Monster House is the story about a boy and his two friends who discover their next-door neighbor’s house is an actual monster. The boy, DJ, is home alone for Halloween when his parents go out of town. In this comedic holiday family movie, no one believes DJ and his friends when they try to warn the adults. Instead, they have to find a way to stop the monster house before Halloween....
Things really started getting small four years ago when Nabisco introduced Ritz bits, a diminutive version of the popular cracker. Since then, the snack-food giant has miniaturized many of the munchable products in its lineup, from Premium Saltines to Chips Ahoy! cookies, and Mini-Oreos can’t be far behind. In response, Keebler recently concocted its own elf-size line of snacks, including Bite-Size Pecan Sandies and Clubettes crackers. It’s easy to see why so many products are shrinking: consumers gobbled up more than $200 million worth of tiny Teddy Grahams and Ritz bits last year alone....
The Aschettinos finally found other insurance, but only for nearly double their old premium of $1,800, and with a sky-high deductible of $12,000 against wind damage. Incensed, Aschettino circulated a petition among her neighbors demanding price reform from industry regulators. “People feel they are being totally ripped off,” she says. “People are afraid to even make claims, because they are afraid they’re going to be dropped.” Up and down the Eastern Seaboard, hundreds of thousands of policyholders like the Aschettinos are being dropped by their insurers; many more have had to swallow double-, even triple-digit increases in premiums and deductibles....
“Maybe the Internet has already collapsed,” Metcalfe says to me later that day, in a lecture that lasts the dinner hour. “Everyone complains about brownouts every day. But it’s going to get worse. Worse! Worse! Worse!” The inventor of the Ethernet networking system and founder of the 3Com corporation has risked his considerable reputation by publicly predicting a “gigalapse”–in which a billion hours of access time are lost–by the end of the year....
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That was 1991. Adair celebrated his 76th birthday while he was over there, but he showed few signs of slowing down. Between March and November of that year, he and his company helped extinguish 117 of the burning oil-well fires (out of an estimated 700). In between fighting fires, Adair flew to Washington to testify before the Gulf Pollution Task Force and also met with the president to discuss the challenges firefighters faced in Kuwait....
Daniel Craig’s final movie playing the famous British spy is due out in theaters on Friday October 8 in the U.S. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation) and co-starring Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), Léa Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Color) and Lashana Lynch (Captain Marvel), the film has already received positive reviews from critics. Ben Whishaw (Paddington) returns as Quartermaster, Q, and once again provides Bond with handy tech to get him out of a pinch....
What also appears to be the case in Episode 4, is that the writers didn’t have enough content to actually stretch “Armageddon” into five episodes. Instead, The Flash spent entirely too much time in an alternate future, where - for reasons passing understanding - the writers decided they needed to move romantic plotlines forward that, when Barry Allen succeeded in fixing the timelines, no longer existed. Setting aside that those romantic bits didn’t need to be in there in the first place, they were also forced, hurried and at one point so sappily carried out that it might have been a situation where the writers were actually trying to troll one part of the fanbase that desperately want to see Allegra and Chester get together....
In Flashpoint, the Flash travels back in time using the Speed Force to try to prevent his mother’s murder. In the process, the Flash alters reality so severely that he loses his powers and no one remembers there ever being a Flash superhero in Center City. The comic book event features most of DC’s A-list superheroes, albeit often utilizing motives and actions vastly different from the characters’ ‘normal’ selves....
Being a long suffering Preston North End fan, I know all too well that the fans of our modest Lancashire club have had little to celebrate since our “Invincibles” team of the 1880s. We have merely existed among the giants of Lancashire football, rarely achieving anything of significance or witnessing something of note. But the one thing that every single Preston fan will always celebrate is the career of their greatest ever player; Sir Tom Finney....
So there was some relief, and surprise, when the army quietly disclosed a few weeks later that an African-American soldier was suspected of spray-painting the doors, including his own. The army suggested the two-foot-high swastikas were not racially motivated but merely the work of a disgruntled soldier, whom it didn’t name. Members of the Special Forces said they felt vindicated, and leaders of the local black community accepted the explanation....
This sign is ruled by Jupiter, the planet of abundance, exploration, and good fortune —but it’s often also associated with humor and positivity! Sagittarius is known for being creative and philosophical—and their sense of humor is, too. A joke from Sagittarius often has layers that can make people think and laugh. Sagittarius is a fire sign, along with Leo and Aries. They’re passionate, energetic, creative, and spontaneous; all qualities that also make Sagittarius (and the other fire signs) great comedians too....
Although a direct sequel to Fury Road has been stalled, Miller is hard at work on a prequel movie starring Anya Taylor-Joy that will flesh out the backstory of Charlize Theron’s ass-kicking heroine Furiosa. This prequel has the opportunity to establish a Mad Max cinematic universe with a grittier, more visceral R-rated alternative to Marvel’s family-friendly actioners. RELATED: Why ‘Mad Max’ Is The Most Underrated Open World Game of Its Generation...
Since 2014, The Game Awards ceremonies have been putting a spotlight on video games as a medium and celebrating the best titles of a given year. While The Game Awards is a big event on the gaming calendar due to the major reveals that are associated with the show, the main purpose of the ceremony is to praise the outstanding achievements of a given year. Already, it looks like Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarok are going to be battling it out for many awards at The Game Awards 2022....
And if you’re still not knee deep in finishing some of the great titles from 2012, then join in and let us know what games you’ll be playing! Game Rant’s Playlist Robert Keyes: I’m still questing away in the northern-most province of Tamriel but there is a lot to look forward to this month. With Batman: Arkham City and Saints Row: The Third finally completed, I’m looking forward to Syndicate and SSX....
Until now the capitalist menace seemed less worrisome. For years India’s trade barriers proved much more effective than its natural ones: a thicket of licensing and inspection requirements, tariffs and import quotas easily held the world’s goods at bay. The policies kept Indian industries fat and happy. It also filled the country with antiquated products–like the infamous Ambassador sedan, still modeled after the 1950s Morris Oxford–made in antiquated ways....
Here’s everything you need to know, including when to tune in, who the finalists are, how to watch it from the US and abroad and how to apply to compete in the main series yourself. When does The Great British Bake Off 2022 final air? The Great British Bake Off 2022 finale will air on Tuesday 15 November at 8pm GMT on Channel 4 in the UK. If you’re in the US, then the final episode will be available on Friday 18 November on Netflix....
Cordan, the policy director of Save Our Wild Salmon, is in the anomalous position of fighting what most nutritionists view as one of the few positive trends in American eating habits over the last decade–an increase averaging roughly 20 percent a year in the consumption of salmon, now the third most popular seafood in America behind tuna and shrimp. The boom has been fueled in part by an expansion of salmon farming, which made fresh fish available year-round....
The Gunk is a new Xbox Game Pass game that was just added to the service on December 16 as a day one title. Available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X, The Gunk is a sci-fi action-adventure game with 3D platformer elements where players are tasked with exploring an alien planet and ridding it of the titular gunk. This is accomplished using a special Power Glove item that essentially functions as a vacuum....
What does a state-of-the-art campaign do? In spin-doctor terms, it “gets ahead of the story.” Since the report was circulating on Capitol Hill, campaign aides worked their sources there to get a feel for the FTC’s charges. Then they put together a “Gore-Lieberman Plan,” which gave the industry six months to control its marketing to children or face new regulations or laws. When The New York Times reported the essence of the FTC study the day before its scheduled release, campaign staffers were ready....
