="cnn_strytmstmp" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Boston Red Sox players hold up the championship trophy after Game 6 of baseball's World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday, October 30, in Boston. The Red Sox defeated the Cardinals 6-1. " src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131030235454-06-world-series-win-horizontal-gallery.jpg" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(CNN)</strong> -- Boston is a land of memory. After all, it's the capital of a commonwealth, not just a state, evoking the colonial era. And when it comes to baseball, well, how many times have we heard the yarn about how the antique Fenway Park endured 86 years of pain without a World Series championship?</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Now the Boston Red Sox have won their third title in nine years -- at Fenway, no less -- but this victory seems to hold deeper meaning than just winning a sporting crown.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's being compared to a divine balm to heal one of the darkest recent memories in America: the terror bombings at the Boston Marathon last April.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It lifts the spirit back up after the marathon," one woman told CNN in Boston during a noisy street celebration so loud that it wasn't possible to get her name. "They obviously deserve it. I feel like I knew it was going to happen."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/sport/world-series-5-things/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">5 things you need to know about the World Series</a></div><div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand16" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 27px 0px 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="clickToPlay" id="clickToPlayvideoContainerexpand16" style="background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/video/416_player_Click_to_play_off.png); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; height: 42px; left: 45px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 27px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 136px; zoom: 1;"></div><img alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131031043214-ortiz-intvw-nichols-00004827-story-body.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="214" /><cite class="expCaption" style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; bottom: 0px; height: 20px; left: 10px; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.85; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 214px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: white; display: block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; left: 4px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;">World Series MVP Ortiz on winning title</span></cite></div><div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand26" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 27px 0px 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="clickToPlay" id="clickToPlayvideoContainerexpand26" style="background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/video/416_player_Click_to_play_off.png); border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; height: 42px; left: 45px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 27px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 136px; zoom: 1;"></div><img alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131031075926-vo-ma-red-sox-locker-room-celebration-00002025-story-body.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="214" /><cite class="expCaption" style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; bottom: 0px; height: 20px; left: 10px; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.85; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 214px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: white; display: block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; left: 4px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Red Sox celebrate their victory</span></cite></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Many mused about the supernatural being at work.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"First the Boston Bombing and now the World Series...," said Michael David Reel on the Red Sox Facebook page, "it was given to you."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">It was as if Boston rose again after a trial of the spirit.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"This was not just about winning a Championship. It was about a group of regular guys that believed in themselves and this city, and this country, and through their unbelievable efforts it helped relieve the pain of the Boston Marathon bombing in April," wrote Dave Hornoff on the same social media page. "They dedicated their season to the victims and the entire country embraced them, and they embraced Boston and the entire country. What we witnessed was a real life movie in the making and for me this was more than just sports. More championships will be won every year but the story of the 2013 Boston Red Sox will never be repeated."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fans like Hornoff also repeated all or part of slogan that has since become a mantra in the marathon tragedy's aftermath: "Boston Strong 617." The terror explosions disturbed the nation because they occurred in such a public place: the attacks killed three people, wounded more than 260 others, and put the city in a five-day lockdown until a manhunt finally captured the sole surviving terror suspect.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"This World Series was so much more than just a baseball game for the city of Boston," Derek Lemieux wrote on the team's Facebook page.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Then, signing off in a shorthand of the digital era, he wrote: "#BostonStrong."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Immediately after the victory, some fans ran to Boylston Street, where the finish line of the Boston Marathon is still painted on the street.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The April bombings occurred near this line -- which still says "Finish" -- and fans kneeled and kissed it.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The city's victory parade for the team on Saturday will cross over the finish line, using the same route traveled to celebrate the team's championship in 2004, when they broke their streak for not winning a World Series, the team said. The team's last championship was in 2007.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/14/us/massachusetts-red-sox-bombing-survivor/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Jane Richard, 7, Boston bombing survivor, sings anthem at Red Sox game</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday's win over the St. Louis Cardinals also marked the first time that the Red Sox won a championship while at home since 1918 -- the year that began the team's infamous 86-year World Series drought.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mysticism was behind that punishment, fans cried. It was the Curse of the Bambino -- the hex imposed on the team because it sold legendary player Babe "Bambino" Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Indeed, 97-year-old Helen McGonagle of Boston was 2 years old when the team won that 1918 championship at home.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I never thought I'd live to see this," she said of the 2013 championship.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">No story on the Red Sox would be complete without interviewing a Bostonian with such a long memory like McGonagle's. She now lives in a nursing home, still peppy enough to talk with reporters.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I would go down and see the Red Sox a lot," McGonagle said of her childhood years at Fenway.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph23" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Back then, a hot dog cost 15 cents, she said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph24" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/25/opinion/garnick-sports-fanboy/index.html?iref=allsearch" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Opinion: I'm a Red Sox fanboy</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph25" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">She explained the enthusiasm of fans.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph26" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"They're a great team," she said. "I don't think as good as they were in Ted Williams' time, but I think they're doing a great job and I'm rooting for them all the time."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph27" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Batting legend Williams played for the Red Sox from 1939 to 1960.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph28" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">This year's team was also noteworthy for how players cultivated beards out of a superstition since spring training: The team kept winning as more players grew one, despite early predictions that this wouldn't their season.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph29" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The season indeed ended as theirs.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph30" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">But one fan on Facebook now wonders:</div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8896966065785019252" name="em1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8896966065785019252" name="em2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph31" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Now can they shave?" Robin Gilliam said</div><br /><br /></div></div></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 1 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="6623240111" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></div>

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Pierre's ice cream review!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vFpdc4d6EtE/UnL-aTPMafI/AAAAAAAAKew/89EgsqBLmhU/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vFpdc4d6EtE/UnL-aTPMafI/AAAAAAAAKew/89EgsqBLmhU/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Serving good quality ice cream since 1932!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being Halloween and all I had to treat myself to something indulgent and sweet and what's better than <a href="http://www.pierres.com/history_main.shtml">Pierre's ice cream </a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That's right I was sent some of Pierre's ice cream for review and it showed up on Halloween!! Perfect Halloween gift to me! </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was ecstatic when I opened the box whoa, creamy goodness and I couldn't wait to crack open a pint and try it! </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They have a wide assortment of flavors such as:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pierre's hola! fruta:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Premium all natural fruit sherbet)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Black cherry lemon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Piña colada:</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XxMILe8mJK0/UoGDX-tUuwI/AAAAAAAAKqc/0jtO8hmUZEY/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XxMILe8mJK0/UoGDX-tUuwI/AAAAAAAAKqc/0jtO8hmUZEY/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now I've tried a pineapple sherbet before but never piña colada and wow I'm glad I have because it's fruity, creamy, full of delicious flavor and you can blend it up in a smoothie!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Strawberry</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pomegranate blueberry</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Peach</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mango</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Margarita</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pierre's yovation: frozen yogurt with probiotics </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Vanilla pomegranate blueberry</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Vanilla</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was sent these yummy flavors listed below that I will share my take on each on in yummy detail!! </span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mocha mud pie:</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is by far the best mocha ice cream I have ever had! Tasted just like cake to me but better! Rich ice cream with chocolate cake pieces inside of this creamy delicious ice cream! Great mocha flavor and not too overpowering like some other mocha flavors are that I've tried. Not like your biting into a coffee bean at all!! </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jUY0Y28SaUk/UnL-aVuFQNI/AAAAAAAAKeo/X7PQNp3hVFc/s1600/13+-+2" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jUY0Y28SaUk/UnL-aVuFQNI/AAAAAAAAKeo/X7PQNp3hVFc/s320/13+-+2" width="320" /></a></span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Moose tracks:</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z1f7M_iW1aE/UnRGk71MeoI/AAAAAAAAKgI/BEv8CHeSozs/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z1f7M_iW1aE/UnRGk71MeoI/AAAAAAAAKgI/BEv8CHeSozs/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Smooth creamy peanut butter in the cups all throughout the ice cream in every mouth watering bite!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's a photo of chocolate cherry chunk mixed with the moose tracks flavor! Just couldn't decide on one flavor, decisions decisions !</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QD4nOOS1cYE/UnRHfDaRDzI/AAAAAAAAKgc/yueUF_DPLAA/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QD4nOOS1cYE/UnRHfDaRDzI/AAAAAAAAKgc/yueUF_DPLAA/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chocolate</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cappuccino </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Butter pecan</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Black cherries and chocolate chunks</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pierre's signature collection:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mocha mud pie</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Banana fudge chunk</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chocolate lava cake</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cherries and chocolate chunk:</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R7pUVC_RRII/UnRFScUvlCI/AAAAAAAAKfk/uzsuPs9uGqw/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R7pUVC_RRII/UnRFScUvlCI/AAAAAAAAKfk/uzsuPs9uGqw/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love the chunks of cherries with the decadent milky chocolate! Amazing flavor in every bite!</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Coconut fudge almond</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nun better snicker doodle </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Exquisite vanilla </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pierre's  premium ice cream:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Butter pecan:</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hjST_c74Yts/UnWjyqtT5lI/AAAAAAAAKhk/1VswToHzVys/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hjST_c74Yts/UnWjyqtT5lI/AAAAAAAAKhk/1VswToHzVys/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Smooth buttery ice cream with crunchy pecans! So delicious and the best butter pecan I've ever had!!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Coconut fudge almond:</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fZ5spCUc_r8/UpEyQaJQRbI/AAAAAAAALC8/B2jzuP49nLE/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fZ5spCUc_r8/UpEyQaJQRbI/AAAAAAAALC8/B2jzuP49nLE/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I absolutely loved this ice cream because it had an amazing coconut flavor with chunks of nuts and fudge ripples throughout the ice cream. </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cookies and cream</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Double fudge brownie</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pumpkin pie</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Slam dunk chunk </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And more!!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pierre's sorbet:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Peach</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chocolate</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lemon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Raspberry</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Strawberry</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mango</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Passion fruit</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pierre's home style:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cupcake</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dutch chocolate</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cookies and cream</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cherry vanilla</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Peanut butter cup</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And more!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They have a ton more flavors in each variety even sherbet !</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Pierre's ice cream review!

Serving good quality ice cream since 1932! Being Halloween and all I had to treat myself to something indulgent and sweet and what's bet...

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Winter Forecast 2013-14: Mild With An Occasional Chilly Ride

This is our eighth winter forecast here at Phillyweather.net -- we've produced a mixed bag of wintry results over the years -- some of them solid, others not-so-much. With the exception of temperatures in 2011-12, we've been pretty close to the mark in terms of getting that aspect of the forecast right. Snow is another story -- and we will say it time and again that snow is a wildcard on a seasonal basis.  Even "good" setups don't always produce.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXgb0rNhBMn6Llb6stK3pQPOfxQqFvFVAEr3F9KF2kMMiGBa4p-48HyzEArVlm5UvnW7S9JSkGQiitanue1KC1I5-4BYumNHySpbu6mFuPP7XnrvGqMBHP0cm2ZjsCo5IeV3qoX-mRMjE/s1600/WINTERHISTORY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXgb0rNhBMn6Llb6stK3pQPOfxQqFvFVAEr3F9KF2kMMiGBa4p-48HyzEArVlm5UvnW7S9JSkGQiitanue1KC1I5-4BYumNHySpbu6mFuPP7XnrvGqMBHP0cm2ZjsCo5IeV3qoX-mRMjE/s400/WINTERHISTORY.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />We've seen a general tendency for a more amplified pattern take over from September on and we feel that we will see that continue through the winter. Amplified does not necessary result in a cold and snow scenario for us but we will likely see periods of warmth followed by periods of cool, rinse and repeat.  Without the influence of blocky weather (NAO, AO) setting up shop, cold may be more fleeting than entrenched. It is winter -- it will get cold -- but the magnitude of chill this winter may not be on the order of what we dealt with in late January into February last year.<br /><br />Most of the indicators out there lean warm -- even if a Nino does develop, it may not develop in time to "save" winter for the snow starved nor set up in a position ideal to help influence a colder pattern for the eastern half of the United States.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2IYU6ijAia4o-ebgbTl9GqIaLbOJA-07zqDpVDnC3NWQUeVAmVYnxdFX8Yxwb5D4EEbcipaDH6egfCqjhpf4N5wl764ICDL_AIMOhIzYPoKHN38EuvLV-NRS55lyShJ9zEQBFUSSkPJ7/s1600/WINTERFOR1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2IYU6ijAia4o-ebgbTl9GqIaLbOJA-07zqDpVDnC3NWQUeVAmVYnxdFX8Yxwb5D4EEbcipaDH6egfCqjhpf4N5wl764ICDL_AIMOhIzYPoKHN38EuvLV-NRS55lyShJ9zEQBFUSSkPJ7/s400/WINTERFOR1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The best comparison winters out there -- from a Nino/Nina/neutral standpoint, to October temperatures, combined with similar Arctic Oscillation tendencies -- are last winter and 2001-2002. Neither of them were good from a snow or cold standpoint. It doesn't mean we won't be cold at all during winter -- I think the amplified pattern in place allows for *some* colder periods that last longer than others (the holidays into early January is our best guess for when that takes place).<br /><br />On the whole, we think it will be a milder winter...on the order of at least a degree, perhaps a degree and a half above average (36.3-36.8 degree range, average is 35.3). Warmest periods to average are probably the first three weeks of December and the last two weeks of February.<br /><br />In terms of snowfall, we lean below average (21.8" is average) with our projection of 14 to 19 inches for Philadelphia. Most of the region should see slightly below average snowfall, with the Poconos closest overall to average as they get into the lower 50's on snowfall. The best time frame for snow looks to be in the middle and latter portions of January, a little earlier than our historical "peak" for snow. This would time roughly with us getting out of our colder look that sets up near the holidays.<br /><br />Snowfall in Philadelphia a wildcard, as usual, so snowfall seasonal predictions should be taken with larger grains of salt than temperature predictions.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXVy_eNyZQmmA04lYslwDWmu7uHk8PTuAf6F7mPD6sA_KtCt4-d4VrgC295DQYpX9axwD2CGRE_iKp_32sspCZSQZxqmCRU2s9ojOIGz2SGgSOg3UbwBkRwO6c2lsBNbRKHWRwwjmZEB-/s1600/WINTERFOR2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXVy_eNyZQmmA04lYslwDWmu7uHk8PTuAf6F7mPD6sA_KtCt4-d4VrgC295DQYpX9axwD2CGRE_iKp_32sspCZSQZxqmCRU2s9ojOIGz2SGgSOg3UbwBkRwO6c2lsBNbRKHWRwwjmZEB-/s400/WINTERFOR2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />That said, warmer years do usually correlate to less snow (there are exceptions, of course!). Given the odds of a relatively milder winter, the "safe" play is to go with less snow than average based on the odds.<br /><br />With that said, if we do get ten inches of snow, it would be more than last winter. Twelve gets us more than the last two winters combined.  Philadelphia hasn't gone three winters with less than ten inches of snow since the early 1930's. Historically, such odds are tough to pull off...but are worth noting here in case we end up in a rarefied spot for winter.

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Doctor Who Magazine Digital Edition Is Launched

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgam_WEuO2w2Qp9zGs6nTKeuouVGKhPt56YG8alDKU_yonc50-yncvw8si3gE4HWTG5Yd3ibo8PGWfarqwpHLvxgAtg1OO-bHqzcBhwrhM7jJeGsVVYaitKPn-UmpNIYd5GhOB_g8ihNdGW/s1600/screen480x480.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgam_WEuO2w2Qp9zGs6nTKeuouVGKhPt56YG8alDKU_yonc50-yncvw8si3gE4HWTG5Yd3ibo8PGWfarqwpHLvxgAtg1OO-bHqzcBhwrhM7jJeGsVVYaitKPn-UmpNIYd5GhOB_g8ihNdGW/s1600/screen480x480.jpeg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doctor Who Magazine is now available to buy worldwide in digital form through an iTunes app. New editions along with a number of back issues can be purchased through the app which is compatible with both iPhone and iPad. The magazine will, of course, continue to exist in its paper form as well. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The magazine's editor Tom Spilsbury told Doctor Who Online "We're delighted to bring DWM to a digital audience. The magazine continues to grow its sales, so this will help us expand our audience further.</span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fear not, though, if you prefer to read the physical magazine - this is designed to complement the physical version, not to replace it. We're sure that the digital version of DWM will help readers all over the world keep up to date with the latest adventures of the Doctor. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're hoping to put up a year's worth of back issues in the first instance. If it proves popular, we may go back further.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dr-who-magazine/id723816459?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4"><span style="color: blue;">Click here to download the app</span></a> - check your regional store for prices and subscription deals</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doctor Who Magazine</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doctor Who Magazine is the official BBC-licenced magazine devoted to the award winning television show. Catering for a mature, sophisticated readership, as well as appealing to younger fans of the show the magazine is consistently first with exclusives. From the first published interviews with stars like Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston, to photoshoots with Kylie Minogue! Every issue is packed with features including an exclusive column by the showrunner, Steven Moffat, reviews of episodes old and new, competitions for DVDs, CD and books, the latest official news on upcoming episodes and a 12-page full colour comic strip in every issue.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Magazine-Goes-Digital-In-The-UK.aspx">Doctor Who Online</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Doctor Who Doctor Who Magazine iTunes Doctor Who Magazine Digital Edition Is Launched

Doctor Who Magazine is now available to buy worldwide in digital form through an iTunes app. New editions along with a number of back issues...

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