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It’s that time of year again when the ghosts of the Queen Mary come alive at the Haunted Shipwreck. SHIPWRECK has recently changed ownership, and the new event team is dedicated to creating the most talked about destination this October. Producer Matt Gavin, formerly the production designer for Buffy The Vampire Slayer has brought his highly skilled team to create an environment that will please and terrify even the most discriminating horror fan.
The event will feature 5 Haunted Mazes, VIP areas, celebrity hosts, headlining live entertainment, tarot card readers, psychics, make up artists, food court and more .
Vampire Village: This haunted village dates back long ago, with twists and turns and fog below. Located to the north of the Shipwrecked Queen, some villagers have been known to scream. Alas, have no fear, for there are friendly Transylvanians near.
The Graveyard: The Un-dead have awoke from a long blissful sleep, to chase those whose footsteps will not give them peace. Tread lightly if you dare, and are so bold, for from out of the fog may pop-out something cold!
Isolation ward There is no escaping this straight jacket of a maze, patients may enter and exit in a haze. Handle them with care with good bedside manner, or be forced to answer to the dreaded Nurse Slasher!
Blackbeard’s Revenge (Pirate Maze): Angered Pirate Spirits haunt the sea, from years of trying to overthrow the Queen Mary. This maze will delight the scurviest of mates, with a dozen or so Pirates that will give chase. AAAAAARRRRGGG!
Paranoia’s House of Horror: Take a trip down memory lane, where Classic Haunted Characters are ready to bring the pain! Thru the dark depths of the ships bowels you will be, restrooms are nearby if you need to pee. So run, hide, scream all you want, nothing will stop these Masters of Haunt!
Event dates: October 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 and November 1st
Past performance, of course, is no indication of future results, however, so far this year our “best” weekly picks have won every week!
The “best” pick is always shown in bold print. The home team is shown in all capital letters.
Note that this week none of the betting stores had a line on the Seattle vs Jacksonville game, so what you see here is our best estimate.
Minn —- RAMS +10—– 41
Dallas —- K.C. +8 —– 42 ½
CAR —- Wash +4 —– 37 ½
PHIL —–T.B. +15 —— 43
NYG —– Oak +15 ½ —– 38 ½
BUFF —– Clv +6 —– 40 ½
BALT —— Cin + 8 ½ —— 42
Pitt —– DET + 10 ½ —— 44
S.F. —— Atl + 2 ½ —— 41
N. E. —— DEN + 3 ½ —— 41
ARIZ —— Hou + 5 ½ —— 50
Indy —— TEN + 3 ½ —— 45 ½ ( give the points)
Jax —— SEA +2 —— 44
Jets —— MIA + 1 ½ ——- 36 ½
HOUSTON Oakland + 9 ½
Tenn JACKSONVILLE +3
NEW ENGLAND Baltimore +2
Cincy CLEVELAND +5 ½
NY Giants KANSAS CITY + 9 (give the points)
WASH Tampa Bay +7
INDY Seattle +10 ½
NEW ORLEANS NY JETS 6 ½
Buffalo MIAMI +2
SAN FRAN Rams +9 ½
Dallas DENVER +3
PITTSBURGH San Diego +6 ½
Monday Night
MINN Green Bay + 3 ½
* Home Teams all capital letters
** Best Bet – In Bold Print (Go to archives to see previous ‘best bets’)
What is wrong with the people who emigrate to the United States? Why can’t they speak our language like we do? As Henry Higgins said in My Fair Lady…”why can’t they be more like us?”
If you agree with me that English is easy— then please help me with some of the following which I’m having difficulty explaining to some of my relatives who have moved to the United States.
1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce . 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present . 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10) I did not object to the object. 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row . 13) They were too close to the door to close it. 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let’s face it English is a difficult language to master. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple or pine in pineapple. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. You can ship by truck and send cargo by ship? We have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which,of course, is not a race at all . Why is it that when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
PS. – Why doesn’t ‘Buick’ rhyme with ‘quick’
What is wrong with the immigrants….not much. Bless ’em for keeping on trying to understand us.
The Harvest Festival Original Art and Craft Show®, the largest indoor arts and crafts show on the West Coast, returns to the Long Beach Convention Center October 2-4, 2009 with unique products, eclectic entertainers and a full day of fun.
For over 37 years, the Harvest Festival’s unique shopping and entertainment atmosphere has enamored shoppers. The show offers thousands of distinctive, handmade items, including jewelry, photographs, sculptures, pottery, accessories, clothing, specialty foods and more. The products offered are the highest quality, as each exhibitor is subject to a rigid jury process to be selected as a featured artisan.
The Long Beach Harvest Festival has once again partnered with the Los Angeles affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month. The show will provide Susan G. Komen for the Cure® with half the proceeds collected from shopping bag sales and all the proceeds from the parcel check. To recognize the growing demand that food banks around the country are facing, the Long Beach Harvest Festival has also joined forces with the Good Provider Food Bank of Southern California and will hand out $2 off admission coupon to anyone who brings a non-perishable food donation to the show.
Besides offering products that you can’t find anywhere else, the Harvest Festival is also known for providing a very family-friendly environment and offers a number of entertainment acts that thrill audiences of all ages. Whether it is high energy dance numbers, a strolling Elvis on stilts, or spectacular puppeteers, customers can always count on an entertaining and fun shopping experience at the Long Beach Harvest Festival.
What: The Long Beach Harvest Festival Original Art and Craft Show(R)
When: October 2-4, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach CA
Hours: Friday: 10 am – 6pm, Saturday: 10 am – 6pm, Sunday: 10 am – 5pm
Tickets: Adults: $9, Seniors (62+): $7, Youth (13-17): $4, Group
(10 or more): $5, Kids 12 and Under: Free
Info: For tickets and information, please call 415-447-3205 or
visit www.harvestfestival.com
This Saturday morning The National Wildlife Refuge at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station will host the event to remove invasive weeds and plant native vegetation.
The stations environmental pprogram has been awarded a grant to restore a 3 acre area with native flowers, shrubs and and grasses in upland habitat adjacent to the wetland. This area is being choked out by invasive fennel, thistle, and mustard. This work will create a much needed transitional habitata for native birds, reptiles, mammals and pollinating insects.
The project starts at 8:30 a.m. and will be completed by noon. If you or your family, friends, or neighbors are interest PLEASE call the refuge office at 562-598-1024 and get your name on the list to be one of those working for a few hours this Saturday. This will be a day you and your children will long remember and perhaps get you interested in becoming a regular docent for the refuge.
Did you know that the Naval Weapons Station is the ONLY national wildlife refuge in the five county area? That it is home to the largest year round red-tailed hawk population in the Western U. S.? That it is now the ONLY KNOWN burrowing owl population left in Orange County?
The 911 acres of salt marsh was established to protect all birds but primarily the Least Tern and Clapper Rail. Recently Green Sea Turtles have been found to be “nesting” in the refuge…and are a welcome addition. The agriculture grown on part of the 5,000 acres contributes no pollutants or poisons to the refuge and actually contributes over $1 million dollars annually to benefit the refuge.
Don’t miss out this Saturday. Call 562-598-1024 right now before you forget!
You’ll be glad you did!
The Japan America Society of Southern California (JASSC), in coordination with the Up Up & Away Kite Club, announce Southern California’s largest kiting event, the Japan America Kite Festival , will take place on the beach at the Seal Beach Pier in Seal Beach, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It is free to the public and attracts some 10,000 visitors each year.
Japanese Kite Master Mikio Toki will visit from his home and kite workshop in Chiba, Japan, to display and fly his traditional edo-dako (traditional Tokyo-style kites constructed with washi rice paper and bamboo). Toki also will conduct free children’s Japanese kite workshops where every child can build and fly a sode (kimono-shaped) kite.
In addition to Japanese kites, the festival will feature more than 1,000 kites of all sizes, including Susan and David Gomberg’s giant 300-400 square-foot “Show Kites.” The Gombergs perform at 20-30 events each year and have participated in festivals in 35 states and 25 countries, including providing kite shows for Disney, the London Millennium Celebration, and the Super Bowl. There also will be performance stunt and sports kite demonstrations, synchronized kite “ballet,” as well children’s activities, including kite candy drops and other fun kids games.
Japanese cultural activities at the Festival will include sushi provided by Toro Sushi, the official sushi vendor for Angels Stadium; Edo Ame-zaiku (Traditional Japanese candy art); and cultural demonstrations such as Taiko Drum performance and Naginata (long handled, wood sword fighting).
Held annually at the Seal Beach Pier since 1996, the Japan America Kite Festival is free to the public, thanks to generous support from the Festival’s presenting sponsor, Mattel, Inc., and sponsor, Hitachi, Ltd. Other sponsors include Ayres Hotel, All Nippon Airways (ANA), Bogart’s Coffee House, Bridge USA, Kinokuniya Bookstore, Toro Sushi Bar & Grill, Yakult USA, Inc. and Up Up & Away Kite shop in Seal Beach.
About Japan America Society of Southern California
Founded in 1909 to build economic, cultural, governmental and personal relationships between the people of Japan and America. It is the West Coast’s premier educational and public affairs forum dedicated to the United States-Japan relationship. JASSC is a qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit, charitable education organization and is supported by 120 Japanese and American corporate members and 2,000 individual members.
October 9 its “Adios” for one of the city’s best employees.
Lee Whittenberg the Director of Community Development ….a catch-all title that Whittenberg bore …. and sometimes got “gored” by … in his two decades in Seal Beach.
Lee is a nice guy in a job that usually exposes the title holder to all kinds of abuse but Lee always appeared to have an armadillo’s skin and walked away from many battles with a tranquil smile.
For the complete story go to: http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_13360095
Cypress High School is offering job training which contributes high school credits and at the same time prepares students for work skills after graduation.
Students can take advantage of career exploration opportunities in:
· Careers With Children: Preschool Lab
· Emergency Medical Responder
· Floral Design
· Health Fitness and Sports Medicine
· Legal and Law Enforcement
· Forensic Science/Crime Scene Investigation (Introduction)
The pre-school lab is a state licensed laboratory preschool and at present has openings for “potty-trained” children between 2 years, 10 months and 5 years of age.classes are Mondays thru Thursdays and $100 a month includes snacks. Contact Marlene at 714-952-1769.
South Coast Plaza -Orchid Show. Fascination Orchids will have a 7 hour show on two days next week,, beginning at 10 a.m.. on Sept 26 and 27. It will be at South Coast Plaza Village at 1631 Sunflower Street.
Exhibits and seminars will give you an introductory experience to what fascinates orchid lovers with thousands of exotic orchids in a beautiful outdoor setting. Learn how to grow an dexhibit orchids from local experts. Parking and admissions are free. For more information call 949-735-2930 or visit http://fascinationoforchids.com/
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