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Mirror! Mirror on the wall. Who’s the fairest of them all?

Along with her seven dwarves, Snow White still captures a fantastic character fit for an exciting occasion like Halloween. When we think of Halloween, we usually think of ghosts and demons and wicked beings. However, Halloween is not only about these characters. There are also characters that remind us of the wicked people that are associated with them. As such, Snow White reminds us of the terrifying wickedness of her step mother and the magic mirror she uses for her wicked plans.

Snow White’s mother was a kindhearted queen. However, when her mother died shortly, her father, the King, remarried to an evil witch who tried to kill her. She ran quickly into the depths of the woods and met the Seven Dwarves. The dwarves considered her a part of the family. Eventually, she was able to meet her Prince Charming and restored peace into the land.

The most popular of all portrayals of Snow White was created by Walt Disney in an animation released in 1937. She wore a yellow skirt, a blue bodice, and a red cape with a white-stand-up collar. Women and little girls alike can use this portrayal for any Halloween occasion, be it partying or trick-or-treating.

There are also other versions available in the market to fit other girl’s taste in costumes. One of them is the sexy Snow White costume. This costume can be worn with a short or long skirt depending on one’s choice. This gives the character a more adult look.

If you want to remain loyal to the Brothers Grimm version of the character, you can go for the Goth Snow White costume. You can create or buy this Snow White outfit. It features shades of red and black as the primary colors to use. This is the best version to use if you are truly looking for a costume to fit for the Halloween theme since it depicts a gothic character.

This Halloween, look forward to meeting your Prince Charming by choosing to use a Snow White costume. Be it the Snow White from the Walt Disney animation classic, the sexy Snow White with an adult twist, or the Goth Snow White with the grim appearance that you choose, you are on your way to make all mirrors declare you the fairest one of all wherever you go.

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This fall many beer loving Americans will have hopped on a plane to attend the biggest beer festival in the world – the Oktoberfest in Munich. Some may have chosen to stay closer to home and opted for the world’s second largest Oktoberfest at Kitchener-Waterloo in Canada. But many others, who savor American beers, will have traveled to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival.

Unlike the Oktoberfests that last up to 16 days, the Great American Beer Festival is held over a mere three days, starting on Thursday, finishing on Saturday and featuring only home-brewed, domestic beers. Held for the 26th time during mid-October 2007 the beer festival drew over 40,000 beer lovers to Denver in the heart of the Rockies.

At this year’s festival more than 100 professional judges were required to work their way through 2,793 different beers submitted for judging by 473 different breweries; quite a staggering task! After the judging process they awarded 222 medals across 75 categories. Tough work, getting through so many beers in so little time but they managed it and all in good time! It’s very difficult to win one of the coveted Great American Brewing festival medals with only 8% of the total number of entrants eventually leaving the festival with one, meaning that it is a great selling point for the winning beers, being able to display a representation of a winning medal on their label.

There are many different categories judged at the festival with the fastest growing being the Fruit and Vegetable Beers which saw the number of entries leap from 46 in 2006 to a staggering 94 this year. Wood-barrel-aged beer saw a 24% increase in the number of entrants and even Gluten-free beer was judged this year recording a respectable eight entries, although festival organisers expect that number to increase substantially at next year’s event.

Each visitor to the festival gets to sample as many of the 2,793 beers as they can manage, drinking one ounce samples from the festival’s breweries. Arranged throughout the exhibition hall by regions, the breweries at the festival offer visitors a walking beer tour of the USA.

This year’s festival was the biggest yet, and next year organisers are planning on making it even bigger. So, be prepared if you are thinking of visiting the Rockies in mid-October 2008 as finding a hotel in Denver that isn’t full of beer lovers will be a real challenge!

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I Love Judge Judy. If every kid to had a no-nonsense Judge Judy type mother there would be fewer problems in the world.

However, I’m not sure she’s a great role model for older women. This is why: Judge Judy was sharing her wisdom on the Larry King show, and the conversation turned to computers. Judy and Larry admitted they had never used a computer, and that’s okay. When you have people who can do what you don’t want to do or can’t do – that’s fine.

But here’s the thing. Judy implied that she was too old to learn. She didn’t say so in so many words, but that was her message, loud and clear. It should not have surprised me – on her show, she often makes comments about “getting old” or “being old.” As smart as she is, she seems not to understand that you are what you say you are. Chronological “old” is one thing. Mental “old” is something else. You can’t control the former but you are in full control of the latter as long as you have your wits about you.

Here’s what really bothers me: Her comment about age being a deterrent to learning new information compounds the widely held myth that old (or older) people can’t learn new things. Judge Judy is an extremely influential woman – we listen to her and accept her wisdom. While she was speaking I could just picture older women who have given up on themselves, silently assenting that they too are too old to learn to use a computer, thankful to Judge Judy that she has given them permission to continue to vegetate.

She often chastises miscreants on her show, suggesting that they need an “epiphany.” An epiphany, according the dictionary is a sudden realization, “a sudden intuitive leap of understanding, especially through an ordinary but striking occurrence.”

Judge Judy is not old, but her comments and demeanor make one think that she’s older than her reputed 56 years. She needs an epiphany. Not just for herself, but for the countless women who look to her as a role model.

That she has others who do computer work for her is great. It frees her up to do other things. However, I suggest that she keep her brilliant super-charged brain firing on all cylinders as she enters her older years by learning to use a computer. Other than doing crossword puzzles, I can think of nothing more challenging than doing battle with a dumb machine that makes you think far more intensely than you can imagine.

For example, remembering passwords is a major pain. I keep a log of passwords for handy reference, but I don’t refer to it until and unless I am stumped when trying to log into a password protected page or program. I constantly surprise myself that I can remember so many different passwords. For me, that is a major benefit of using a computer – the constant challenge to remember what I want to remember.

Age be damned, Judge Judy! You are too old to learn only when you say you are. Get a new attitude, Your Honor!

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